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| North Korean Fighter Jet Crosses South Border |
| 2003-02-20 |
| A North Korean fighter jet briefly crossed the western sea border with South Korea on Thursday, and a South anti-aircraft missile unit went into battle position, a South Korean military official said. The NKors probably consider the missile tracking the overflight as a provocation. Then again, they get provoked every time somebody takes a deep breath, don't they? The North Korean jet retreated without incident after two South Korea fighter jets went to the area, said Major Lee Dong-chan, a spokesman for the South Korean air force. The MiG-19 jet fighter crossed the border at 10:03 a.m. and headed back into communist territory two minutes later. This was the first incursion by North Korean military jet since 1983. A MiG-19? Did they have to roll that sucker out of the Great Korean People's Museum of Juche and Stuff? I guess coal production is up, since they have enough to shovel into the back of it to make it go. A South Korea anti-aircraft missile unit based near Incheon, a seaport west of Seoul, went into battle position. At the same time, two South Korean F-5E jets went to the scene to try to intercept the North Korean intruder, Lee said. Later, four more South Korean F-5E jets were deployed to the area. It's a good thing they didn't engage. A MiG-19 is probably worth some pretty good money from an antique dealer. Woulda been a waste to blow it to smithereens. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |