As happened on previoust tests, impact zone will probably be in the Sea of Japan even if the operational range of Musudan (2,500–4,000 km) could bring the missile elsewhere: the risk is indeed an incident caused by miscalculation or technical failure resulting in a course deflection. AEGIS and the other radar systems deployed in the zone will calculate the route in the first ascent phase and analyze the level of threat. Patriot missile batteries were deployed in Tokyo, whereas flying activity by U.S. military planes based in the region surged. Even if F-16s and A-10s from Osan airbase, south of Seoul, have intensified their training- (based on the radio comms that can be listened in real time on LiveATC.net, it’s from “special” platforms that the most valuable information about the North Korean activities comes. Some RC-12X Guardrail multi-intelligence aircraft are operating out of Osan, that is also the base of 5th Reconnaissance Squadron’s U-2S Dragon Lady spyplanes. Ready to track the reentry vehicles and warheads during the final phase of flight is an RC-135S Cobra Ball II missile tracking aircraft (62-4128/OF), flown by the 45th Reconnaissance Squadron of the 55th Wing from Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, currently based at Kadena airbase, Okinawa, alongside two RC-135Ws (62-4126/OF and 62-4130/OF) from 38th RS/55th Wing (from Offutt as well) involved in SIGINT (Signal Intelligence) missions.......
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 01:19:52 +0000
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