From: "George Sherwood" 

On Wed, 05 Mar 2003 09:10:06 +0000, Adam Flinton wrote:

> Heck you were losing all sorts of aircraft over vietnam at that
> time.....does that mean that sending an aircraft carrier into the south
> china sea means the same thing now as it did then (say to the people in
> Hanoi)?

What?  I don't understand what the conflict in Vietnam has to do with NK
shooting down an aircraft in international waters.
>
>> > Brushing the borders.....in & out...
>>
>> You are just making a statement with no proof.  It doesn't have anything
>> to do with this case.  We don't cross NK borders.  You don't violate
>> territorial airspace.  Your repeated saying we are doing this won't make
> it so.
>> >
>
> OK. I'm sure you wouldn't do that in a P3.
>
> Why, when you could send an unmanned drone.

Unless you are in combat in that area, you aren't going to send in an
ummanned drone either.  You have watched way too many movies.
>
> But re "it doesn't make it so"...how would one get these
sorts of photos :
>
http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/vn_crb2.htm
>
http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/vn_crb1.htm

Those look like satellite shots to me.  I will say again, no one was
overflying Vietnam or any other country in 1987.

George

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