From: "George Sherwood" 

On Tue, 04 Mar 2003 21:01:37 -0500, Robert Comer wrote:

> Yep, otherwise North Korea would be saying different.   The normal track of
> such planes is intl waters too.  (I think they're mainly used for
> "listening" rather than any visual surveillance.)
>
> - Bob Comer

According to the news reports this was not a RC-135 for listening.  It was
Cobra Ball.  Used to monitor missile launches.

George

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