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  2. Blockade of Wonsan - Wikipedia

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    The blockade of Wonsan, or the siege of Wonsan, from February 16, 1951, to July 27, 1953, during the Korean War, was the longest naval blockade in modern history, lasting 861 days. United Nations naval forces, primarily from the United States , kept the strategically important city of Wonsan from being used by the North Korea Navy .

  3. Wonsan-Sunchon UFO incident - Wikipedia

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    The Wonsan incident occurred during a stalemate in the Korea War. The Communist-controlled port city of Wonsan was under naval blockade by the U.S. Navy and its allies. [ 3 ] Meanwhile, Sunchon was the site of a major air battle in which new Soviet-made supersonic jet fighters handily defeated their UN counterparts.

  4. Bombing of North Korea - Wikipedia

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    According to military analyst Taewoo Kim, the apparent contradiction between a policy of precision bombing and reports of high civilian casualties is explained by the very low accuracy of bombing. According to a FEAF analysis, 209 bombs needed to be dropped in order to reach an 80% likelihood of hitting a 20 feet (6.1 m) by 500 feet (150 m) target.

  5. Genzan Air Group - Wikipedia

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    With the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Genzan Air Group was deployed to Saigon, French Indochina. The group was a key participant in the sinking of the British capital ships HMS Prince of Wales (53) and HMS Repulse (1916) off the coast of Malaya on 10 December 1941, losing one aircraft and its crew during the ...

  6. Bomb damage assessment - Wikipedia

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    Bomb damage assessment (BDA), also known as battle damage assessment, is the practice of assessing damage inflicted on a target from a stand-off weapon, most typically a bomb or air launched missile. It is part of the larger discipline of combat assessment .

  7. Strategic bombing - Wikipedia

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    The first notable strategic bombing was a bombing consisting of nine B-29s which bombed the Rising Sun oil refinery at Wonsan on July 6, 1950, followed by a bombing of a chemical plant at Hungnam. Later that month on July 30 a Chosen nitrogen explosives factory at Hungnam was bombed destroying the largest of the Konan Industrial-Chemical Complex.

  8. Kosovars Who Rebuilt War-Torn Village Face New Threat As ...

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    In Kosovo, a state-owned energy company plans to destroy a village to make way for expanded coal mining as the government and the World Bank plan for a proposed coal-burning power plant. The government has already forced roughly 1,000 residents from their homes. Many former residents claim officials violated World Bank policy requiring borrowers to restore their living conditions at equal or ...

  9. United States Air Force in South Korea - Wikipedia

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    In February 1951, a series of B-29 interdiction raids began against Chinese supply lines in northwest Korea. Up to early 1951, in the absence of organized defenses, B-29s had been able to make bombing runs at altitudes as low as 10,000 feet without any danger. On 25 February, four B-29s on a raid against Sunchon were attacked by eight MiG-15s ...