The US and South Korea on Monday kicked off their largest ever joint air exercise, an operation North Korea has labeled an "all-out provocation," days after Pyongyang fired its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile.

The five-day Vigilant Ace drill—involving 230 aircraft, including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters, and tens of thousands of troops—began Monday morning, Seoul's air force said.

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