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China-Japan-Koreas
N. Korea threatens to ‘punish’ US over spy flights
2006-06-12
pay attention to ME!!!! and no, I am NOT nervous after that Zarqawi guy got hit. Absolutely.
SEOUL - North Korea’s Air Force Command on Sunday ranted and raved threatened to “punish” the United States for its spy flights over the communist state, recalling the fate of a US Navy plane it shot down 37 years ago.

In a statement carried by the Korean Central News Agency, the air force said that a US RC-135 reconnaissance plane had made flights over its territorial waters on June 6, 8 and 10. Describing the alleged US espionage flights as “openly crying out for a preemptive attack” on the communist state, the command warned of a possible repeat of 1969, when it shot down another US Navy plane, killing all 31 crew. “The (North Korean) Air Force seriously warns the US imperialists that it will sternly punish the aggressors if their planes continue illegally intruding into the sky ... on espionage missions,” it said. “They had better not forget the miserable end EC-121 met in the 1960s.”

North Korean fighters shot the reconnaissance plane down off the country’s east coast in the Sea of Japan in April 1969. Another US-North Korean incident occurred when North Korea fired missiles at an SR-71 spy plane in August 1981. The “Blackbird” jet was undamaged.
We're remembering, I hope, with plans to settle your hash once and for all.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  Unlike the EC-121, the RC-135a fly higher, faster, and usually farther out than the EC-121 did. They have EXCELLENT radar, and would detect any aircraft being launched against them. I don't know for sure, but I suspect there are a pair of F-16s sitting on a runway, just waiting to be scrambled at the first call.

The US also flies TR-1/U-2 missions along the DMZ regularly. The bird flies well within South Korean airspace, and is followed by the Patriot batteries from well before it enters Korean airspace until well after it leaves. The Patriot can distinguish between a U-2 and anything the Norks have.

I retired before Global Hawk and the other drone recce birds entered the service, but I'm sure they're being used to keep track of North Korea. Satellites keep track of other areas not visible from the border. NOTHING happens in North Korea that we don't keep track of, which is why I am extremely angry at the CIA for their failure to keep track of Kimmie's nuke program. It was a failure of will, not a failure of equipment or personnel.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2006-06-12 12:50  

#2  fixed, thanks Mods
Posted by: Frank G   2006-06-12 09:43  

#1  yikes! you broke the page width!
Posted by: Frank G   2006-06-12 09:30  

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