MSNBC: Unclear if Kim Jong Un’s Soviet Airplanes Can Fly Him More than a Few Thousand Miles

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GEIST: “It's funny you bring that up. To Elise's point, the site of the potential Trump-Kim summit may come down simply to a question of transportation. But can Kim actually get him to the proposed location? According to 'New York Times,' it’s unclear if Kim’s fleet of Soviet airplanes can fly him more than a few thousand miles from North Korea. One former CIA analyst tells the paper, 'We know he has a plane, no one really knows if it works.' Finding a location within a limited radius may prove quite the challenge. A venue in Asia may provide the easiest compromise, allowing Kim to avoid air travel altogether. The paper concludes that borrowing a plane is out of the question for the North Korean leader. He also has the train there, Richard. Travels like 22 miles an hour because it is so heavily armored. He took it on his trip to Beijing.”