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South Korean air force jets accidently bomb homes, injuring 15
Mar 06, 2025 03:27 pm
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Divya Delhi:  After a deafening fighter jet boom, an explosion burst out. I found four houses halved and individuals injured "A 65-year-old resident, Oh Moung-su, stated. Water poured from a pipe as dusk and smoke increased. Some people in a construction site-bound vehicles were harmed and couldn't get out. Another covered his eye outside the automobile." Eight 500-pound (225kg) Mk82 bombs from two KF-16 planes dropped outside the shooting range during joint live-fire drills, according to South Korea's Air Force The Air Force stated, "We are sorry for the damage caused by the abnormal drop accident, and we wish the injured a speedy recovery." A military official who requested anonymity stated the pilot entered wrong coordinates, causing the mishap. The official said the two jets dropped four bombs apiece, which detonated. The official said authorities would postpone live-fire training until they understood what went wrong, but big joint South Korean-U.S. military exercises scheduled for Monday would not be affected. Residents have long decried the commotion and danger from adjacent training fields. Photographs from the area revealed a house hollowed out by the impact, damaged windows, and a church building full of debris. Local  security footage showed a pickup truck driving on a tree-lined street before a big explosion. "The unthinkable has happened," Pocheon city mayor Baeck Young-hyeun said, urging the government and military to prevent civilian devastation. The defense ministry announced on Thursday that South Korea and the U.S. were conducting their first combined live-fire exercises near Pocheon ahead of annual military drills next week. Before the disaster, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff stated the Freedom Shield joint drills from March 10 to 20 will boost the alliance's preparation for North Korea. It said that this year's drills will incorporate "lessons learned from recent armed conflicts" and North Korea's developing ties with Russia."Our planners look across the globe and identify changing trends and we look at how we can incorporate that into our exercises,