- 26 Sep 2017 21:53
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South Korean intelligence suggests North Korean radar missed Sunday's flights by US planes. North Korea may be incapable of detecting approaching US bombers by its outdated radar system. Unlike the B-2 Spirit known as the Stealth Bomber, B-1B Lancer bombers which violated North Korean airspace aren't stealth bombers. But the B-1B is thought to feature an impressively reduced radar cross-section (RCS) which reflects radar signals in the direction of the radar receiver for an older strategic bomber.
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North Korea's foreign minister has accused US President Donald Trump of declaring war on his country and said Pyongyang had the right to shoot down US bombers.
South Korean intelligence suggests North Korean radar missed Sunday's flights by US planes. North Korea may be incapable of detecting approaching US bombers by its outdated radar system. Unlike the B-2 Spirit known as the Stealth Bomber, B-1B Lancer bombers which violated North Korean airspace aren't stealth bombers. But the B-1B is thought to feature an impressively reduced radar cross-section (RCS) which reflects radar signals in the direction of the radar receiver for an older strategic bomber.
It was meant to be show of force that would demonstrate to North Korea the towering military prowess of the United States.
Escorted by fighter jets, an undisclosed number of supersonic, long-range B-1B Lancer bombers were dispatched Saturday to fly up North Korea's eastern coast.
While the aircraft stayed in international waters, the nighttime mission took them farther north of the Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea than any other American bomber or fighter this century.
South Korean intelligence officials told lawmakers in Seoul on Tuesday that Pyongyang didn't appear to take any action after the U.S. flight.
While they said it was possible the lack of immediate response was intentional, South Korea's National Intelligence Service believes Kim Jong Un's military may not have detected the flight at all.
"It looks like North Korea did not anticipate the U.S. Air Force operation as it happened close to the midnight, and their radar failed to spot the Lancers," Lee Whan Young, an opposition lawmaker briefed by the NIS on Tuesday, told NBC News.
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