[S. Korea: Cheonan] Torpedo’s Serial Number Found to be in N. Korean Typeface (smoking gun)

Chosun Ilbo ^ | 05/19/10 | Ju Yongjung & Ryu Yongwon

[Jet Jaguar]

Thank you for translation!

[Jet Jaguar]

2 American officers died in 1976. We sent a sh!tload of planes and troops ready to act if we could not cut down the trees.

Big difference here. A boat was sunk and dozens died. Response is nil.

Scary stuff, the inaction.

[Pikachu_Dad]

Is it? Or are they preparing.

Sometimes it is better to go on your timeline than on the enemies.

[TigerLikesRooster]

sent charge d'affaires Xing Haiming instead.

Well, they made sure that we get where they stand. No ambiguity. Even better.

[Kickass Conservative]

Impressive. We can find torpedo fragments on a vast ocean floor but we can't find a measly Birth Certificate in a Hawaiian Government Office.

[TigerLikesRooster]

To be fair, the sea is only 40m deep at the site. Fishing trawlers of reasonable size could easily scraped the bottom of sea.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Still finding Zero’s birth certificate should be a cake walk compared with this.:-)

[TigerLikesRooster]

Update on Cheonan: Serial number on torpedo propellers.

Ping!

[rdl6989]

I think this is shaping up as an event on a par with ‘76 Axe-Murder in terms of seriousness.

Agreed! Was there ever any doubt the North Koreans did it?

[TXnMA]

Thank you!

[TXnMA]

From the article: "Cheonan's lost engine room found"

Any idea what that is about?

I had the impression that the contents of the hull immediately above the blast focus were either scattered all over the sea floor -- or were shoved into adjacent hull sections...

I could see finding the engines and associated equipment in various locations, but not anything recognizable as a detached "engine room"...

[TXnMA]

The whole country is a fortress. One you have learned to recognize Russian-style AA and A-A missile emplacements, you can spot them all over NK on Google Maps/Earth.

Take a look at the ridge of hills just north of Pyongyang; they are covered in A-A and riddled with tunnels -- including being pierced by a highway that could serve as a runway.

Rooting those devils out of there could be far worse than eradicating the Japanese from their island caves during WWII-- and even worse than we would have faced had we invaded Japan.

[TXnMA]

"Take a look at the ridge of hills just north of Pyongyang; they are covered in A-A and riddled with tunnels -- including being pierced by a highway that could serve as a runway."

See These coordinates

The current satellite image of that area is through considerable cloud cover. "Grabbing" the image and enhancing it (gamma and contrast) can overcome the overcast obscuration to a considerable extent...

[TXnMA]

Just zoomed out and took a look at that area. The "overcast" is actually smoke from a huge fire up to the northwest...