UNITED STATES WARNED: North Korea Threatens To Shoot Down U S Spy Planes...

North Korea Threatens
To Shoot Down U S Spy Planes...
Who:
  • North Korea has accused the United States of spying on the site of its planned rocket launch
What:
  • North Korea threatens to shoot down United States high-flying Boeing RC-135 spy planes that intrude into its airspace
When:
  • Any time ahead of a planned rocket launch between April 4 and 8, 2009
Where:
  • Above the site of the upcoming rocket launch
How:
  • A warning issued to US by North Korean state radio on Wednesday 03/29/2009...
Why:
  • North Korea says it will send a communications satellite into orbit on a multistage rocket between April 4 and 8, 2009
Unknown:
  • It is unclear if North Korea has the capability to shoot down the high-flying Boeing RC-135, which can reach altitudes of nearly 10 miles
  • Is the scheduled launch just a cover for a long-range ballistic missile test?


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