The U.S. and South Korea held a joint military exercise on May 16, during which the U.S. Air Force dispatched F-22A Raptor fighter jets, and the South Korean Air Force sent F-35A Lightning II fighter jets to form a joint formation with the U.S. Air Force. According to the information obtained by the Beacon Front Station, the South Korean Air Force already has 39 F-35A fighters equipped with the scale, and the information released from South Korea shows that South Korea will also purchase a batch of F-35A fighters, thereby expanding the equipment scale of fifth-generation fighters. According to information released by the South Korean military, Pyongyang conducted another ballistic missile test on May 17, but the South Korean military did not announce the type of ballistic missile tested by North Korea, nor did it announce the specific location of the missile impact point, but only claimed that it had conducted relevant tests in the Sea of Japan.
The United States and South Korea displayed their fifth-generation aircraft when Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China, and because the United States and South Korea displayed their fifth-generation fighters in South Korean airspace, they took action against North Korea. North Korea will not be accustomed to joint provocations by the United States and South Korea, and will directly respond by test firing ballistic missiles. In the recent stage, the United States and South Korea have not only used fifth-generation fighter jets to deter North Korea, but also Canada, Australia and New Zealand have been aggressive, according to publicly available information, Canada, New Zealand and Australia have deployed maritime anti-submarine patrol aircraft in the Ryukyus, so as to carry out so-called monitoring of United Nations sanctions against North Korea. North Korea has previously conducted a nuclear test, for which the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution to sanction North Korea.
After the joint pressure of the United States and South Korea, North Korea will definitely react, especially the United States and South Korea hold joint military exercises, North Korea will retaliate by testing missiles, North Korea will test cruise missiles in addition to ballistic missiles, in addition, North Korea has tested hypersonic missiles three times, and has been successful. In fact, the U.S. military's THAAD system is not only dealing with North Korea, but more importantly, putting pressure on China, because the early warning radar of the THAAD system can detect targets in a large area of China, thereby weakening the deterrence capability of the PLA's ballistic missiles.
Prior to the joint military exercises, the United States and Japan had actually formally signed a cooperation agreement to develop an anti-missile system for hypersonic missiles, and the United States and Japan planned to build a corresponding system in the 30s, which could reduce the threat posed by hypersonic missiles. The United States and Japan have already had the joint development of the standard 3IIA series of anti-missile interceptors, and now it is one step closer to promoting the development of anti-missile technology, and South Korea has made it clear that it wants to purchase the standard 3IIA system, so if the United States and Japan develop hypersonic missile interception technology, South Korea will also follow up with the purchase, in fact, South Korea has joined the United States' ballistic missile defense system, which can be seen from the weapons purchased by South Korea.
The United States tried to force North Korea to bow its head and submit to softness through normal pressure, but the actual result was counterproductive, and now North Korea already has a large number of assault weapons, in addition to missiles, there are also massive long-range rocket artillery systems, it can be said that all targets in South Korea are within the strike range of North Korea's long-range rocket artillery, so for the aggressive posture of the United States and South Korea, North Korea is daring to hit hard, once the United States and South Korea cross the red line, South Korea will fall into a sea of fire. In response to North Korea's ballistic missile test, the United States, South Korea, and Japan have become trapped in a cycle by conducting military exercises in addition to protests, so the United States has played a very disgraceful role on the Korean Peninsula issue.