As if we don’t have enough to worry about with Democrats and neo-con Republicans pushing the United States headlong into World War Three with Russia, North Korea accused the U.S. military of “illegally” entering its airspace “several times” on Monday and warned that it may shoot down intruding U.S. Air Force spy planes in the days ahead.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency cited a spokesman for the country’s Ministry of National Defense in reporting on the warning, with Fox News noting that it comes after U.S. Forces Korea conducted joint aerial drills with South Korea in late June.
“This month alone, RC-135, U-2S and RQ-4B, strategic reconnaissance planes and reconnaissance drone belonging to the U.S. Air Force, flew over the East and West seas of Korea in turn for eight straight days from July 2 to 9 to conduct provocative aerial espionage on the DPRK’s strategic interior,” read the statement from the spokesman.
“In particular, a strategic reconnaissance plane of the U.S. Air Force illegally intruded into the inviolable airspace of the DPRK over its East Sea tens of kilometers several times,” the release added.
While offering no further clarification, the spokesman said North Korea is “now maintaining our utmost patience and self-control, but everything has its limit.”
“There is no guarantee that such [a] shocking accident as [a] downing of the U.S. Air Force strategic reconnaissance plane will not happen in the East Sea of Korea,” he added.
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Kim Yo Jong, who is Kim Jong Un’s sister, later accused the U.S. of sending spy planes over the North’s exclusive economic zone, the area within 200 nautical miles of its territory where it controls rights to natural resources.
Kim said a U.S. spy plane crossed the eastern sea boundary between the Koreas at around 5 a.m. Monday and conducted reconnaissance activities over the North’s exclusive economic zone before being chased away by North Korean warplanes. She said the U.S. aircraft crossed the eastern sea boundary again at around 8:50 a.m., prompting North Korea’s military to issue an unspecified “strong warning” toward the United States.
“A shocking incident would occur in the long run in the 20-40 kilometer section in which the U.S. spy planes habitually intrude into the sky above the economic water zone,” she said, according to The Associated Press.
In a separate statement, Kim warned that U.S. forces would face a “very critical flight” if they continue their “illegal intrusion” into North Korea’s airspace.
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