calendar>>June 30. 2009 Juche 98
Cases of Aerial Espionage against DPRK on Steady Increase
Pyongyang, June 30 (KCNA) -- The U.S. imperialists and the south Korean puppets desperately perpetrated aerial espionage against the DPRK in June by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes with various missions, according to a military source.

On June 28 the U.S. imperialist aggression forces' overseas-based E-3 and RC-135 made shuttle flights in the air above the waters east of Orang, Musudan and Riwon on the East Coast and on June 10 and 12 they made similar flights in the air above the waters east of Musudan, Hamhung and Thongchon to perpetrate aerial surveillance and photographing and electronic reconnaissance against all areas of the DPRK.

On June 25 Japan-based E-3 flew in the air above the area of south Korea to command flying corps of the U.S. imperialist aggression forces and the puppet air force and to spy on areas of the DPRK. On June 10 EP-3 made a long flight to commit electronic reconnaissance against coastal and front areas of the DPRK.

On June 29 south Korea-based U-2 made shuttle flights from the east to the west all day long to spy on the DPRK. The number of cases of aerial espionage perpetrated by this plane reached 27 this month and more than 140 in the first half of this year.

On June 24 and 25 the U.S. imperialists let 15 reconnaissance planes of different types including U-2, RC-12, RC-7B, and E-3 fly in the air above areas along the front and coastal areas to spy on the DPRK.

The number of cases of aerial espionage perpetrated by RC-12 and RC-7B of the U.S. imperialist aggression forces against the DPRK reached more than 80 this month and at least 450 this year.

Keeping pace with these spy missions, the warmongers of the south Korean puppet forces let two or three RC-800 and RF-4C make shuttle flights day and night every day from the air over the areas along the front on the West Coast to the air over the areas along the front on the East Coast to intensify the espionage against the areas of the DPRK.

The U.S. imperialist aggressor forces committed more than 110 cases while the south Korean puppet army at least 90 cases in June, bringing the total number of cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK to more than 1,100 cases in the first six months of the year.

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