South Korean navy ship 'sinking near North'

bbc ^

[darkside321]

BREAKING NEWS: A South Korean navy ship with about 100 personnel on board is sinking off the west coast near North Korea, possibly due to a torpedo attack, reports say.

The ship was sinking near Baengnyeong island, Yonhap news agency quoted navy officials as saying.

The cause of the incident, which happened late on Friday night local time, was not known, the report said.

A rescue operation is said to be under way. There were no immediate reports of casualties, Yonhap said.

[HD1200]

up to 12 P-6 class small torpedo boats
Displacement: 66.5 tons full load
Dimensions: 25.3 x 6.1 x 1.7 meters (83 x 20 x 5.5 feet)
Propulsion: 4 diesels, 4 shafts, 4,800 bhp, 43 knots
Crew: approx. 15-20
Armament: 2 dual 25 mm AA, 2 21 inch torpedo tubes

up to 98 Sin Hung/Ku Song class small torpedo boats
Displacement: 25 tons full load
Dimensions: 18.3 x 3.4 x 1.7 meters (60 x 11 x 5.5 feet)
Propulsion: 2 diesels, 2 shafts, 2,400 bhp, 40 knots
Crew:
Armament: 2 dual 14.5 mm MG, 2 450 mm (17.7 inch) torpedo tubes

[Steely Tom]

Sorry. My mistake. Me bad.

NK had pulled a lot of really bad stuff over the years, I’m only too aware. Ax attacks, airliners bombed out of the sky, kidnappings.

My mistake. Very sorry.

[Cheryllynn]

“though with bambi, who knows who’s side we’d be on”

Bambi wouldn’t be on either side........the man-child can’t make these kind of decisions.

[penelopesire]

Prayers Up for our soldiers in the region. This morning NK was threatening to launch nukes as well.

Obama’s hubris and weakness is causing the world to come unglued. Get ready...we could be headed for a World War soon.

[Wiggins]

All the worlds nut cases probably see a window of opportunity to advance their causes while the US is being run by incompetence.

[humantech]

Its all biblical.
God has this under control. It may get soon to where WE don’t though.
Be ready.

[Vendome]

Potomkin -

Tet —

LBJ

That’s just great.

[SE Mom]

Oh man...that’s all we need now.

Prayers for the safety of the SK sailors and all our military in the region.

[ClearCase_guy]

Obama has spent the past year and a half making sure the world knew that he is a weak and subservient. We're out of money. He doesn't like to win wars. He has alienated our allies. And he can barely persuade his own political party to do the things that they already want to do.

The world sees his weakness and now has three years left to take full advantage of it.

[Wiggins]

Elections have consequences. We are and will be in big trouble for a long time to come.

[Lurking in Kansas]

...yeah, that’s what happens when you have a weak leader.

[sleddogs]

Above his pay grade?

[Cheryllynn]

“Above his pay grade?”

Above his pay and intelligence and guts grade.

[brytlea]

I hadn’t heard the nuke threat. I often wish we lived back in the middle of the country instead of on a coast.

[rockinqsranch]

I don’t think it’s Obama’s hubris and weakness that is of alarm as much as his complicity.

The government in power over America today isn’t a repectful Constitutional government by any means.

[Gritty]

We are faced with a genuine crisis and we have Obozo in charge.

We're so screwed...

[Liberty Valance]

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[penelopesire]

I agree totally about Obama’s complicity. However, his actions are percieved as weakness to our enemies and hence provocative to all of our enemies and destabilizing for the entire world.

[alrea]

three years left to take full advantage of it

ping

[stevie_d_64]

Really??? Care to throw us a link or a bone or something...I am not so sure that would ever have been uttered, much less insinuated by the South Korean government...