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2013-07-16 China-Japan-Koreas

NKor missile components seized while passing thru Panama Cana

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Posted by OldSpook 2013-07-16 03:14|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Picture best viewed when rotated.
Consider the leftish, clean side of the container as a view of the roof and the item of interest is stacked on others.

This is a good picture giving comparative diameter, length and derived number of units. Unusual for a random cellphone shot.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-07-16 04:10|| 2013-07-16 04:10|| Front Page Top

#2 NKor-Cuba - Missiles - what could possibly go wrong?

Posted by 3dc 2013-07-16 09:25|| 2013-07-16 09:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Where did Cuba get the "suspected sophisticated missile equipment"?

Posted by Pappy 2013-07-16 10:28|| 2013-07-16 10:28|| Front Page Top

#4 The cargo may not have originated in Cuba.
Easy enough to be a shipment from Iran to Venezuela.

Posted by Skidmark 2013-07-16 13:15|| 2013-07-16 13:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Skid nailed it - Cuba, is not the original source, but is, as usual, the transhipment point for trouble in this hemisphere.

Posted by OldSpook 2013-07-16 16:46|| 2013-07-16 16:46|| Front Page Top

#6 And CONEXs can hold whatever you put in them, not necessarily what they say on the label. If they weight the proper amount, that's likely all the scrutiny they will receive unless (as in this case) there is a tipoff. Think about that, and the number of those containders that pop into the US daily, som of which are not opened and checked until the get to an "inland port".

Posted by OldSpook 2013-07-16 16:49|| 2013-07-16 16:49|| Front Page Top

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