US bombers fly over East, South China seas, inciting Chinese anger as tensions mount over North Korea crisis

US bombers fly over East, South China seas, inciting Chinese anger as tensions mount over North Korea crisis

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In another deployment, the US 7th Fleet along with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz began an 11-day joint exercise with Indian and Japanese forces in the Bay of Bengal on Friday.a

The military activity came amid heightened tensions in the region after North Korea test-fired a missile it claimed had the ability to hit the continental US.

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