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China using North Korea as a decoy for
personal gains for fixing its neighbors
SEOUL,-- North Korea's air force has sharply
increased jet fighter training flights in the past
few days, with the number of sorties reaching as
many as 700 on the day South Korea and the
United States launched a joint war game earlier
this week, a military source in Seoul said Wednesday. The North's move is seen as part of efforts to
beef up combat readiness and to closely monitor
joint drills in the South that began on Monday.
The drill, called Key Resolve, involves about
10,000 Korean troops and 3,000 American
personnel as well as military weapons and equipment, including F-22 stealth jets and B-52
bombers deployed from overseas U.S. bases. "Flights of North Korean air force's fighter jets
and helicopters reached about 700 sorties on
March 11," the source said on the condition of
anonymity. "It is seen as unprecedented in scale." The recent sortie is nearly six times more than
the maximum number of flights in a day during
last year's summer training, the source said. The impoverished nation is known to have
restricted flying time to save hard currency as its
fighter jets depend on imported fuel. North Korea
is believed to have accumulated about 1.5 tons of
fuel for wartime use, according to military
officials. The latest move comes as the communist
nation is preparing a mass military drill along its
eastern coast, and activities of submarines and
warships have also increased along its east and
west coasts. After the U.N. Security Council slapped a new
round of sanctions on Pyongyang over its third
nuclear test last month, the North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un has made a series of visits to
artillery troops near the western sea border
urging his soldiers to be on high alert and ready for war. While tensions over a military conflict are rising
on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's defense ministry
said on Tuesday there were no signs of an
imminent attack or additional nuclear tests for
the time being, but he stressed it would strike
back if the North launches any provocation on the South.
http://www.asian-defence-news.blogspot.no/2013/03/n-korea-sharply-increases-flights-of.html?m=1
personal gains for fixing its neighbors
SEOUL,-- North Korea's air force has sharply
increased jet fighter training flights in the past
few days, with the number of sorties reaching as
many as 700 on the day South Korea and the
United States launched a joint war game earlier
this week, a military source in Seoul said Wednesday. The North's move is seen as part of efforts to
beef up combat readiness and to closely monitor
joint drills in the South that began on Monday.
The drill, called Key Resolve, involves about
10,000 Korean troops and 3,000 American
personnel as well as military weapons and equipment, including F-22 stealth jets and B-52
bombers deployed from overseas U.S. bases. "Flights of North Korean air force's fighter jets
and helicopters reached about 700 sorties on
March 11," the source said on the condition of
anonymity. "It is seen as unprecedented in scale." The recent sortie is nearly six times more than
the maximum number of flights in a day during
last year's summer training, the source said. The impoverished nation is known to have
restricted flying time to save hard currency as its
fighter jets depend on imported fuel. North Korea
is believed to have accumulated about 1.5 tons of
fuel for wartime use, according to military
officials. The latest move comes as the communist
nation is preparing a mass military drill along its
eastern coast, and activities of submarines and
warships have also increased along its east and
west coasts. After the U.N. Security Council slapped a new
round of sanctions on Pyongyang over its third
nuclear test last month, the North Korean leader
Kim Jong-un has made a series of visits to
artillery troops near the western sea border
urging his soldiers to be on high alert and ready for war. While tensions over a military conflict are rising
on the Korean Peninsula, Seoul's defense ministry
said on Tuesday there were no signs of an
imminent attack or additional nuclear tests for
the time being, but he stressed it would strike
back if the North launches any provocation on the South.
http://www.asian-defence-news.blogspot.no/2013/03/n-korea-sharply-increases-flights-of.html?m=1