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China-Japan-Koreas
'Scores' of Sailors Killed as 2 N.Korean Warships Sink
2013-11-09
While Pudgy dreams of nukes his military is rusting away...
Two North Korean warships sank during a drill in the East Sea last month, killing scores of sailors. The vessels sank in waters near Wonsan a few days apart in mid-October, a South Korean military source said Sunday.

It is not known why the ships sank and how many were killed. South Korean military authorities spotted attempts by the North Korean navy to salvage their hulls.

The two ships will have been a Hainan-class 375-ton submarine chaser and a 100 to 200-ton patrol boat, according to the source.

"The Hainan-class submarine chaser probably sank because it's old. It was built in China in the 1960s and the North bought it in the mid-70s," the source added.
Or...they take that "submarine chasing" thing pretty seriously.
Posted by:Steve White

#7  As good a possibility as any.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-11-09 21:44  

#6  ...Possible mutiny?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2013-11-09 20:23  

#5  "wait a minute! Listen, we'll fake our ship's sinking and go to China or anyplace they have food!"
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2013-11-09 18:15  

#4  Perhaps an artificial, propeller-propelled 'reef'....
Posted by: CrazyFool   2013-11-09 16:57  

#3  prolly that same uncharted reef the SKor ship that sank hit
Posted by: Frank G   2013-11-09 16:24  

#2  Ima thinkern ship-driving error, or both mistaking each other for South Koreans, or a falling out among factions.
Posted by: Pappy   2013-11-09 15:31  

#1  Or...they take that "submarine chasing" thing pretty seriously.

jung-wi daibing-eul daegi !

geuleona seonsaengnim, ulineun pyomyeon jeontuwon ida.

nae jumun i gae jabonjuui leul silhaeng hasibsio.
Posted by: Secret Asian Man   2013-11-09 11:57  

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