U.S. flies bombers over Korean peninsula after North Korea missile test

[mucifer]

Source: Reuters

SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States flew two B-1B bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force after recent North Korean missile tests, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement on Sunday.

North Korea said it conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday that proved its ability to strike America's mainland, drawing a sharp warning from U.S. President Donald Trump.

The B-1B flight, conducted on Saturday, was in direct response to the missile test and the previous July 3 launch of the "Hwansong-14" rocket, the U.S. statement said. The bombers took off from a U.S. air base in Guam, and were joined by Japanese and South Korean fighter jets during the exercise, according to the statement.






Holy Crap.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles-idUSKBN1AF02K?il=0

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[defacto7]

1. A show of force. I've heard that many times.

What does it actually mean? So a couple of jets fly around... are they showing how fast they are? Saber rattling? What use is it? Wasted kerosene.

[Cryptoad]

5. may be using those newly converted to coal fire jets,,,,,,,,,,

[Skittles]

10. it's the airborne equivalent of dick-waving

[longship]

2. Gee, why not a couple of XB-70s. Then, we'd have something.

Or maybe, the Fail-Safe star, the B-58 Hustler:


Of course, there's always the Cold War standard -- still flying -- the B-52.


Wait a sec, that ain't it:


Nope. How about this one?


Oopsie! Not that one either. It's just a model:



Aha! There we are. Whew! Finally.

[Pachamama]

3. Perfect....

Was thinking the same....especially the XB-70...that's a cool toy for the Man-Baby to play with...

[paleotn]

6. Yep. Back to the future.

[Still In Wisconsin]

7. I'd go with the Hustler.

Reason: those suckers were LOUD!

[longship]

9. The B-52 has 8 low bypass jet engines.

Talk about loud!

I was an acoustical engineer at Boeing for a few years. I did all the sonic testing on the KC-135R, the re-engined US Air Force Stratotanker (AKA the Boeing 707). The group I worked in also did some testing on mods to the B-52 at the time, 1980's. Boeing Military Airplane Company was located in Wichita, KS and shared half a flight line and runways with McConnell Air Force Base, which was directly across the street from Boeing.

You want loud? Try a B-52 some day. Or, CHRIST, a B-1!! Or the beautiful F-4 Falcon fighters.
Living under the flight path of an Air Force Base is informative on such issues. I love those old airframed airplanes, but wish they would not practice night maneuvers or late night touch and goes when I have to be at work early in the morning. I called McConnell AFB more than once to complain. Their touch and goes put them at low altitude directly over my apartment.

ROAR!!!!! Every couple minutes.

B-52s were the worst!

[Cryptoad]

4. Datta Teach em!!!!!!

Trump going to wait until they drop a nuke on us before he attempts to do anything?

[harun]

11. Hope so. Alternative is worse.

[Red Mountain]

8. That'll teach 'em!

Worked so well the last few times....