A US B-1B bomber on Wednesday joined large-scale US-South Korean military exercises that North Korea has denounced as pushing the peninsula to the brink of nuclear war, as tension mounts between the North and the United States. The bomber flew from the Pacific US-administered territory of Guam and joined U.S. F 22 and F-35 stealth fighters in the annual exercises, which run until Friday.

A US Air Force B-1B Lancer bomber (left), two US F-35A and two US F-35B stealth jets (far) flying with South Korea's two F-16 (right) and two F-15K (top left) fighter jets. Pic/AFP