North Korea threatened to shoot down Japanese aircraft reconnaissance.

KommentariiBelka kolese25.06.2009Ugrozhaya Washington in the war, Pyongyang is trying to achieve his raspolozheniyaSyuzhetyPovtornye nuclear tests in KNDR17.06.2009Zapad recorded movement "rocket" train KNDRSevernaya Korea on Saturday threatened to shoot down Japanese reconnaissance aircraft, which will be its airspace, the agency transmits Associated Press.
As stated in the statement of the DPRK, the Air Force, the military "will not tolerate the slightest, and aerial reconnaissance by the warmongers of the Japanese aggressors, and will ruthlessly shoot down any aircraft that is vtorgnetsya airspace even one thousand millimeters.
According to North Korean authorities on Wednesday and Thursday Japanese reconnaissance aircraft E-767 flying from the Cape Musudan. The representative of the Ministry of Defense of Japan on condition of anonymity told the agency that Japanese planes actually gather information about North Korea, but did not specify which aircraft are used for this purpose.
Threats against the DPRK, Japan, on the aerial reconnaissance is rare, said the AR, although the United States to prevent Pyongyang from time to time directs. Last appeared in April 2009. Then the North Korean military had announced that during March, an American scout plane-RC-135 flew over the Cape Musudan, where the missile launch site, as well as in the port of Wonsan area in the Sea of Japan.
Recall earlier Pyongyang announced that from 25 June to 10 July, will hold military exercises in the Sea of Japan, so the coast port of Wonsan in the area will be closed to navigation. According to Japanese intelligence, from 4 to 8 July, the DPRK will make the launch of a ballistic missile in the direction of the United States.
In May 2009, the DPRK conducted a second in the history of underground nuclear tests, and also carried out several missile launches. In response, on 12 June the UN Security Council imposed new sanctions against Pyongyang, which, inter alia, prohibit the export of arms from North Korea.