Vietnam War Dec 5, 1970: North Vietnam announces it will not be intimidated by U.S. bombing

A North Vietnamese newspaper declares that the country will not be intimidated by U.S. bombing threats. Earlier in the week, U.S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird had warned that the U.S. would initiate new bombing raids on North Vietnam if the communists continued to fire on unarmed reconnaissance aircraft flying over their air space. Responding to Laird's threats, North Vietnamese officials declared that any U.S. reconnaissance planes that flew over North Vietnam would be fired upon. This declaration implied that North Vietnam would not be forced into concessions, and was prepared to continue the war regardless of the cost.(history.com 2014) (http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnam-announces-it-will-not-be-intimidated-by-us-bombing)