South Korea scrambles fighter jets after detecting 180 North Korean warplanes, military says
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By Yoonjung Seo, CNN South Korea scrambled about 80 fighter jets after detecting a large number of North Korean warplanes during a four-hour period Friday, the country’s military said, in a further escalation of regional tensions.
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By Yoonjung Seo, CNN South Korea scrambled about 80 fighter jets after detecting a large number of North Korean warplanes during a four-hour period Friday, the country’s military said, in a further escalation of regional tensions.
SEOUL (Reuters)—South Korea's military said it scrambled fighter jets after detecting about 180 North Korean military flights north of the two countries' border over four hours on Friday.
The maneuvers came after Pyongyang fired more than 80 rounds of artillery into the sea overnight, and the launch of multiple missiles into the sea on Thursday, including a possible failed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
South Korea scrambled dozens of combat aircraft Friday after detecting about 180 North Koren fighters flying near their shared border, the latest in a series of Pyongyang missile launches and other saber-rattling incidents that ratcheted up tensions across the region.
