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China-Japan-Koreas
Lack of fuel grounds North Korean Air Force's 300 biplanes
2007-10-28
High oil prices have forced energy-strapped North Korea to ground its fleet of ageing Antonov AN-2 biplanes for training flights, it was reported Sunday.
The cutting edge of Stalinist technology.
'We understand North Korea has stopped flying AN-2s for a considerable time to funnel the oil for AN-2s to other planes,' South Korean state news agency Yonhap quoted a military source as saying.

The impoverished but heavily-armed Stalinist nation maintains a fleet of almost 300 AN-2 biplanes, developed in the Soviet Union after the Second World War as a multi-function aircraft.

The planes are capable of infiltrating deep into South Korea in case of war, Yonhap quoted the source as saying, with their capability for slow and low-altitude flight enabling them to evade radar detection.
Well, of course they're low and slow. They're FREAKING BIPLANES, for Pete's sake. Maybe they could carry some hand grenades and throw them out the window during their trip.
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