A defence ministry official said it could not guarantee that a ‘shocking incident’ such as the aircraft being shot down, would not happen
North Korea has threatened to shoot down a US reconnaissance aircraft which it claimed was intruding into its airspace.
It was the latest example of sabre-rattling by North Korea in recent months.
The country’s defence ministry accused the US of conducting “provocative flights” over its territory.
“Especially in the East Sea, U.S. Air Force strategic reconnaissance aircraft violated the airspace of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by tens of kilometres several times,” the unnamed spokesperson said in a statement carried by the KCNA official news agency, attributed to a defence ministry official.