An A-10 jet (top) belonging to the US Air Force comes in for a landing at a US air force base in Osan, south of Seoul on April 3. The US has positioned a warship off the Korean coast as a shield against ballistic missile attack, and also deployed radar-evading F-22 Raptors on Sunday to take part in the annual joint military drills it carries out with South Korea. Reuters/Lee Jae-Won