South Korea says conducted joint drills with U.S. B-1B strategic bomber

South Korea says conducted joint drills with U.S. B-1B strategic bomber

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Moon Sang-gyun, a spokesman for the South Korean defense ministry, said the exercise took place on Monday but declined to give further details.

Earlier on Tuesday, North Korea's state media said the B-1B bomber flew over South Korea to stage "a nuclear bomb dropping drill".

(Reporting by Ju-min Park and Jack Kim; Editing by Paul Tait)

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