North Korea accuses US plane of spying

Mail & Guardian Online ^ | 16 June 2006 | AFP

[Jet Jaguar]

North Korea's air force on Friday accused a United States reconnaissance plane of intruding into its territorial waters to spy on strategic targets.

Its Air Force Command said that a US RC-135 plane being refuelled in the air had spied on strategic targets for hours after flying over its waters off the north-east coast.

"The ceaseless illegal intrusions of their strategic reconnaissance planes on spy missions have created an imminent danger of military clash in the sky above those waters," it warned in a statement published by the official Korean Central News Agency.

It was North Korea's second warning in a week against alleged US spy plane intrusions.

On Sunday, the air force threatened to "punish" US spy flights, recalling the fate of a US Navy plane it shot down in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in 1969.

Another US-North Korean incident occurred when North Korea fired missiles at an SR-71 spy plane in August 1981. The jet was undamaged.

The warning comes amid jitters over the Stalinist country's preparations for a long-range missile test.

Officials here and in Washington confirmed earlier this week that North Korea appeared to be preparing to launch an inter-continental ballistic missile capable of reaching the mainland US.

North Korea is believed to be developing the missile for a range of up to 10 000km.

It shocked the world in August 1998 by firing a long-range Taepodong-1 missile, with a range of up to 2 000km, over Japan into the Pacific Ocean, claiming it was a satellite launch. -- AFP

[Junior]

Read between the lines. The U.S. plane spied for hours without being molested by the North Koreans.

[puppypusher]

They should use a paor of F22's to accompany that plane while their performing their mission.The North Koreans won't know what hit them.

[Prost1]

They still have the Pueblo, illegally commandeered and surrendered.

We should bomb them until they return our property.

I have not forgotten!

[BIGLOOK]

Ever since the shootdown of PR-26, all EW A/C have CAP. Navy and AF. Paranoia is the normal mental state of the PRK. An RC or EC-135 wouldn't be in range of any of their SAMs but it's fun to light 'em up.

[Jet Jaguar]

Agreed.

[Doe Eyes]

An RC-135 spying?

You must be joking.

[reagan_fanatic]

"The ceaseless illegal intrusions of their strategic reconnaissance planes on spy missions have created an imminent danger of military clash in the sky above those waters," it warned in a statement published by the official Korean Central News Agency

Don't be silly, chia-head. That's like bringing a spitwad and a straw to a gunfight.

[BIGLOOK]

U-2 spy planes transit at Hickam on their way to South Korea HONOLULU (AP) _ Three Air Force U-2 spy planes landed at Hickam Air Force Base Tuesday on their way to the Korean peninsula to monitor North Korea. The planes will relieve U-2 planes in South Korea that are waiting to return to the United States for equipment upgrades. The planes headed to Korea already had the new technology installed. The upgrades replace cockpit gauges and dials with the latest touch-screen technology. The Air Force is spending one-point-five (b) billion dollars renewing its fleet of over 30 U-2 spy planes. The U-2 provides high-altitude, all-weather surveillance and reconnaissance. Over 29-thousand troops are stationed in South Korea. The two Koreas remain technically war because the Korean War in the 1950s ended in a cease-fire, not a peace treaty.


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[philetus]

거친 배설물

[ASOC]

Ah, yes. "Me and my RC"

[SauronOfMordor]

On Sunday, the air force threatened to "punish" US spy flights, recalling the fate of a US Navy plane it shot down in the Sea of Japan (East Sea) in 1969.

Hopefully we have a pair of F-22's getting flight practice shadowing the recon plane

[InterceptPoint]

North Korea accuses US plane of spying

Duh.

[Petey139]

Proves they dont got balls like China to take it down. Bet Kimmy will actually leave US soldiers rape him own mamma in front of him on Worldwide TV.

[Ptarmigan]

Nothing new. It's been like this for over 50 years.

[Teacher317]

"tough sh*t"?

[xusafflyer]

The RC-135 Rivet Joint is my old aircraft. I was busy flying in the Middle East though as an Arabic linguist.

This should be interesting. Qaddafi pulled this crap until we really invaded his airspace.