THE US has revealed it will send 12 fighter jets and 200 airmen to South Korea as tensions with North Korea threaten to erupt into war.<\/p>\n
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The US Air Force will deploy the squadron of F-16 Fighting Falcons to Kunsan Air Base for four months from this month. <\/p>\n
Airmen from the 176th Fighter Squadron will join the estimated 28,500 American soldiers, sailors, pilots and Marines currently based in South Korea. <\/p>\n
Pacific Air Forces (PAF) said the fighter jets will ensure regional stability and security amid heightened tensions over North Koreas latest missile launch. <\/p>\n
The US is still reeling after the communist state tested another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) the second in less than a month last week. <\/p>\n
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In a statement on its website, PAF said: The United States routinely evaluates readiness and repositions forces as needed to ensure capabilities necessary to meet obligations in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. <\/p>\n
These deployments demonstrate the continued US commitment to fulfill security responsibilities throughout the Western Pacific and to maintain peace in the region. <\/p>\n
The announcement comes just days after the US conducted joint military drills with Japan in response to the missile test. <\/p>\n
On Sunday, two US Air Force bombers flew over the Korean peninsula in direct response to Pyongyangs ICBM launch. <\/p>\n
These deployments demonstrate the continued US commitment to fulfill security responsibilities throughout the Western Pacific <\/p>\n
On the same day the US shot down a medium-range ballistic missile over the Pacific with its THAAD defence system. <\/p>\n
US defence chiefs were said to be considering military options in the wake of the test on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Yesterday US President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed to take further action to protect allies from the totalitarian nation. <\/p>\n
Abe said: We have made consistent efforts to resolve the North Korean problem in a peaceful manner, but North Korea has ignored that entirely and escalated the situation in a one-sided way. <\/p>\n
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But threats do not seem to have deterred supreme leader Kim Jong-un before. <\/p>\n
Today the US has detected highly unusual North Korean submarine activity. <\/p>\n
A US defence official told CNN that unprecedented levels of submarine activity have been detected. <\/p>\n
These include three \"cold ejection\" tests in July. <\/p>\n
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