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North Korean Fighters Violate South Korean Airspace

 
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Hater Depot



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 3:47 pm    Post subject: North Korean Fighters Violate South Korean Airspace Reply with quote

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200511/200511110025.html

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Two North Korean fighter planes briefly intruded into South Korean airspace when they crossed the Northern Limit Line 32 miles off Baengnyeong Island on Friday afternoon. This is the first time since February 2002 that North Korean fighter planes have crossed the maritime border.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the two fighters took off from the Hwangju Airbase in Hwanghae Province. A group of F-5s and K-16s that were patrolling the West Sea quickly moved to the scene to intercept the fighters and forced them to turn back.


Further confirmation that it's the US standing in the way of reunification. Oh, and the 2002 incident the paper mentions -- that was when the North murdered 4 South Korean sailors.
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Gord



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 1:01 am    Post subject: Re: North Korean Fighters Violate South Korean Airspace Reply with quote

Hater Depot wrote:
Further confirmation that it's the US standing in the way of reunification. Oh, and the 2002 incident the paper mentions -- that was when the North murdered 4 South Korean sailors.


Except that it happened on June 29, 2002, nearly four months after the February 2002 of which you speak. They were talking about air violations, not sea violations which happen on a pretty regular basis.
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Hater Depot



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ah, I stand corrected. I should have read it more carefully. Thanks.
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 13, 2005 4:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There was a sea incursion by a collection of fishing boats over the weekend.

First an air violation, then a sea violation...both are probably related to the APEC thing going on down in Pusan. I think the North resents that they are at the top of the agenda.
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The Bobster



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 5:36 am    Post subject: Re: North Korean Fighters Violate South Korean Airspace Reply with quote

Hater Depot wrote:
Further confirmation that it's the US standing in the way of reunification. Oh, and the 2002 incident the paper mentions -- that was when the North murdered 4 South Korean sailors.

I would be highly surprised if planes from our side of the fence did not cross into airspace from time to time and then retreat when confronted, a time-honored way collecting intel about the state of readiness on the other side. We won't hear about those instances, though, only when the Norks do it.

Propaganda is more than just lying, and lying also includes holding back the true extent of the facts ...
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Kuros



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 11:11 am    Post subject: Re: North Korean Fighters Violate South Korean Airspace Reply with quote

The Bobster wrote:
Hater Depot wrote:
Further confirmation that it's the US standing in the way of reunification. Oh, and the 2002 incident the paper mentions -- that was when the North murdered 4 South Korean sailors.

I would be highly surprised if planes from our side of the fence did not cross into airspace from time to time and then retreat when confronted, a time-honored way collecting intel about the state of readiness on the other side. We won't hear about those instances, though, only when the Norks do it.

Propaganda is more than just lying, and lying also includes holding back the true extent of the facts ...


Yup, the only thing that justifies such double standards is the fact that the North Korean leadership is a rotten dictatorship starving its people, and that the United States of America has done a little better for its people as well as the people of Korea.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:06 pm    Post subject: Re: North Korean Fighters Violate South Korean Airspace Reply with quote

The Bobster wrote:
Hater Depot wrote:
Further confirmation that it's the US standing in the way of reunification. Oh, and the 2002 incident the paper mentions -- that was when the North murdered 4 South Korean sailors.

I would be highly surprised if planes from our side of the fence did not cross into airspace from time to time and then retreat when confronted, a time-honored way collecting intel about the state of readiness on the other side. We won't hear about those instances, though, only when the Norks do it.

Propaganda is more than just lying, and lying also includes holding back the true extent of the facts ...


Yes, I can remember one occasion when that happened due to equipment malfunction.

And of course, we might still overfly them with spy planes.

Dunno
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 14, 2005 6:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I would be highly surprised if planes from our side of the fence did not cross into airspace from time to time and then retreat when confronted


No doubt it happens, but you are missing the significance of the timing. The naval attack that killed the 6 sailors in June '02 did not just happen to happen during the World Cup. This air incursion did not just happen to happen at the beginning of the APEC meeting.

One part of propaganda is distorting information (misinformation), another is withholding information. Another is controlling the timing of information so as to control (or at least influence) discussions.
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