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| Developments in Nork Submersible Technology |
| 2010-04-07 |
| North Korea has stealth submersibles equipped with heavy attack torpedoes, intelligence sources speaking on condition of anonymity claimed Tuesday. The anonymous sources said the North's Shark-class submersibles and Yugo-class midget submarines are covered with "special tiles" that can evade sonar and some models of the Yugo-class subs are armed with 533 mm torpedoes. Right. I'm going to get all worked up over a submarine based on a Yugo ... The sound-absorbing tiles are reportedly made by mixing chlorine rubber with silicon compounds. But one intelligence source said the North experienced some difficulty developing an adhesive glue to attach them to submarines or submersibles. The source claimed the North developed various models of Yugo-class subs, one of which was seized by South Korea when it became entangled in fishing nets in waters off Sokcho, Gangwon Province in 1998. The Yugo-class subs can travel underwater for four to five hours but are said to have difficulties traveling fast due to battery capacity. Semi-submersibles can travel at a speed of more than 40 knots (84km/h) on the surface, but their big disadvantage is their noisy Swedish-made engine, the sources claimed. North Korea's underwater weapons are made by Taean Electrical Appliance Plant of Kangson Steel Works near Nampo in South Pyongan Province, a source said. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #6 ION FREEREPUBLIC + YONHAPNEWS >[NPR + Bammer "No NUkes" Ne US Nuke Doctrine, Option] PENTAGON: US WARNS OF POSSIBLE [future]NUCLEAR ATTACK ON NORTH KOREA, + IRAN iff NOT in compliance wid NPT. Also from YONHAP NEWS > CSIS CHIEF:NORTH KOREA DOOMED UNLESS IT CHOOSES THE RIGHT PATH [dialogue, Six-Party Nuke Talks]. NOKOR likely to fall apart when Kimmie passes on or otherwise gives up or loses power??? MSM-Net > circa 2012-2015 due to his advanced diabetes, etc. * SAME > SOUTH KOREA SURVEYS 923 UNREGISTERED ISLANDS [islets] TO ADD TO ITS TERRITORY. "TESTING THE BAMMER" > 2012/2012-2015 = IRAN, MILTERR NUCLEARIZATION, + now POSSIBLE BREAKUP OF NORTH KOREA??? OTHER in interim??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-04-07 20:06 |
| #5 sounds like they may be catching up too the WW1 era U boats |
| Posted by: chris 2010-04-07 14:17 |
| #4 their noisy Swedish-made engine. Nice of the Swedes to keep them in engines, parts, and spares. The Nazis relied heavily on Swedish ball bearins in WWII. They can always be counted upon to assist. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-04-07 05:10 |
| #3 "heavy attack torpedoes"...boy, those sound dangerous. And from an "intelligence source", too. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-04-07 03:45 |
| #2 They don't have toilets or electricity, but the have underwater Yugos?!? That sounds like frippery to me! Frippery I say! |
| Posted by: Cheresh Black7582 2010-04-07 02:02 |
| #1 David Poyer leads the news again! |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2010-04-07 00:31 |