US to fly 'radiation sniffer' jet off Korean Peninsula
An WC-135W Constant Phoenix aircraft will be collecting air samples off Korea to determine if North Korea conducted a nuclear test on Friday.
(CNN)The US Air Force is expected to start flying its "radiation sniffer" jet off the Korean Peninsula in the coming hours to take air samples to see if it can determine a nuclear event occurred in North Korea on Friday morning.
The Air Force WC-135 jet, dubbed the "Constant Phoenix," will look for distinctive elements a nuclear test of any type would emit into the air. The collected samples can be analyzed to determine exactly what occurred.
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