SCMP: South Korea’s F-35 fighter jets on display as Moon Jae-in embraces show of strength
* South Korean fighter jets conducted patrol flights offshore, including over islands at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute with Japan
* North Korea has criticised the South’s weapons procurements and its joint military drills with the US military as undisguised preparations for war
South Korea on Tuesday displayed some of its newly purchased US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets for the first time during its Armed Forces Day ceremony, a development that will likely infuriate rival North Korea.
Under its biggest ever weapons purchase, South Korea is to buy 40 F-35 fighter jets from Lockheed Martin by 2021. The first few batches of the aircraft arrived in the South this year.
North Korea has criticised the South’s weapons procurements and its joint military drills with the US military as undisguised preparations for war that violate recent inter-Korean agreements aimed at lowering military tensions and force it to develop new short-range missiles.
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Update: South Korea shows its US-made F-35 stealth jets for 1st time (AP)
WNU Editor: I am sure the North Koreans are not amused.
