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| Cheonan Investigators Find Pieces of Torpedo Propeller |
| 2010-05-18 |
| Investigators have apparently discovered pieces of a propeller from a torpedo, which could provide valuable clues to exactly what caused the Navy corvette Cheonan to sink on March 26. "In a search using fishing trawlers, we recently discovered pieces of debris that are believed to have come from the propeller of the torpedo that attacked the Cheonan," a high-ranking government source said Monday. "Analysis of the debris shows it may have originated from China or a former Eastern-bloc country like the former Soviet Union." If conclusive evidence is found for North Korea's role in the attack, the government plans to implement sanctions against the North immediately after announcing the results of the investigation on Thursday. Officials gathered at the presidential office on Monday to discuss specific sanctions, including joint anti-submarine exercises by South Korean and U.S. forces, the resumption of psychological warfare against North Korea, blocking North Korean ships from waters off the coast of Jeju Island and a halt to all inter-Korean trade except the Kaesong Industrial Complex. Investigators already concluded that traces of explosives and aluminum debris found in the funnel and split section of the Cheonan are highly likely the same type used by former Eastern-bloc countries as well as North Korea in manufacturing torpedoes, and that the North is the only likely culprit given circumstantial evidence such as the movements of submarines around the time of the sinking. The investigators will announce the results on Thursday afternoon and show the media the split section of the corvette, which is currently in storage at a naval base in Pyeongtaek. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 Gee. Do left over WWII mines have propellers? No, no they don't. However, Given the area the Cheonan was sailing in, the chance of the vessel hitting a drifting mine existed, and that chance was higher than getting hit by a NorK torpedo. So it was a torpedo. Go buy a lottery ticket. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-05-18 20:58 |
| #5 How about blowing one of their ships out of the water? |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-05-18 15:47 |
| #4 It wouldn't have needed a prop if it ran on Juche. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-05-18 13:04 |
| #3 Investigators have apparently discovered pieces of a propeller from a torpedo, which could provide valuable clues to exactly what caused the Navy corvette Cheonan to sink on March 26 Gee. Do left over WWII mines have propellers? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-05-18 10:04 |
| #2 I presume that the next step is to convene an international court, appoint a prosecutor, and draft a sternly worded letter. all of which will bring renewed fits of laughter from the responsible parties. maybe 0bama can get them to play along with his magic reset button. calling the 'leadership' of USA/SKOR weak and cowardly would be slanderous to weaklings and cowards the world over. |
| Posted by: abu do you love 2010-05-18 09:15 |
| #1 Bush was right about the "axis of weasels;" NK, Iran, and Iraq. Well, we did trim off one. Two on hold at least until 2012. In the meantime, we will have to settle for reading them their Miranda rights. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-18 08:58 |