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Old 08-14-2012, 06:25 PM
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Originally Posted by kato13 View Post
When I saw those all those aircraft my first (joking) thought was that such an aerial raid would use a measurable percentage of North Korea's daily fuel allotment.

I then had to look it up.

North Korea uses 15,070 barrels of oil daily (ranked 146th in the world)
http://www.eia.gov/countries/country-data.cfm?fips=KN

15 070 oil barrels = 2,395,938.53 liters (Google)
(1 oil barrels = 158.987295 liters)

I am assuming those aircraft are similar to An-12s and there were a dozen on them.

12 aircraft x 18,100 liters per plane = 217,200 liters
http://www.worldwide-aviation.net/ai...d=46&Itemid=55

So that flight alone would take over 9% of North Korea's average daily heavy fuel consumption.

2,395,938.53 liters/217,200 liters = 9.065%
Where did you get the figure of 18,100 liters per plane? Where are they starting from and how many times do they need to refuel?

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