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2008/02/21 11:21 KST
N. Korea boosts air force drill to 13-year high

   SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's Air Force launched its fighter jets on over 100 missions on a single day last month, breaking its 1995 record of sorties per day, a military official here said Thursday.

The official refused to reveal the exact number of sorties flown or when they were flown, but noted the communist nation had restrained itself from any major military drills since late 1990s, perhaps due to a chronic shortage of energy.