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2003-11-01 Korea

N. Korea Accuses U.S. of 200 Spy Flights

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Posted by .com 2003-11-01 8:22:45 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 200 spy flights in ONE MONTH? That is OUTRAGEOUS!! I would much rather see 200 ground attack flights! Teminus: Pyong Yang.

Posted by badanov 2003-11-1 11:24:20 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org/weblog] 2003-11-1 11:24:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 The satellites go by evey 90 minutes or so...is that what they're talking about?

Posted by Mr. J 2003-11-1 2:45:37 PM|| 2003-11-1 2:45:37 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 I doubt the Air Force stationed in South Korea flies 200 sorties a month, but maybe. I do know we keep an eye on the place north of the DMZ, since it's kinda like a 60 gallon tub of nitroglycerine sitting in the middle of a Los Angeles freeway. I'm sure Japan, Russia, and China also take a peek at Kimmieland fairly frequently, for the same reason. None of us want to trigger the explosion, but the situation in the north is so unstable a sneeze could do it.

Watching Kimmieland is kinda like trying to work through a hostage situation with a krazed killer: you do everyting possible NOT to upset the guy, while trying to rescue his hostages at the same time. Having a 600-pound gorilla walk over a crate of eggs without breaking any may be easier.

Posted by Old Patriot 2003-11-1 6:16:41 PM|| [http://users.codenet.net/mweather/default.htm] 2003-11-1 6:16:41 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 ...I think we need to do some translating here. The Norks classify ANY US flight over the peninsula as a spy flight, but they only really exercise themselves over two kinds - the big intel gathering planes (EC-135, EP-3, etc) and flights that get too close for their comfort to the Z. When I was at Kunsan in 84-85, we routinely flew 2000 sorties a month, and more during exercise season, which didn't end all that long ago. Anytime they could even see it from the Z, they started screaming and filed formal compaints with the folks at Panmunjom.
BTW, if you were pilot or observer on a specific flight that got complained about, you got a 'Yankee Air Pirate' patch. They were highly prized souveniers of a tour at the Kun.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2003-11-1 9:21:21 PM|| 2003-11-1 9:21:21 PM|| Front Page Top

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