[Seoul 1st Reuters]-Korea ’s President Bunbun ’s Korean military fighter is around Takeshima (Korean name, Dokdo) where Korea and Japan claim territorial rights at the ceremony to commemorate the day of the National Army. Clarified that he flew.
At the ceremony, the latest stealth fighter F35 was shown. It seems to have tried to eliminate concerns that the defense efforts may be weakened by the policy of President Bun, who emphasizes dialogue with North Korea.
Mr. Wen said in a speech in front of the soldiers, "The F15K fighter has just returned from a reconnaissance mission over Dokdo, our territory."
The relations between Japan and Korea are getting worse due to the problems related to rent collection and export control.
At the ceremony held at Daegu Air Force Base, four of the eight F35A made by Lockheed Martin <LMT.N> delivered this year were shown. Delivery of 40 aircraft is scheduled by 2021.
Although he did not mention North Korea or Japan directly in his speech, he pointed out that the current situation surrounding security is extremely difficult to predict. “As the previous drone attacks in the Middle East have shown to the world, the challenges we face in the future will be quite different from the past,” he said.
North Korea has criticized Korea's weapons procurement and US-ROK joint military exercises as an explicit war preparation and has justified its own short-range missile development.
