North Korea warned Monday that it may shoot down U.S. reconnaissance aircraft, such as the RC-135, flying over its airspace. Image courtesy of U.S. Air Force
Reuters: North Korea warns it may shoot down US spy planes violating its airspace
SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea accused the United States on Monday of violating its airspace by conducting surveillance flights and warned that, while Pyongyang was exercising restraint, such flights may be shot down.
Provocative military actions by the United States were bringing the Korean peninsula closer to a nuclear conflict, said an unnamed spokesperson of North Korea's Ministry of National Defence in a statement carried by the official KCNA news agency.
The report also cited the use of U.S. reconnaissance planes and drones and said Washington was escalating tensions by sending a nuclear submarine near the peninsula.
"There is no guarantee that such a shocking accident as the downing of the U.S. Air Force strategic reconnaissance plane will not happen" in waters east of Korea, the spokesperson said.
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WNU Editor: The North Korean statement is here .... Press Statement by Spokesman for DPRK Ministry of National Defence (KCNA Watch).
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