US considers sending jets to Korea

The US is considering whether to send fighter jet escorts with reconnaissance planes near North Korea after jets from the country intercepted a surveillance flight and shadowed it for 20 minutes, Pentagon officials said.

US considers sending jets to Korea

The US is considering whether to send fighter jet escorts with reconnaissance planes near North Korea after jets from the country intercepted a surveillance flight and shadowed it for 20 minutes, Pentagon officials said.

Also yesterday, a White House spokesman said the US plans a formal protest of North Korea’s “reckless actions” in sending MiG fighters close to one of its RC-135S surveillance planes on Sunday.

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