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| China-Japan-Koreas |
| Nork Defection Fails, 1 Fighter Pilot Dead |
| 2010-08-19 |
| [Kyodo: Korea] A North Korean aircraft that appears to be a Soviet-era jet fighter has crashed in a Chinese border area, killing the pilot who may have been attempting to defect to Russia, South Korea"s Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday. The crash happened Tuesday afternoon in Fushun Prefecture in Liaoning Province, Yonhap quoted intelligence sources in China as saying. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Why Russia? Because the Chinese would just hand him back. I'd think Mongolia would be a better destination. Gotta be a ton of AA along the China/Russia border. |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-08-19 15:23 |
| #3 More. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-08-19 11:00 |
| #2 That's what the Sovs used to do... |
| Posted by: Fred 2010-08-19 08:38 |
| #1 I guess one way to cut down on defections is to not fill the fuel tank. |
| Posted by: Mike Ramsey 2010-08-19 02:53 |