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Tue, 03/31/2009 - 21:32
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N. Korea says U.S. sent spy jet over its rocket launch site
SEOUL, March 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Tuesday reported at least 190 cases of aerial espionage by the United States and South Korea in March, including flights over a northeastern region where a satellite launch is imminent.
North Korea regularly publishes its count of U.S. and South Korean aviation
espionage cases over its territory, but the latest report comes amid heightened
tension ahead of Pyongyang's rocket launch that could take place as early as
Saturday.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency said the U.S. spy jet RC-135
photographed North Korean strategic targets in Musudan-ri, the launch site in
North Hamgyong Province on the east coast, on March 13, 17 and 22.
"This is a wanton infringement upon the sovereignty of the DPRK and another
dangerous military provocation," the report said, calling North Korea by its
official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
"The U.S. imperialists perpetrated the above-said aerial espionage after
deploying even 'intercepting' means in the East Sea of Korea, describing the
DPRK's projected satellite launch as 'a missile launch,'" the report said.
The U.S., South Korea and Japan have sent warships capable of tracking or
destroying missiles to waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan to monitor
the North's rocket launch.
North Korea told international aviation and maritime agencies that it will send
an experimental communications satellite, Kwangmyongsong-2, into orbit some time
between April 4 and 8 as part of its peaceful space development program.
Many experts believe the launch is a cover for testing the North's long-range
missile technology.
The KCNA accused the U.S. military of conducting more than 110 cases of aerial
espionage and South Korean forces of at least 80 cases.
"The U.S. imperialist warmongers had better bear in mind that RC-135 and all
other spy planes perpetrating espionage against the DPRK are within the range of
its strikes," it said.
The spy jets U-2, RC-7B, RC-12, RC-800, RF-4C and E-3 flew daily missions over
North Korea from March 9 to 20, it said.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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North Korea regularly publishes its count of U.S. and South Korean aviation
espionage cases over its territory, but the latest report comes amid heightened
tension ahead of Pyongyang's rocket launch that could take place as early as
Saturday.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency said the U.S. spy jet RC-135
photographed North Korean strategic targets in Musudan-ri, the launch site in
North Hamgyong Province on the east coast, on March 13, 17 and 22.
"This is a wanton infringement upon the sovereignty of the DPRK and another
dangerous military provocation," the report said, calling North Korea by its
official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
"The U.S. imperialists perpetrated the above-said aerial espionage after
deploying even 'intercepting' means in the East Sea of Korea, describing the
DPRK's projected satellite launch as 'a missile launch,'" the report said.
The U.S., South Korea and Japan have sent warships capable of tracking or
destroying missiles to waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan to monitor
the North's rocket launch.
North Korea told international aviation and maritime agencies that it will send
an experimental communications satellite, Kwangmyongsong-2, into orbit some time
between April 4 and 8 as part of its peaceful space development program.
Many experts believe the launch is a cover for testing the North's long-range
missile technology.
The KCNA accused the U.S. military of conducting more than 110 cases of aerial
espionage and South Korean forces of at least 80 cases.
"The U.S. imperialist warmongers had better bear in mind that RC-135 and all
other spy planes perpetrating espionage against the DPRK are within the range of
its strikes," it said.
The spy jets U-2, RC-7B, RC-12, RC-800, RF-4C and E-3 flew daily missions over
North Korea from March 9 to 20, it said.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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