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North Korea’s New Nuclear Sub Is Wickedly Unsafe
Daily Beast ^ | April 27, 2016 | David Axe

Posted on 04/27/2016 7:19:01 AM PDT by C19fan

North Korea’s new sea-launched, nuclear-capable ballistic missile and the submarine that fires it are both technologically backward, unreliable, and wickedly unsafe for the unfortunate souls tasked with operating them. In short, Pyongyang's new undersea nuke—which the hermit regime test-launched off the country's eastern coast on April 23—is a dud by any normal standard.

(Excerpt) Read more at thedailybeast.com ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: korea; missile; nknuclearsub; nksubs; submarine
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To: JPG

Can any of you guys who spent time in the boats comment and the state of design shown in this sub?


21 posted on 04/27/2016 8:12:35 AM PDT by Mr. Lucky
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To: Steely Tom

If they starved, they certainly weren’t very good at fishing.


22 posted on 04/27/2016 8:12:42 AM PDT by Bob (No, being a US Senator and the Secretary of State are not accomplishments; they're jobs.)
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To: El Cid
...(although I'm sure our Government salivates in envy).

But for that pesky Constitution!

However, we are only 1 USSC appointee away from seriously abridging the 2dA. And, if we can get a squirrely lower court ruling we may be able to 4/4 that ruling into precedence. (/snort)

23 posted on 04/27/2016 8:14:58 AM PDT by frog in a pot (That our Commander-in-Chief can be foreign born to a foreign father thrills the one-worlders.)
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To: Lower Deck

Great site. Thanks.


24 posted on 04/27/2016 8:17:50 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (Socialists are just communists in their larval stage.)
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To: T-Bone Texan; Bob
You don't have to take my word for it, just google north korean fishing boats japan and read about it for yourself.
25 posted on 04/27/2016 8:24:10 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Steely Tom

I read initial reports about the dead fisherman but never any follow up.

I just assumed what eventually turned out to be the truth: NK dudes afraid to return to port without fish, for fear of execution.


26 posted on 04/27/2016 8:35:33 AM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: C19fan
North Korea’s New Nuclear Sub Is Wickedly Unsafe

Fixed it.

27 posted on 04/27/2016 8:36:14 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (#BlackOlivesMatter)
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To: C19fan

I’m guessing that they got one of these:

https://misternizz.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/polaris-nuclear-sub.jpg


28 posted on 04/27/2016 8:46:12 AM PDT by Coronal
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To: Mr. Lucky
Can any of you guys who spent time in the boats comment and the state of design shown in this sub?

I spent time hunting them. From what I can tell from the information available it'll be slow, noisy, limited range, and an accident waiting to happen. The Soviets used liquid fueled missiles on their Boomers and they almost lost a couple through fuel leaks.

29 posted on 04/27/2016 8:53:24 AM PDT by Lower Deck
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To: castlegreyskull
Rationed one rat a day.

Yeah, but with the radiation leakage they are going to mutate into really big rats, in fact they will be R.O.U.S.'s!

30 posted on 04/27/2016 8:57:11 AM PDT by Mastador1 (I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
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To: Mastador1

“Yeah, but with the radiation leakage they are going to mutate into really big rats, in fact they will be R.O.U.S.’s!”

Yeah, if they become really big Rats they will have more to eat.


31 posted on 04/27/2016 9:03:46 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
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To: Lower Deck

Great website, thanks for the link.
Part of the relative small size of Sinpo boat
May be due to shallow depths of the Yellow Sea.


32 posted on 04/27/2016 9:06:19 AM PDT by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Gamecock

It is a Nork Nuke with Yugoslavian heritage.

Mixed marriages never work out.


33 posted on 04/27/2016 9:23:26 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (It feels like we have exchanged our dreams for survival. We just have a few days that don't suck.)
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To: JPG

How did he get his fat butt on board?


34 posted on 04/27/2016 9:47:34 AM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: Steely Tom

Gee, if they have a boat, and they’re going to be killed if they go back, or starve if they stay at sea, I would think the logical choice would be to sail to another country.

I guess they’re too brainwashed to see that as a viable possibility.


35 posted on 04/27/2016 10:27:52 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
Gee, if they have a boat, and they’re going to be killed if they go back, or starve if they stay at sea, I would think the logical choice would be to sail to another country.

I guess they’re too brainwashed to see that as a viable possibility.

If they do that, their families - including children - get sent to concentration camps. Or executed.

Sometimes, they do away with three generations. Grandparents and grandchildren. All disappear.

36 posted on 04/27/2016 10:30:07 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Two Kids' Dad

Sink them without warning and no public comment about it.
Find ways to kill the dictator. He is selling the atomic bombs and missiles to other nations


37 posted on 04/27/2016 11:47:57 AM PDT by minnesota_bound
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