In response to North Korea's test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on February 18, Japan and the US Air Force held a joint exercise today with the participation of warplanes.

According to APA, the Ministry of Defense of Japan released information about this.

3 Japanese "F-15" fighter jets, 4 US "F-16" fighter jets and 2 strategic "B-1B" bombers took part in the exercise.

The goal was to strengthen the Japan-US alliance by increasing communication between the military.

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In response to North Korea's test of an intercontinental ballistic missile on February 18, Japan and the United States are considering joint military exercises with the participation of warplanes.

According to APA, the Japanese TV channel "Fuji TV" reported on this today.

North Korea's "Hwason-15" ballistic missile rose to an altitude of 5,768.5 km, flew 989 km and accurately hit a conventional target in the Sea of ​​Japan.

The flight time was 4015 seconds.

Japan announced that the missile landed in the country's exclusive economic zone, 200 km east of the Hokkaido island.

The Japanese government believes that the missile launched by North Korea has a range of more than 14,000 km and can reach the US territory.