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170 Cases of U.S Aerial Espionage in July

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, July 31 (KCNA) -- The U.S. imperialists committed more than 170 cases of aerial espionage against the DPRK in July by mobilizing strategic and tactical reconnaissance planes with different missions, according to a military source. A U-2 took off a U.S. air force base in south Korea at around 10:20 of July 30 and flew in the sky above the area 160 km west of Tokjok islet, Phochon and the area 45 km east of Sokcho to spy on the DPRK. An RC-135 took off a military base in Japan on July 1 and 20 and made shuttle flights in the sky above the Taebu islet and Yangphyong and the area 30 km east of Yangyang to spy on the targets in the depth of the DPRK.
    The number of cases of aerial espionage by U-2, RC-135 and E-3 reached more than 30 in July.
    8 tactical reconnaissance planes including RC-12, RC-7B and RF-4C were involved to spy on military targets in the DPRK on July 6, 21 and 23 each and 7 on July 22 on the same mission.
    The daily escalating moves of the U.S. imperialists to stifle the DPRK by force of arms increase the need for it to further bolster its military capability