Birds or North Korean Midget Submarine?

Defense Ministry Says No North Korean Submarine Detected large flock of birds or a North Korean midget submarine?

That is one of the questions surrounding the inexplicable sinking of the ROK Navy's patrol ship, the 1,200-ton Cheonan, off Baengnyeong Island in the West Sea (Yellow Sea) last Friday night.

As things stand now, just an hour after an explosion on the Cheonan broke it into two before it sank, its sister frigate Sokcho fired 130 rounds from its 76mm main canon.

The Navy and the Defense Ministry maintained that the shooting took place as part of a standard procedure following a large object detected on the frigate's radars.

Later, it explained that it was a flock of birds that duped radar operators as an unidentified object.

Conspiracy theorists contend is that it was a North Korean vessel that infiltrated South Korean waters on a mission to damage a Navy vessel and that the Navy is trying to cover this up because of fear of heightened tension rising between the two Koreas.

This theory is lent credence as eight years ago, the South Korean Navy won a victory in a skirmish with North Korea and, considering military tendencies to get even with the foes, it can’t be ruled out that it was a North Korean attempt to score a South Korean kill.

The Ministry of National Defense said Thursday it did not detect any North Korean submarines near the western sea border last Friday night when the Cheonan naval ship was hit by an unexplained explosion.

1 posted on 04/01/2010 8:57:02 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld

A picture and S. Koredan article of advanced NorK semi-submersible armed with torpedoes and mines:

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/04/01/2010040100434.html

2 posted on 04/01/2010 9:00:16 PM PDT by givemELL (Does Taiwan Meet the Criteria to Qualify as an "Overseas Territory of the United States"? by Richar)

I have seen it. But the Defense Ministry is still dismissing it.

3 posted on 04/01/2010 9:02:19 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)

I have a feeling there’s going to be an “accident” in a Nork harbor soon.

4 posted on 04/01/2010 9:25:43 PM PDT by rdl6989 (January 20, 2013- The end of an error.)

I looked at the picture and yup, it sure is a flock of birds. Anyone disputing it is NOT a mini-submarine, it either on drugs or a liberal.

5 posted on 04/01/2010 9:25:54 PM PDT by Nitehawk0325 (I have the right to remain silent, but I lack the ability...........)

I am not disputing it, but echoing the opinion South Korean Defense Ministry. I am sure they are de-briefing the crew as to what happened that night.They still have not released any radar tapes to the public(which they should).

6 posted on 04/01/2010 9:29:22 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)

If the South Korean Military released the radar tapes of the other ships for outside analysis maybe we can answer the questions that are lingering in everyone’s minds.

7 posted on 04/01/2010 9:32:53 PM PDT by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Wernher Von Braun)

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