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North Korea did not respond to U.S. bomber flight on Saturday: NIS

South Korea's spy agency says the U.S. disclosed the flight route of B1-B bombers to DPRK military

September 26th, 2017

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) on Tuesday claimed
that North Korea did not
“clearly detect”
the deployment of U.S. B1-B bombers over the weekend
and took no action in response,
the head of the National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee said.

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) announced on Saturday
that multiple Air Force B1-B Lancer bombers and F-15C Eagle fighters
had flown a mission over international waters off North Korea’s east coast.

“It appears North Korea didn’t expect it at all
because [the flight happened] around midnight
and it didn’t take any measures as [the B1-B Lancer fliers]
are not clearly detected on radar and other systems,”
Lee Cheol-woo, head of the intelligence committee, said, quoting a report by NIS officials to lawmakers.

“It was reported that North Korea has been moving aircraft and enhance defense on the east coast as the follow-up measures,”
local press quoted Lee as having said.

“But the U.S. said that… they disclosed the flight route to the North Koreans,
as they didn’t seem to know about the flight.”


Pyongyang did not release any statement in response to the deployment of the B-1B Lancer bombers,
which the U.S. military claimed was the “farthest north”
flown by its air force on the peninsula this century.

“The U.S. military side [told us] that North Korea may be surprised,” Lee said,
adding that Pyongyang has reportedly been taking steps
to avoid “any accidental provocations” at the demilitarized zone (DMZ).

One South Korean expert said that Pyongyang could have detected the B-1B Lancer,
but would not have had a clear image of the plane.

“North Korea’s anti-aircraft missile has a range of more than 250 km.

But this flight [of U.S. bombers] is outside the range, ” Kim Min-seok, a senior researcher at the Korea Defense and Security Forum (KODEF), told NK News.

“Therefore, it seems that it was impossible to [for North Korea] to respond with a missile.”

There also existed the risk that obsolete North Korean interceptor aircraft could have crashed during a night flight, he added.

Meanwhile, South Korea’s presidential office on Monday said that the flight of B-1B Lancer strategic bombers was conducted
“in close cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the U.S.”

The Blue House said B-1B Lancers had crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL),
the disputed western maritime border between the two Koreas,
but added that South Korea did not join them.

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