{"id":100658,"date":"2017-05-02T02:35:40","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T06:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=100658"},"modified":"2017-05-02T02:35:40","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T06:35:40","slug":"us-strategic-bombers-fly-over-korean-peninsula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/05\/02\/us-strategic-bombers-fly-over-korean-peninsula\/","title":{"rendered":"US strategic bombers fly over Korean Peninsula"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_100663\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-100663\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2892949625_a9bcd730bf_z.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100663\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2892949625_a9bcd730bf_z.jpg\" alt=\"Two US bombers departed from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Monday. (Photo: cloudbuilding\/ Flickr)\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2892949625_a9bcd730bf_z.jpg 640w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2892949625_a9bcd730bf_z-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-100663\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Two US bombers departed from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Monday. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/30051793@N07\/\">cloudbuilding\/ Flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MOSCOW\u2013Pacific Air Forces reported that the US B-1B strategic bombers made flights over the Korean Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>The US B-1B strategic bombers made flights over the Korean Peninsula during a joint drill with South Korean and Japanese air forces, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Two US bombers departed from Andersen Air Force Base in Guam on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The U.S. conducts Continuous Bomber Presence operations as part of a routine, forward deployed capability supporting regional security and our allies in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region,&#8221; PACAF spokesperson Lt. Col. Lori Hodge was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n<p>The bombers flight triggered Pyongyang&#8217;s sharp reaction as it took place a day after Seoul and Washington finished Key Resolve drills, lasting for two months.<\/p>\n<p>The situation on the Korean peninsula aggravated in recent months as North Korea carried out a number of missile launches and nuclear tests.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent missile test allegedly took place on Saturday from a site north of Pyongyang. Japan, South Korea and the United States said the test appeared to have failed as the missile broke up within North Korean territory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MOSCOW\u2013Pacific Air Forces reported that the US B-1B strategic bombers made flights over the Korean Peninsula. The US B-1B strategic &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":100663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,17],"tags":[17809,18585,18586],"class_list":["post-100658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-w","tag-korean-peninsula","tag-pacific-air-forces","tag-us-b-1b-strategic-bombers","mauthors-sputnik-via-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}