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02 August 2023
by Akhil Kadidal
North Korea’s most capable military combat aircraft is the MiG-29. However, numbers of these aircraft were not visible in above-ground locations in July 2023, suggesting some have gone into storage or have been deployed in tunnel areas. This MiG-29S Fulcrum-C was photographed at the Wonsan International Friendship Air Festival in September 2016. (Janes/Sam Wise)
For over a decade, North Korean air power has suffered from a decline in capability and availability. However, the isolated country is now touting the importance of its air force amid claims that the US is increasing reconnaissance flights over its maritime territory.
On 10 July Kim Yo-jong, a top North Korean official and influential sister of leader Kim Jong-un, accused US spy aircraft of conducting regular flights over the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). “Recently, the US has conducted hostile espionage activities in the Korean peninsula and its vicinity at an unprecedented level by intensively mobilising various air reconnaissance means deployed in the Asia-Pacific operational theatre,” Kim Yo-jong said.
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