Posted on 05/20/2015 2:23:10 PM PDT by presidio9
Photographs showing Kim Jong-un proudly watching as a North Korean missile was launched from an underwater submarine were manipulated by state propagandists, experts claimed on Tuesday.
German aerospace experts said photos of the launch were "strongly modified", including reflections of the missile exhaust flame in the water which did not line up with the missile itself.
“Considering the track record of North Korean deceptions, it seems sensible to assume that any North Korean SLBM [submarine-launched ballistic missile] capability is still a very long time in the future, if it will ever surface,” Markus Schiller and Robert Schmucker, of Schmucker Technologie, told Reuters.
A photo on state TV showed a missile high in the sky leaving a trail of white smoke, whereas other photos from state media showed no white smoke, suggesting the two photos were of different missiles with different propulsion systems, Mr Schiller and Mr Schmucker said.
James Winnefeld, a US navy admiral, on Tuesday said the country's "clever video editors and spinmeisters" had disguised the fact that Pyongyang is still "many years" from developing submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
He told an audience at the Centre for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington that the isolated country may still be years away from developing the technology.
"They have not gotten as far as their clever video editors and spinmeisters would -SNIP-
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
German aerospace experts said the reflection of the missile on water, circled, did not line up Photo: KCNA/EPA
There are discrepancies between photos purportedly showing the same missile launch (KCNA)
A South Korean TV news program showing images of the missile launch (AP)
Well knock me down with a feather.
Odd that the dark inner cloud has dissipated in the second picture while the white steam cloud hasn’t moved.
Of course it’s photoshopped. No safety officer would allow anyone that close to missile launch let alone a national leader.
Same designer that ‘shopped obola’s BC?
Ruh ROHH!! INCOMING!!
I didn't spend my time anywhere around missiles, SLBMs or otherwise. Wouldn't the noise be overwhelming at that range?
Who would be that close to a launch if it weren’t a faked photo?
I think he was pointed and exclaiming “Hey! Someone threw a way a perfectly good candy bar!” And then they just used that photo to photoshop.
Considering what happened to the last military officer that disagreed with Kim I don’t know if the safety officer would argue very long that it was not safe to be that close.
Mickey Mouse head insignia in sea foam near Dear Leader’s index finger.
either that or Godzilla farted..
Ruh Roh! The guys who did the photoshoping don’t have much time left on this planet.
Kim knows that the rest of the world will see through this. But, we aren't his intended audience.
ROFL You guys are killing me ROFL
Of course Reuters knows everything about photoshopping. :)
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3286966,00.html
>>No safety officer would allow
Safety Officer?? In North Korea?
Ruh, roh.
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