provocation and they said that was pushing the korean peninsula to the brink of nuclear war. you could look at it as the recommended effect. the intent was to show that the u.s. was on a military footing, and that it was available. they did six of the flyovers that goes to show how dense things have become here on the korean peninsula. this involved three different countries, and the b 1 b lancers took off in guam, flew over south korea flew near the demilitarized zone towards north and south korea, and launched