US deploys emergency spy plane to monitor North Korea amid fears Kim Jong-un is preparing to launch a rocket devastating Trump peace-talks
Tell-tale signs have been spotted at the secretive state’s ‘Sohae Satellite Launching Station’
PENTAGON chiefs have dispatched a spy plane to monitor North Korea amid concerns it is plotting to launch a rocket, it emerged today.
Dubbed the Cobra Ball, the US Air Force RC-135S aircraft has touched down at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, according to reports.
He said: “Pyongyang has a space programme and they will again insist that they have a legitimate right to access outer space for peaceful means, although it is clear that this is dual-use technology and their space programme is heavily militarised.
“They will obtain data and be able to improve their designs, which is why any launch is in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.”
Professor Pinkston said a rocket launch could be a way of demonstrating anger after the failed talks with Trump.
It comes as former Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon today insisted Britain’s military must return “East of Suez” to combat rising tensions sparked by North Korea and also China.
Sir Michael spoke out in the forward of a striking new report by Think Tank, the Policy Exchange.
It argues a post Brexit Britain must flex its muscles in the Pacific once more - reversing a 50 year old decision to withdraw forces from the region.
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