US, Japan say they staged joint jet flight after N Korea missile launches

The US military and Japan's Self Defence Force said on Thursday they flew fighter jets together over the Sea of Japan in a show of strength after North Korea lobbed three missiles into the waters that separate Japan and the Korean peninsula. The exercise was meant to "showcase combined capabilities to deter and counter regional threats", the US military said in a news release. Japan and the United States wanted to show their combined resolve in the wake of North...