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Japan¡¯s Air Self-Defense Force dropped live bombs near Guam as part of an exercise last month, the New York Times reported Monday. The U.S. daily said Japan practiced dropping 500-pound live bombs as part of its annual joint drill with the U.S., which is held at the U.S. Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. ¡°The exercise would have been unremarkable for almost any other military, but it was highly significant for Japan, a country still restrained by a Constitution that renounces war and allows forces only for its defense.¡±
The exercise, which involved flying directly to Guam to drop the bombs and immediately return home shows the island country¡¯s capability to attack a target in North Korea in the same way, the NYT said, which may prompt North Korea to consider the exercise an unacceptable provocation.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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