No data on the direction, altitude or speed of the reconnaissance board is provided.
U.S. Air Force Reconnaissance aircraft RC-135W Rivet Joint was spotted Monday in the skies over the Korean Peninsula amid tension between Seoul and Pyongyang. It was reported by military aviation tracking service No callsign.
The service notes that the aircraft was in the area of Seoul at 10:00 am, but does not provide additional data on the direction, altitude and speed of the reconnaissance board.
The flight took place two days after DPRK leader Kim Jong-un held a meeting of the Central Military Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (CMC). As the Central Telegraph Agency of Korea (CTAK) reported earlier, in the closed part of the meeting, the topics of checking the combat readiness of army units “in connection with the tense situation on the Korean Peninsula and the presence of a potential military threat,” as well as “issues of strengthening deterrence forces” were discussed.
At the same time, the South Korean military does not report any unusual activity by the DPRK Armed Forces. According to some analysts, the flight of a U.S. reconnaissance aircraft is a signal to Pyongyang that it is being watched vigilantly in the South.
In June, the DPRK blew up the inter-Korean communications office in Casson, saying it was a retaliatory measure to distribute propaganda leaflets by South Korean activists, and promised to take retaliatory measures, including military ones. However, Kim Jong-un subsequently ordered that these actions be postponed indefinitely.