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  • N Korea Fighter Jets Flew Record Number Of Missions Last Mo-AFP (most since '95)

    02/21/2008 12:57:31 AM PST · by TigerLikesRooster · 13 replies · 199+ views
    Nasdaq ^ | 02/21/08
    N Korea Fighter Jets Flew Record Number Of Missions Last Mo-AFP SEOUL (AFP)--North Korea's fighter jets flew a record number of daily missions during exercises last month despite a nationwide shortage of fuel, experts said Thursday. The jets staged more than 100 missions on a single day in January, breaking a 1995 record for daily sorties, according to a military official quoted by Yonhap news agency. He said the communist state, between the late 1990s and this winter, had refrained from major military drills - possibly because of a lack of fuel. "Despite its shortage of fuel, the North Korean...