N. Korea uses aged Russian aircraft to fire missiles: source By Byun Duk-kun SEOUL, Oct. 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea used an aging Russian-made aircraft to fire two short-range missiles earlier this week, a source privy to North Korean affairs said Thursday, surprising officials here who believed that equipping the plane to launch missiles was technically impossible. The source said the North appeared to have used an AN-2 aircraft, but others argued against the account. "I wonder if that is technically possible," Won Tae-jae, a spokesman for the Defense Ministry, told reporters. North Korea was earlier reported to have fired...