Posted on 06/27/2009 2:38:35 AM PDT by maquiladora
SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- North Korea threatened Saturday to shoot down any Japanese aircraft entering its air space, accusing Tokyo of spying on the country earlier this week.
"An E-767 made a long shuttle flight from air above the waters east of Wonsan to the air above the waters east of Musudan after taking off from its base in Japan about 8:30 a.m. on June 25," the North's Korean People's Army (KPA) said in a report carried by the country's Korean Central News Agency.
Musudan was the site used for North Korea's long-range rocket launch in April that it claims was for a satellite but is believed by neighbors to have been a disguise for a ballistic missile test.
The KPA report claimed a Japanese surveillance aircraft had also conducted an aerial espionage mission on Wednesday.
"The air force of the Korean People's Army will not tolerate even a bit the aerial espionage by the warmongers of the Japanese aggression forces but mercilessly shoot down any plane intruding into the territorial air of the DPRK even 0.001 mm," the report said. DPRK stands for the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
North Korea is believed to be preparing to test launch yet another long-range missile from its east coast following its nuclear test on May 25.
The communist nation has been severely condemned for its rocket and atomic tests by the United Nations, but Pyongyang is continuing to raise tension with threats to reinforce its nuclear arsenal.
Ping. A rare threat directed at Japan from NK.
Technically, they have the right to shoot down any aircraft that enter their authorization. However, it would be a big mistake.
Bomb every square inch of it, then tactically nuke it for safe measure.
Japan flies the E-767? That’s news to me...
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That may not be the smartest thing North Korea could do.
Surprised Japan and S. Korea haven’t already started their own nuke program yet.
I think it's a large assumption that they haven't...I doubt either have fully assembled devisces ready to go, but I am firmly convinced that both have enough contingency plans in place that they would have a warhead in days - or less-if needed.
Both already have delivery vehicles.
When is someone going to bitch slap Lil’ Kim?
I’d be surprised if Japan is ready cause they publicly freak about nuke anything but S.Korea? They’d be fools not to.
It is indeed one of THESE babies the DPRK wants to shoot down. They will be in a world of hurt if they try, particularly if the craft are not in DPRK airspace and it is a given they are not going to enter DPRK airspace but stay well away, however close enough to conduct AWACS monitoring of DPRK hijinks in and around Hwadae County (Musudanri launch site). If they dont like it, they can lump it:
Basically an E-3 surveillance craft on a B-767-200 platform. Cool bird. Would love to fly one a bit.
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