Two North Korean Submarines "Disappeared"

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[traumer]

Chosun TV is reporting that South Korean military have lost contact with two North Korean submarines that left their naval base in Hwanghae Province a few days ago.

There has obviously been a lot of changes between last week and now and South Korean military officials suggested that while maneuvers in February were nothing meaningful, now it is provocation.

The two 'torpedo' subs are small 130-ton, 30-meter, 10-man machines that can stay submerged for three-to-four days.

[sappy]

anyone find it odd that after knowing DPRK is threatening with missiles that Obama heads to Sodom by the Sea. a place missiles could potentially reach? and he’s fundraising. again.

[Excellence]

What if the sub itself is the torpedo?

[0.E.O]

how long to sail to Guam?

Surfaced? A little over 7 days. Submerged? About 10. Both at max speed. But I doubt they carry enough fuel to make it 2000 miles.

[SunkenCiv]

Gosh, where's the ubiquitous coverage of the Union of Concerned Scientists' nuclear doomsday clock? Oh, that's right, it's a Demwit presidency.

• Magazine Thongil Published ("Thongil" is reunification in Korean)
• North Korea Says It Is Entering 'State Of War' With South
• North Korea Threatens to Close Factories It Runs With South
• N. Korea says it enters 'war' against S. Korea (just a little while ago)
• War Games: Unstable North Korea Voids 1953 Armistice
• U.S., South Korea Begin Military Exercises As North Ends Armistice
• North Korea cancels non-aggression pact with South
• North Korea tells South to leave islands (Strike warning)

What, me worry?

• U.S. reducing rhetoric that feeds North Korean belligerence
• Report: U.S. backing off shows of force against North Korea for fear of what Kim might do (O Blinks)
• W.H. 'would not be surprised' if North Korea launches missile
• North Korea: What happens if Kim Jong-un acts on his threats?
• North Korea: What happens if Kim Jong-un acts on his threats?
• North Korea Likely To Launch 'A Relatively Small Attack (shorten)
• North Korea Likely To Launch 'A Relatively Small Attack That Won't Leave Many People Dead'
• A North Korean Nuclear Pearl Harbor?
• How North Korea Could Destroy The United States
• If North Korea Starts a War the United States Will Lose

"Reagan's Star Wars will be Missile Defense while Obama's in the White Hut" sidebars:

• China Refuses to Send Envoy to N. Korea
• China mobilizing troops, jets near N. Korean border, US officials say
• Russian bomber conducts practice strikes on US missile defenses in Asia
• Obama Says Defense He Fought Can Stop North Korea
• Pentagon to beef up missile defense in response to North Korean threat, sources say
• U.S. to bolster missile defenses to counter North Korea threat: Hagel (cites...EPA???)
• Obama's Dangerous Flip-Flops On Missile Defense
• SDI at 30, Part III
• Biden in 2001: 'I Worry That a Narrow-Minded Pursuit of Missile Defense' Could Damage 'Negoti...
• Biden: 'I Worry That Pursuit of Missile Defense' Could Damage 'Negotiations with N.Korea'

In Asia, those in the weaker position bark louder.

• There'll Be No War, N.Korea Assures Chinese Tourists
• U.S. says U.N. sanctions 'will bite' after North Korea threatens nuclear attack
• U.S. Says U.N. Sanctions "Will Bite" After North Korea Threatens Nuclear Attack
• Rice prices skyrocket in North Korea

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks traumer.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

30m small, 130-ton torpedo can carry a two-foot Chinese crew of 10 people, and at depths of less than 100m mission for more than three or four days longer available.

Can someone decode this statement?

[traumer]

This is the Google translator at work....