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North Korea 'photoshopped Kim Jong-un submarine missile pictures'
Reuters ^
| 20 May 2015
| Andrew Marszal
Posted on 05/20/2015 2:23:10 PM PDT by presidio9
Photographs showing Kim Jong-un proudly watching as a North Korean missile was launched from an underwater submarine were manipulated by state propagandists, experts claimed on Tuesday.
German aerospace experts said photos of the launch were "strongly modified", including reflections of the missile exhaust flame in the water which did not line up with the missile itself.
“Considering the track record of North Korean deceptions, it seems sensible to assume that any North Korean SLBM [submarine-launched ballistic missile] capability is still a very long time in the future, if it will ever surface,” Markus Schiller and Robert Schmucker, of Schmucker Technologie, told Reuters.
A photo on state TV showed a missile high in the sky leaving a trail of white smoke, whereas other photos from state media showed no white smoke, suggesting the two photos were of different missiles with different propulsion systems, Mr Schiller and Mr Schmucker said.
James Winnefeld, a US navy admiral, on Tuesday said the country's "clever video editors and spinmeisters" had disguised the fact that Pyongyang is still "many years" from developing submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
He told an audience at the Centre for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) in Washington that the isolated country may still be years away from developing the technology.
"They have not gotten as far as their clever video editors and spinmeisters would -SNIP-
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: kimjongun; northkorea
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To: presidio9
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posted on
05/20/2015 4:23:20 PM PDT
by
red-dawg
(NO Prisoners.)
To: presidio9
Great Leader piloted the missle himself!
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posted on
05/20/2015 4:31:14 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: DugwayDuke
Do you really believe that someone with his genetics could be hurt by a common missile?
To: Patriot Babe
OOPS!!! Me so sorry. TEchnicar dificurrty!! Stand By!
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posted on
05/20/2015 5:17:43 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(SEMPER FI!! - Monthly Donors Rock!!)
To: presidio9
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posted on
05/20/2015 5:56:48 PM PDT
by
Stosh
To: red-dawg
Photoshop with Jar Jar Binks included by accident, published by Iranian news, not by someone making fun of Iran.
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posted on
05/20/2015 6:30:18 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
To: dead
To: Stosh; NormsRevenge; dead; red-dawg; Bryanw92; Steely Tom; Conspirator; StormEye; Patriot Babe; ...
I don't know why all the tomfoolery is about. Have you seen the
Enter Pyongyang tourism video? That place looks freaking
awesome! Nary a one comrade selling his or her children for rice to be seen.
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posted on
05/20/2015 10:46:27 PM PDT
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does.)
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
05/20/2015 10:57:32 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Call the local GOP and ask how you can support CRUZ for POTUS, Make them talk!)
To: presidio9
No I haven’t thanks for the link
To: presidio9
the opportunities to make fun of UN...and his pals have increased tremendously..as this opens up a whole new chapter in Parody History!
the RED "reflections" are a bit prnounced as well as being off kilter....
perhaps the nork photo editor would have been better off using some real photographs of real missile launches as source reference material.
wheres the red???
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posted on
05/21/2015 5:24:27 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: VRW Conspirator
kim have many weapons we not know about....
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posted on
05/21/2015 6:57:25 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Pollster1
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posted on
05/21/2015 6:58:15 AM PDT
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MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: Stosh
That's hilarious!
He seems to really enjoy looking at the lubricant.
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posted on
05/21/2015 7:42:31 AM PDT
by
kinsman redeemer
(The real enemy seeks to devour what is good.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Some of those gals are cute.
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posted on
05/21/2015 10:04:14 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: Gamecock
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posted on
05/21/2015 10:04:56 AM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
To: NormsRevenge
"Can I eat that?"
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posted on
05/21/2015 10:05:33 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: VRW Conspirator
That guy is wetting his pants.
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posted on
05/21/2015 10:06:07 AM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: presidio9
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posted on
05/21/2015 10:07:41 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Riley
Wouldn't the noise be overwhelming at that range? It would be tangible. You could feel it. There isn't enough ear protection in all of Asia.
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