World Navy Timeline, June 2002

[Mikhail Sidorin]

World Navy Timeline, June 2002

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EVENT OF THE Month:

Jun. 28 SOUTH KOREA. Korean ship battle kills four

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Jun. 15
ARGENTINA. Argentine shells Russian ship
Russia denounces the shelling with 'no justification' of a fishing trawler by an Argentinian coastguard vessel

Jun. 26
JAPAN. Missile found on N. Korean 'spy boat'
Japanese divers searching a boat that sank in 2001 have found a Russian-made anti-aircraft missile

Jun. 28
SOUTH KOREA. Korean ship battle kills four
North and South Korean warships exchanged gunfire near the western sea border. One South Korean frigate was sunk:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_2073000/2073694.stm

Jun. 30
NORTH KOREA. N. Korea accuses South of navy attack
North Korea says that South Korea staged a deadly surprise attack to undermine relations during the World Cup finals:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/asiapcf/east/06/30/korea.battle/index.html

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Mikhail Sidorin
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