US Navy Reconnaissance Aircraft Flies Immediately After North Korea Provocation

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[Asia Economy Yang Nak-gyu Reporter]On the 29th, when North Korea fired a 'super-large multiple rocket launcher,' a U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft reportedly flew over South Korean airspace.

According to the civilian aviation tracking site 'Aircraft Spot' on the 30th, the U.S. Navy reconnaissance aircraft EP-3E flew over the Seoul metropolitan area and other locations the previous day.

The exact time was not disclosed, but it is suggested that the flight coincided with the time North Korea fired the super-large multiple rocket launcher. The EP-3E is an aircraft responsible for signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection and reconnaissance, capturing and analyzing all signals from ground and air.

According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missile-like projectiles from the Wonsan area toward the northeastern East Sea around 6:10 a.m. the previous day.

The North Korean Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun stated that "the National Defense Science Institute conducted a test firing with the purpose of reconfirming the tactical and technical characteristics of the super-large multiple rocket launcher being delivered to the Korean People's Army units," confirming that the projectiles fired the previous day were super-large multiple rocket launchers.

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