New N. Korean rocket turns enemy tanks into 'boiled pumpkin' (portable, laser-guided rocket)

AFP on Yahoo ^ | 2/27/16 | AFP

[NormsRevenge]

North Korea on Saturday boasted of a newly developed anti-tank weapon that its leader said was so powerful it could turn the most heavily armoured enemy tanks into "boiled pumpkin".

Pyongyang's state media said leader Kim Jong-Un had watched tests of the portable, laser-guided rocket and declared it had the "longest firing range in the world", and was "as accurate as a sniper's rifle".

"He noted with great satisfaction that even the special armoured tanks and cars of the enemies which boast their high manoeuvrability and striking power are no more than a boiled pumpkin before the anti-tank guided weapon", the KCNA news agency.

Kim called for the weapon to go into mass production as soon as possible and for it to be deployed to frontline units and coastal defence units.

[ameribbean expat]

Kim JongUn...always thinking about food.

[lightman]

Me thinks we have weapons that could turn their rocket into chop suey.

[NormsRevenge]

Uhh,, General. Isn't that rocket supposed to be heading away from us?

[DannyTN]

Did North Korea hire Ted Cruz’s campaign team?

[Darth Reardon]

His choice of language must be for the foreign audience. I’m thinking it’s safe to say very few Norks outside the military would know what a “pumpkin” was. “Sawdust enhanced bowl of rice”, perhaps.

[CrazyIvan]

“as accurate as a sniper’s rifle”.

Probably uses the same technology that allows him to shoot 18 hole in ones in a row.

[rdl6989]

Sorry folks, this thread just cries out for a pumpkin pie photo.

[bobby.223]

“If Wrocket grow boom you die. You all will DIE!!!!”

[Cvengr]

...the portable, laser-guided rocket and declared it had the "longest firing range in the world", and was "as accurate as a sniper's rifle".

Gee, a man portable laser guided ICBM, more accurate than a sniper's rifle, and further range than an ICBM.

[LeoWindhorse]

we need to turn most of North Korea into boiled pumpkins

[caver]

Do they have pumpkins in North Korea?

[43north]

“Sawdust enhanced bowl of rice”

Didn’t you mean to write “rice enhanced bowl of sawdust”?

[Darth Reardon]

You got me on that one.

[Joe 6-pack]

I don't know if they have them in the north, but they certainly have them in the south. Pumpkin kimchi is quite tasty...

[VanShuyten]

I don’t know about the Norks, but the Japanese have a small, green, very hard pumpkin called a kabocha. It bakes up very nicely into a creamy, tasty treat.

[gaijin]

Uh...THIS is also a photo that the DPRK actually released:

...and they were SERIOUS.

[caver]

I like kimchi. Never had a pumpkin version though.

[JoeProBono]

[rdl6989]

What goes up, must come down.