North Korea has shot down American military aircraft before, and that was before it was a nuclear power.
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho said Monday that the U.S. declared war on the rogue regime when President Donald Trump threatened to “totally destroy” North Korea. The North Korean diplomat asserted that his country has the right to take defensive countermeasures, including shooting down American strategic military aircraft.
The U.S. regularly sends B-1B Lancers, powerful conventional bombers, to the Korean Peninsula in a show of force. While the U.S. military typically conducts simple overflights, the bombers have also participated in live-fire training exercises near the tense demilitarized zone.
The North Korean military shot down an American EC-121 reconnaissance plane on April 15, 1969. The plane, which was carrying a full crew, was flying over international waters and collecting intelligence. – READ MORE
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