N. Koreans Pushing Envelope: MiGs Intercept US Reconnaissance Plane

North Korea Forum

Military sources say as many as four North Korean MiGs intercepted a U.S. reconnaissance plane over international waters during the weekend, MSNBC reported Monday.

According to the sources, the MiGs came within 50 feet of the U.S. RC-135 plane but didn't act aggressively, MSNBC said.

The network said the incident - the first such intercept since 1969 - happened in international air space over the Korean peninsula.

Source: Dow Jones Newswire

I'm tellin' ya, we need to be dealing with these guys in parallel with Iraq, not one at a time as if NK will wait patiently and be on their best behavior until we're good & ready to deal with them following a conflict in Iraq....

I think North Korea is waiting for the war with Iraq to start - believing that the U.S. will be to occupied with Iraq to do anything. Bad belief on the leader's part.