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Interesting twist to the US-North Korean spy plane incident..

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PENTAGON officials believe that North Korean fighter pilots were trying to capture the crew of an American spyplane that they intercepted last weekend.
Rather than the interception being a chance encounter in international airspace, US military officials now think that the jets had been sent on a well-planned mission to force the surveillance aircraft to land in North Korea, where its crew would have been seized.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-605376,00.html
 
I initially thought the US was handling the situation with North Korea delicately because of its strong ties with China. However, most of the (limited) media coverage seemed to indicate that China was unhappy with North Korea too.

If this article is accurate, it sounds like the situation may be more serious than previously thought. On the other hand, if China is indeed pulling the strings the odds of North Korea doing anything nuts like launching a nuclear weapon are slim.
 
There is no way that they would launch a nuclear attack against us. They would be absolutely wiped off the face off the planet within 15 minutes of a launch.....
 
actually, the scary thing is that if this were true, that means the N. Koreans were able to plan and execute an interception of a US Spyplane *12 miles* off their coast without prior knowledge!

geez, can the US even do that?

plus, CNN says that the migs the N. Koreans were flying have a very limited range which indicates that the interception was not a chance encounter.

BB

edit: whoops...meant to say 150 miles, not 12.
 
I guess steinbeck was right..."even the best laid plans of mice and men...."

besides, what where the N. Korean pilots supposed to do when the US pilots gave them the finger? shoot down a US plane? In any event, I'm sure the whole situation surprised a few people in the pentagon in terms of what N. Korea is capable of-probably what the N. Koreans wanted in the first place.

BB
 
Originally posted by: FrontlineWarrior
if it was so well planned then why did they fail?
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Plans fail. If this was their intention it was short sighted. I'm sure the crew on the spyplane would have had no intention to be forced into landing like that.

 
They do realize that if they had seized the crew, that Pyongyang would be a glass parking lot, and Kim Jong's head would be mounted on a spear outside the capital building don't they
 
North Korea is just putting on a display to try to force the US to negotiate terms before shutting down their reactors again. I believe they underestimate the reaction that the Bush administration may have towards them if they keep this up. Those carrier fleets may just want to stop by the Korean peninsula on the way home from Iraq.
 
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