A mighty NK MiG-23 before engaging an F-15/16/18/22...
...and after
Posted on 04/01/2009 11:19:00 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
N. Korea deploys advanced fighter jets ahead of rocket launch: official
By Sam Kim
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has deployed a fleet of MiG-23 fighter jets along the east coast where it is gearing up to launch a rocket to send what it claims is a "satellite" into orbit, a senior Air Force official said Thursday.
The latest relocation of the advanced fighter jets comes as the communist North steps up its warnings against any foreign attempt to intercept its rocket.
South Korea, Japan and the U.S. maintain the launch will likely be a disguised test of a ballistic missile capable of hitting Alaska and have warned it will trigger U.N. sanctions.
The three countries have deployed their Aegis-guided destroyers in the East Sea while the North's military said it will strike back at "any minor attempt" to interfere with the launch.
"We are closely monitoring the movement of the jets," the official said by phone, speaking on condition of anonymity and declining to share further information because he feared it would expose the South Korean monitoring capabilities.
This is purely a publicity stunt.
Ping!
You mean the North Koreans still fly those things.. Wow.. Russia and all the other former Warsaw Pact has boneyard and destroyed all theirs..
Sweet! Targets.
Mig-23’s? April Fool’s joke? There’s a car dealership in my area with one also.
Posturing. Pathetic.
Mig-23s are advanced fighters? Who knew Floggers are advanced in today’s world.
I am in favor of finally dealing with this long festering situation . They launch , we knock it out , their move .
If they launch any attacks what-so-ever I say we nuke their rotten little asses and call it a done deal.
We must have a class of nuke that is fairly low yield , that we could walk all over every military site on their fleabag
little country . It’s time the world put the foot down on these mouthy little $hits . They are the ones that should take orders , not give them.
This is what happens when wars are not concluded in VICTORY!
MiG-23’s... advanced fighter jets?!?
Bwahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!
Now I’d be singing a different tune if it was their MiG-29’s.
Well, I was thinking the wreckage would make a nice habitat for the marine life should they get that far.
Stop worrying. Obama said that tiny countries like North Korea don’t pose a serious threat to us.
Now I’d be singing a different tune if it was their MiG-29’s....”
SK has the F-15K. The M-23 is no match, the M-29 in capable hands may be a bit of a problem, but somehow, I doubt it.
A year or two ago, top Chinese official visited N. Korea. He brought some gift(aids.) One of the biggest gifts was jet fuel.
I think Chia Head values a year supply of jet fuel for a fighter squadron more than one million ton of grain aids.
In what century?
When Buff was doing a bombing run on Vietnam.
A mighty NK MiG-23 before engaging an F-15/16/18/22...
...and after
Like the Soviets, the DPRK holds on to everything: They still have their MiG-15s/19’s/21’s, their T-34 tanks, etc..
You’re forgetting who is president.
—MiG-23’s... advanced fighter jets?!?—
Yo, Kim. 1973 just called. It wants its fighter jets back!
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