North Korea said Saturday that the United States has conducted about 2,200 spy flights over its territory in 2006 from its South Korean bases and elsewhere.
An average of six U.S. spy planes flew over North Korea every day, said the North's official news outlet, the Korean Central News Agency. The flights included about 300 by the U-2 aircraft and approximately 100 flights made by the RC-135 over the past year, it said.
It gave details for recent surveillance cases: an E-3 spy plane entering its airspace from the South Korean sky between Dec. 11 and 14 and an EP-3 plane between Dec. 14 and 21.
North Korea routinely publishes its report on U.S. surveillance on a monthly and yearly basis.
About 32,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as a deterrent against possible aggression from North Korea. The Korean War ended in armistice, rather than a peace treaty, in 1953.
Seoul, Dec. 30 (Yonhap News)
N. Korea claims U.S. made 2,200 spy fights over its territory |
