South Korean Air Force conducted joined exercises with two U.S. nuclear-capable bombers above and near the Korean peninsula, two days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan, sharply raising tension, CNN reported.

The drills, involving two supersonic U.S. B-1B bombers, four U.S. stealth F-35B jets as well as South Korean and Japanese fighter jets, came at the end of annual joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises focused mainly on computer simulations.