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North Korea Says U.S. Flew 2,100 Spy Flights Over Its Territory This Year
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| 12-18-04
| WestVirginiaRebel
Posted on 12/17/2004 11:55:01 PM PST by WestVirginiaRebel
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To: sukhoi-30mki
Yes, but in the case of North Korea the last thing you want to give them is the opportunity to shoot them down. UAVs are all vulnerable to air defences. This isn't the Cuban Missile crisis and neither the operations of UAVs over Vietnam scenario. The North Koreans would be expending SAMs and triple AAA by the bucket load. It just isn't happening.
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posted on
12/19/2004 1:47:43 PM PST
by
Tommyjo
To: BlackbirdSST
pilots on those spyplanes are just ogling at Kim Jong-il's "Pleasure Squad."Hey! Is that what you were doing?
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posted on
12/19/2004 1:51:52 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Genius is the ability to make mistakes quickly.)
To: Spook86; BIGLOOK; xzins; Grampa Dave; MineralMan; elfman2; ThanhPhero; beyond the sea; Atigun; ...
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posted on
12/19/2004 1:53:11 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Genius is the ability to make mistakes quickly.)
To: ASA Vet
2100? OK, not a bad year. I think we could do a little better tho' and burn up their assets.
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posted on
12/19/2004 2:21:23 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The US needs very high resolution of places like Yongbyon & missile launch
facilities-something that can't always been done using satellites.Do you know the actual resolution of either platform?
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posted on
12/19/2004 2:33:13 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
Well, maybe next year we'll only fly a couple . . .
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posted on
12/19/2004 2:35:28 PM PST
by
wagglebee
(Memo to sKerry: the only thing Bush F'ed up was your career)
To: BIGLOOK
Of the alleged 2100, how many were ferrets?
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posted on
12/19/2004 2:37:57 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
To: WestVirginiaRebel
That's is 5.7 flights a day. I am sure the USAF has better things to do than spy on the North that much.
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posted on
12/19/2004 2:43:18 PM PST
by
Veloxherc
(To go up pull back, to go down pull back all the way.)
To: ASA Vet
Given the number and frequency, I'd say a bunch.
Avenge PR 23
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posted on
12/19/2004 2:48:00 PM PST
by
BIGLOOK
(I once opposed keelhauling but have recently come to my senses.)
To: Veloxherc
I am sure the USAF has better things to do than spy on the North that much. Intelligence preparation of the battlefield is a very important task for all branches.
It a primary reason why our military kicks butt.
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posted on
12/19/2004 3:00:02 PM PST
by
ASA Vet
(Those who know don't talk. Those who talk don't know.)
To: ASA Vet
Not exactly,since im a layman(who seeks most of his info on the net) & i have no qualms in admitting that!!But I do happen to know that drones are the best for real time intelligence updates as has been proven by their use by the US & Israeli militaries.
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