Posted on 04/11/2018 9:52:14 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
Newser – Kim Jong Un on Monday finally acknowledged the planned North Korea-US summit, but there's still no word on where it will take place. At the Washington Post, David Nakamura looks at an interesting wrinkle: whether Kim has a plane that can actually get him to wherever it will be held and how the logistics of it all will jibe with his quest to "project a more charismatic and worldly image." Nakamura writes there's some speculation that President Trump might suggest a more impressive location than the Demilitarized Zone between the Koreas or neighboring China—Singapore or Sweden, for instance. But the planes the North is known to possess are largely Ukrainian- or Russian-made ones capable only of regional travel, or the Soviet-era Ilyushin Il-62, which some say is too old for a long haul.
If that's the case, it would leave three options, all potentially embarrassing: Hitch a ride on a South Korean flight, refuel along the way (avoiding numerous countries where sanctions are in force), or borrow a plane from China or Russia (though there's a good chance it would be bugged). National Geographic in February published a photo essay of the North's "retro" planes, and it gives some background on the country's single commercial airline, Air Koryo, which has been flying since 1945. It reports the airline has only two international destinations—China and Vladivostok, Russia—but that those flights aren't void of amenities: Travelers are served North Korean beer, for instance.
Yeah, I want me some North Korean beer. NOT.
It is amazing to me that a country can develop nuclear weapons yet not be capable of international air travel.
The alleged summit will probably take place aboard a ship, either one of NK's or a U.S. aircraft carrier or some such.
Yamamoto
I hate it when people steal my posts, LOL!
Remember, he recently had to hop a train for his visit to China.....
Finland. If we don’t alter SAT GPS and send him elsewhere.... tee hee!
That’s an old bird. Trump probably sold that when he got his new 767.
The current incarnation of Trump Force One is a Boeing 757, which replaced the preceding Boeing 727.
That’s an old bird. Trump probably sold that when he got his new 757.
The current incarnation of Trump Force One is a Boeing 757, which replaced the preceding Boeing 727.
If I were betting, I’d take a guess that it’ll be on Chinese territory. The thing about this summit...if it were to really go well...you’d see a treaty signed, and some idiot journalist would go and admit that the Korean War is finally over.
Kissinger once flew on a Chinese plane that wouldn’t start. Domestic(within China). Protocol dictated it. His hosts were embarrassed. This was b4 Carter opened it up in 78’.
I was thinking more along the lines of Air Force 1. Make a great photo op too. But first you need to be able to fly low and slow over the city before landing so that the population can see it!
Remember when Obama scared the people of New York City by doing that?
Hold the summit in Switzerland where Kim went to school. Memories of his highschool days may just mellow him.
Yep. That’s exactly what I would think the Nork people would do as well. Start crapping kimchi in their shorts when that big blue and white 747 flies overhead..
I wonder if they are capable of making a car?
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