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| North Korean Migs Playing Footsie with U.S. Recon Aircraft |
| 2003-03-03 |
| Dow Jones News Services Via Drudge: Military sources say as many as four North Korean MiGs intercepted a U.S. reconnaissance plane over international waters during the weekend, MSNBC reported Monday. Better start escorting those missions. According to the sources, the MiGs came within 500 feet of the U.S. RC-135 plane but didn't act aggressively, MSNBC said. Hopefully, the Pentagon won't react with it's usual, "They wouldn't dare!" attitude. The network said the incident — the first such intercept since 1969 — happened in international air space over the Korean peninsula. For the historicly minded, January of '68 was when the U.S.S. Pueblo was shot-up, boarded, and captured. |
| Posted by:Anonymous |
| #4 Sorry about the dual post fred, I need to refresh my browser prior to posting. I didnt see this one in the list before I started. |
| Posted by: Frank Martin 2003-03-03 17:59:22 |
| #3 UPI pentagon correspondent paints a different picture - that the MiGs (29s and possibley 23s) were very agressive, with one of the jets arming its fire control radar and coming within 50 ft of the Recon flight. Apparently we only have 3 of these Cobra-Ball aircraft, so this was not a pretty picture. Anyone with additional info? |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2003-03-03 16:58:32 |
| #2 "Escort Leader, this is Quarterback. Weapons free. Good hunting. Over." |
| Posted by: jrosevear 2003-03-03 16:24:04 |
| #1 Next recon plane goes out with a brace of F-15's, and an Alpha strike off shore. |
| Posted by: Chuck 2003-03-03 16:02:06 |