South Korea postponed an air drill meant to kick off on Monday to practice intercepting North Korean and other enemy targets, after a ROK air force jet crashed the day before.

The Soaring Eagle exercise would have been the latest in a string of joint and bilateral military drills South Korea has conducted as North Korea tests weapon after weapon, including its largest nuclear-capable ballistic missile on Friday.

“The 2022 second-half Soaring Eagle exercises, which was scheduled to start on Monday, Nov. 21, has been tentatively suspended due to the flight suspension following the aircraft accident,” the ROK air