Posted on 02/21/2008 12:57:31 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
N Korea Fighter Jets Flew Record Number Of Missions Last Mo-AFP
SEOUL (AFP)--North Korea's fighter jets flew a record number of daily missions during exercises last month despite a nationwide shortage of fuel, experts said Thursday.
The jets staged more than 100 missions on a single day in January, breaking a 1995 record for daily sorties, according to a military official quoted by Yonhap news agency.
He said the communist state, between the late 1990s and this winter, had refrained from major military drills - possibly because of a lack of fuel.
"Despite its shortage of fuel, the North Korean military has significantly increased the size and quality of the winter exercise of its ground and air forces since late last year," the official said on condition of anonymity.
"In the case of the air force, we believe its training has more than doubled."
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I think that N. Korea is gearing for a provocation, as expected. They want to test the resolve of new S. Korean gov. and its alliance with U.S. They probably hope that they can spook both countries into submission as they did before. Let the game begin.
Ping!
BTTT
Ditto.
If the west refuses to subsidize the North with food that feeds the NOrths military the NOrth may feel a need to start a skirmish jut to keep their folks mind off being hungry.
Aren’t they using the fuel that we gave them to do this?
Helping people(N. Korean military) in need.:-(
We sent them residual oil. It would be pretty tough to light this stuff in a jet engine...
I wonder what country is friendly toward North Korea... and is desperate for oil.
Hmmm.
Nothing happens in NK without the PRC knowing beforehand.
Gee I wonder these planes from old Soviet Union days LOL!
Is this a cure for roneriness?
Most rikery!
Bump.
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