Posted on 04/28/2014 9:20:06 AM PDT by Oldpuppymax
On April 16 in clear weather and calm seas, the South Korean ferry SEWOL listed and sank within two hours, trapping almost 150 innocent victims in her hull. She sank in half the time it took for the TITANIC, which had a fatal gash below its water-line. To date, media reports have focused on rescue and recovery of the victims, which continues as of this writing.
Investigators have mostly speculated that the tragedy was the result of cargo shifting during a sharp turn which caused the ferry to list, then capsize and sink below the water. There has been zero official speculation that the sinking of the SEWOL may have been the result of foul play.
In today’s politically-correct environment, officials are quick to dismiss foul play before a proper investigation has barely begun. Two glaring examples come to mind: the Fort Hood jihadi massacre (it was workplace violence), and Benghazi (it was the video). The media are quick to parrot officials who...
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The truth will be reported several years down the road??
Not if todays spineless politicos have anything to do with it.
For how would politicians be forced to respond if another country “accidentally” collided with the ferry and caused a below deck gash, which caused the loads to shift?
After all, few ferries (if any) secure cars on a trip through a calm straight. Wouldn't take much force, by shipping standards, to cause a bump that would send cars flying.
I say a NORK sub gave it a nudge.
Physics can be ornery at times.
Incoming water??
The MV Sewol was rated to carry a maximum of 987 tons of cargo; when she sank, she was carrying 3,608 tons of cargo, three times her maximum carrying capacity.
That may not have been the cause of the sinking.
But I doubt it made matters any better.
possibly some sat photo finds a scratched up sub parked somewhere?
I feel so for those divers I bet they ill be haunted by all those cold dead kids must be so eerily to turn a corner and find you are face to face with one prayers up
The Korean media has talked about another ferry of the same type that also capsized in similar conditions.
What the heck is a “bubble jet” torpedo, that can sink a ship without leaving a hole in the hull?
Magnetic torpedoes detonate under the hull too, but the buckled hull plates are rather obvious. And since the ferry “turned turtle” before it sank, the world got a pretty clean look at the keel.
The worst part is the visibility in that water is only a few inches.
Typical Asian magic thinking. The laws of physics will look the other way while I roll the dice because they've done so before.
Remember the Maine!!
Nevermind the fact the public wasn’t allowed to see it or the results of that investigaion.
Politicians (or those in authority),and their lackeys in uniform, have covered up the truth throughout history.
Yes, this is the first I’ve read or heard of a “bubble jet” torpedo. If this exists, I would think “we”, the US, would have it in our arsenal and it would’ve been publicized (although I wish we would keep our secrets, secret.
I watched a live South Korean TV broadcast on the Sewol sinking and paid close attention to the hull. I did not see any gashes or holes but then I didn’t get to see the entire hull as it rolled over.
Seems to me I read about a North Korean vessel (fishing?) that sank a week or two weeks before this horrible tragedy on the Sewol. One of my first thoughts upon learning of the Sewol sinking was could this be retribution from the Norks?
Not necessarily. Consider the Russian super-cavitating torpedo, nicknamed Skval. The Skval is essentially an underwater rocket. The US attempted such a weapon but abandoned it as both technically difficult and tactically limited -- at least for the way the USN operates. So sometimes an opponent with a different tactical scheme has the stick-to-it-evness to finish the job.
Another such weapon would be China's "carrier-killer" ballistic missile.
The “Bubble Jet” effect is nothing new at all. It is not a type of torpedo, but rather an effect that happens when an underwater explosion occurs. The explosion causes a huge bubble of gasses, the water pressure then causes this bubble to collapse from the bottom upward. This causes a jet of water to shoot upward.
Some modern torpedoes are designed to detonate below their target to maximize the damaging potential of this effect. It can partially lift a surface vessel out of the water and use its own weight to break the hull.
The bubble jet is an effect caused by an underwater explosion.
It does not sink a ship without leaving a hole in it. Rather it causes massive damage to the ship, putting a very big hole in it, which causes it to sink.
One South Korean disaster that still stands out for me is the 1995 Sampoong department store collapse.
A great example of “What could possibly go wrong?!”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampoong_Department_Store_collapse
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