N. Korea says S. Korea, U.S. conducted 2,200 aerial spy missions in 2008

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korea claimed on Tuesday that South Korea and
the United States jointly conducted about 2,200 cases of aerial espionage against
it in 2008.
"These numbers and facts go to clearly prove how frantically and desperately the
U.S. imperialist aggressors and the war mongers of the South Korean puppet armed
forces have stepped up the preparations for a war of aggression," the Korean
Central News Agency said.
North Korean media publicize monthly and yearly reports on the claimed espionage,
as well as details about the jets used.
This year's report named the U-2, RC-12 and RC-7B planes as some of the U.S.
reconnaissance aircraft that flew over North Korea, and the RC-800 and RF-4C
planes as the aircraft South Korea used.
About 28,500 U.S. troops are stationed in South Korea as a legacy of the 1950-53
Korean War, which ended with an armistice, not a peace treaty.
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