Posted on 03/11/2016 1:15:22 PM PST by SeekAndFind
The North Korean regime lost contact with one of its submarines earlier this week, three U.S. officials familiar with the latest information told CNN.
U.S. spy satellites, aircraft and ships have been secretly watching for days as the North Korean navy searched for the missing sub.
The U.S. is unsure if the missing vessel is adrift under the sea or whether it has sunk, the officials said, but believes it suffered some type of failure during an exercise.
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barry soetoro just gave his condolences regarding the north korean navy corpsemen.
Hard to believe that a long time ago Alec Baldwin was a good guy...
It’s in deep kimchee.
I thought of this song when the Kursk went down.
For the Norks...not so much.
Good catch!
I’m pretty sure they know where it is. It sank.
http://news.usni.org/2016/03/11/u-s-official-north-korean-submarine-is-missing-presumed-sunk
From this article:
About week ago it went missing and the speculation is that it sank,” the official told USNI News.
“The North Koreans have not made an attempt to indicate there is something wrong or that they require help or some type of assistance.”
The official was reluctant to give specific details on the presumed loss of the boat due to sensitivities on how the military was tracking the vessel.
Possible. Other possibilities are (1) it suffered a catastrophic malfunction, (2) the South Koreans sunk it, and (3) other.
I’d put my money on (1).
I got a sinking feeling when the Scorpion went down but not so much now.
One of their submarines
is missing
(Thomas Dolby, please pick up the white courtesy telephone)
We know what happened and where the boat is.
sum ting wong?
I’m sure every move they make is being watched. If there is any hope of rescue it has to be now and I’m sure NK won’t ask for help and the US isn’t going to come right out and say we were spying. I guess that’s why this article is being written now. Trying to pressure them into asking for help.
I would look in Japan for defectors
If it’s typical of Nork technology, it was probably sailing inverted and the commander gave the order to surface. So it went straight to the bottom and someone opened the hatch to look outside.
My ship, the USS Harlan R Dickson (DD 708) was on the same Mediterranean deployment in early 1968 as the Scorpion. We had run Anti-Submarine Warfare exercises with the Scorpion before she departed the Med to head back home.
Quite a shock, hit us all pretty hard.
“Years back, I would have asked about the Glomar Explorer.”
Years back, I had friends on the Swordfish.
Bingo, I think we have a winner over here. The rats, er... crew are taking notice of the briny water flooding the hold and starting to panic, as they well should.
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