South Korea,US launch largest air exercise

South Korea and the United States launched their largest-ever joint aerial drills on Monday morning, officials said. 

The exercise comes after a week after North Korea said it had tested its most advanced missile as part of a weapons programme that has raised global tensions.The annual US-South Korean drill, called Vigilant Ace, will run until Friday, with six F-22



Raptor stealth fighters to be deployed among the more than 230 aircraft taking part. Around 12,000 US service members, including from the Marines and Navy, are joining South Korean troops. 

The joint exercise is designed to enhance readiness and operational capability and to ensure peace and security on the Korean peninsula, the US military had said before the drills began.