Sunday, September 30, 2001, updated at 16:53(GMT+8)
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US Accused of Conducting Continuous Aerial Espionage Against DPRK
The United States conducted over 160 cases of aerial espionage against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in September with strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sunday.
The agency quoted the DPRK military sources as saying that over 40 espionage flights were made by U-2 and RC-135 strategic reconnaissance planes, and tactical reconnaissance planes, including RC-12, RC-7b, RF-4C and helicopters EH-60 for electronic warfare, were mobilized for aerial espionage on front-line areas and coastal areas of the DPRK.
In another development, the United States staged aerial war exercises against the DPRK almost everyday with the sky above South Korea as field of operation, said the agency.
The United States conducted over 160 cases of aerial espionage against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in September with strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Sunday.