{{In a show of force following weeks of North Korean bluster, the U.S. on Thursday took the unprecedented step of announcing that two of its nuclear-capable B-2 bombers dropped munitions on a South Korean island as part of joint military drills.}}<\/p>\n
The announcement is likely to further enrage Pyongyang, which has already issued a flood of ominous statements to highlight displeasure over the drills and U.N. sanctions over its nuclear test last month.<\/p>\n
But there were signs Thursday that it is willing to go only so far.<\/p>\n
A North Korean industrial plant operated with South Korean know-how was running normally, despite the North’s shutdown a day earlier of communication lines ordinarily used to move workers and goods across the border. <\/p>\n
At least for the moment, Pyongyang was choosing the factory’s infusion of hard currency over yet another provocation.<\/p>\n
U.S. Forces Korea said in a statement that the B-2 stealth bombers flew from a U.S. air base in Missouri and dropped munitions on a South Korean island range before returning home. <\/p>\n
It was unclear whether America’s stealth bombers were used in past annual drills with South Korea, but this is the first time the military has announced their use.<\/p>\n
The statement follows an earlier U.S. announcement that nuclear-capable B-52 bombers participated in the joint military drills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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