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US special forces 'parachuted into North Korea'
2012-05-29
US and South Korean special forces have been parachuting into North Korea to gather intelligence about underground military installations, according to a senior US officer.

Army Brigadier General Neil Tolley, commander of US special forces in South Korea, told a conference held in Florida last week that Pyongyang had built thousands of tunnels since the Korean war, The Diplomat reported.

"The entire tunnel infrastructure is hidden from our satellites," Gen Tolley said. "So we send (South Korean) soldiers and US soldiers to the North to do special reconnaissance."
We can expect a whole bunch of North Korean colonels and generals to have auto accidents this week...
"After 50 years, we still don't know much about the capability and full extent" of the underground facilities," he said, in comments reported by the National Defense Industrial Association's magazine on its website.
Posted by:tipper

#12  Rupert is at it again?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-05-29 22:02  

#11  Drop some chutes weighed down with ice -- ice melts, you get just a parachute out in the middle of nowhere. Leak juicy story to UK press, watch the fun!
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2012-05-29 21:35  

#10   I had a native American cousin who learned to speak Korean fluently when he was in the Air Force & did indeed parachute into the north. This was decades ago. He lived the life of a beggar and a thief, probably just blended in.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2012-05-29 21:15  

#9  Maybe the special forces guys left a few MREs behind just to be nice.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-05-29 19:16  

#8  Gee, I came out this morning and there were 5 parachutes on the ground, where did they come from?

More importantly, can you make soup from them?
Posted by: gorb   2012-05-29 18:18  

#7  Well, on the positive side, at least obstables such telephone and power lines won't be much of an issue during the parachutist's descent.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-05-29 14:10  

#6  Anyway to have some faux parachutists start showing up in NKor?

Gee, I came out this morning and there were 5 parachutes on the ground, where did they come from?
Posted by: AlanC   2012-05-29 14:01  

#5  Gotta be either the stupidest leak from an incompetent administration, or (more likely) disinformation. IMHO of course.
Posted by: OldSpook   2012-05-29 13:55  

#4  If it is true, OTOH, I DO NOT like broadcasting that we have done this.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2012-05-29 13:25  

#3  I have no idea if this is true, but if it isn't, I like broadcasting that we've done it and will do it again. Let's see Pudgy the Fabulous General explain how his country is being violated by those evil paratroopers.
Posted by: Steve White   2012-05-29 10:31  

#2  Parachuting into North Korea, no big deal. Parachuting back out again, now that really is the challenge.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-05-29 08:51  

#1  Can't be a true leak. Must be disinformation exercise. Cover for a real data source? Turning on the lights to see where the roaches run to?
Posted by: Glenmore   2012-05-29 08:24  

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