Three days after North Korea launched a missile over Japan, the U.S. military flew stealth jets and advanced bombers in attack drills near Japan and over the Korean Peninsula, according to the Associated Press .

The flyovers involved two B-1Bs and four F-35Bs from the U.S., four jets from South Korea and four jets from Japan, the U.S. Pacific Command said.

During the drill, the U.S. and South Korean planes practiced attacks by releasing live weapons at a South Korean firing range training center. The U.S. and Japanese jets then flew together in formation over waters near Kyushu, Japan according to the U.S. Pacific Command .

The drills come during rising tensions between Washington and Pyongyang after North Korea's latest missile launch in protest of tough new U.N. sanctions . The U.N. voted to ratchet up sanctions on the country after its sixth nuclear test on Sept. 3.

On Saturday, North Korea's state media quoted its leader, Kim Jong Un as saying North Korea's final goal "is to establish the equilibrium of real force with the U.S. and make the U.S. rulers dare not talk about military option" for the North, AP reported .