North Korea has levelled new accusations that U.S. spy planes had repeatedly violated its airspace and the skies over its 'economic water zone' since last week, threatening to shoot the aircraft down if 'illegal intrusions' continue.
a U.S. Air Force strategic reconnaissance plane of intruding into the North's "economic water zone" on Monday off the east coast of the Korean peninsula.this year, including an Air Force plane flying off its east coast several times last week.
A month later, the North declared "military sea boundary" stretching 50 nautical miles off its east coast and to the boundary line of its economic water zone along the west coast, banning any activity by foreign military vessels and aircraft. The North's defence ministry said the U.S. RC-135 and U-2S strategic reconnaissance planes and RQ-4B drone flew over its east and west coasts last week.
In 2003, four North Korean fighter jets intercepted a U.S. RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft on a routine mission in international airspace.
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