North Korea has always warned the U.S. about "spy Missions", but they take on new meaning since the 2003 intercept. From March of last year:

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In what defense officials are calling the first such direct hostile act by North Korean warplanes in more than three decades, four armed fighter jets from the communist country intercepted a U.S. Air Force reconnaissance plane in international airspace on Sunday. One of the foreign planes' fire-support radar "locked on" to the U.S. aircraft, Pentagon spokesman Navy Lt.-Cmdr. Jeff Davis said Monday. But the incident had ended without hostile fire, and the American plane, a RC-135S, returned unharmed to the Kadena Air Base in Japan, he said. It occurred during what Davis said was a "routine mission" over the Sea of Japan, 150 miles off North Korea's east coast. The North Korean fighters, identified as two MiG-29s and two that were believed to be MiG-23s, tailed the American plane for just over 20 minutes, closing to around 50 feet.

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North Korea has always spewed propaganda against the U.S. "spy missions" in the past, but the U.S. probably takes these threats a little more serious since the 2003 intercepts.

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One of the foreign planes' fire-support radar "locked on" to the U.S. aircraft, Pentagon spokesman Navy Lt.-Cmdr. Jeff Davis said Monday. But the incident had ended without hostile fire, and the American plane, a RC-135S, returned unharmed to the Kadena Air Base in Japan, he said. It occurred during what Davis said was a "routine mission" over the Sea of Japan, 150 miles off North Korea's east coast. The North Korean fighters, identified as two MiG-29s and two that were believed to be MiG-23s, tailed the American plane for just over 20 minutes, closing to around 50 feet.

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Published: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 06:39:00 GMT

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