N. Korea Protests Stealth F117 Deployment

(Seoul, South Korea) American stealth fighters arrived in South Korea on Thursday and the North Koreans called it a dangerous move. They seem to forget that they detonated a nuclear bomb several months ago and there is speculation that they soon plan to do it again.

'The US introduction of this type of war hardware ... is a dangerous military move blatantly challenging the aspiration and desire ... for a peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue,' the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, citing a spokesman for the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland.

A squadron of radar-evading F-117 Nighthawk Stealth fighters and 300 airmen arrived at Gunsan, 270 kilometers (167 miles) southwest of Seoul, for a 'routine' training deployment, a US Air Force statement said earlier in the week.

The "ronery one" probably isn't comfortable knowing that a radar-evading warplane armed with smart bombs is about an hour away from his bedroom window. In fact, Kim Jong-il might be a little jumpy.