U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter and South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo said during a press conference that both sides are considering the deployment of U.S. strategic military assets to South Korea on a permanent rotational basis.
By United States Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III ([1], [2]) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
“We discussed a lot of options, including permanently deploying U.S. strategic assets on a rotational basis,” Han was quoted as saying during the event at the Pentagon.
Yonhap news characterize these strategic assets as the B-1, B-2 and F-22.