North Korea conducted more than 180 military flights across its inland areas on Friday, the South Korean military said, prompting it to scramble dozens of fighter jets to maintain its response posture.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected North Korean fighters and bombers flying over the North’s inland areas and along its western and eastern coasts between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. (local time), but they did not approach the inter-Korean border.
The JCS did not specify how many North Korean warplanes were involved, Yonhap News Agency reported.
South Korea responded by deploying 80 fighter jets, including its cutting-edge F-36A fighter jets, in order to keep “a firm readiness posture for further provocations” by North Korea, the JCS said….