Report: N.Korea deploys torpedo-carrying midget

[Kludge]

... subs.

"SEOUL — North Korea has developed a new type of midget submarine fitted with torpedo launch tubes, allowing it to attack South Korea warships more easily, a report said Tuesday.

Satellite images of a naval base in the North's southwestern city of Nampo, published by JoongAng Ilbo newspaper, show what appears to be a 17-metre-long (56-feet) submarine with a tube-like structure attached to its top.

"We have concluded that it is a torpedo launch tube," the paper quoted an unidentified Seoul intelligence source as saying."

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[Kludge]

In related news, SKorea has vowed to turn its neighboring islands into fortresses.

http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/06/sk...ea-fortresses/

[Tinnuhana]

They've had the subs for quite a while. They used them to sneak up to the northern parts of Japan and abduct japanese citizens. I heard they used "mini-subs" for that. Missle-firing capability may be new, though.

[CaliforniaMom]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...l/7329281.html

The US will definitely back South Korea if there's a war.
As if we aren't already in enough wars.
What will the military do? Finally send our troops home from Iraq and send them to Korea the next day? And where would the money come from to fund another war?

[oyarde]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...l/7329281.html

The US will definitely back South Korea if there's a war.
As if we aren't already in enough wars.
What will the military do? Finally send our troops home from Iraq and send them to Korea the next day? And where would the money come from to fund another war?

It would be a bloodbath . Not sure that it would cost much than alot of lives . We have 29,000 military people there ( mostly Army ) and South Korea has 600,000 and besides moving in a carrier group , I would guess this is what would fight the 1.1 million North Korean Army with for the most part . North Korea would not attack as far as I can tell . We also have thousands of American civilians living there . Maybe the South Koreans should allow them to form a Militia to be used in case of attack.

[Dr.3D]

N.Korea deploys torpedo-carrying midget

Had me going there for a minute. All I could think of was a torpedo with a midget inside. Poor little guy would either suffocate or die when it hit the side of a ship.

[oyarde]

Had me going there for a minute. All I could think of was a torpedo with a midget inside. Poor little guy would either suffocate or die when it hit the side of a ship.

They have those too , they have been malnourished so long they are shorter now than before .

[Bruno]

[Dr.3D]

They have those too , they have been malnourished so long they are shorter now than before .

Talk about an antiquated targeting system.

[oyarde]

Talk about an antiquated targeting system.

Is that a model of one of those mini Japanese ww2 SUBS ?

[Dr.3D]

Is that a model of one of those mini Japanese ww2 SUBS ?

I dunno, you'll have to ask Bruno about that.

[Bruno]

I dunno, you'll have to ask Bruno about that.

It was the best I could do on "short" notice.

[Dr.3D]

It was the best I could do on "short" notice.

ROFL... good one Bruno.

[manny229]

Is that a model of one of those mini Japanese ww2 SUBS ?

It looks like a WW2 German midget sub the Neger, basically a manned torpedo....


http://www.german-navy.de/kriegsmari...ger/index.html

[Tinnuhana]

Some info in English on abductions by North Korea:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_K...ns_of_Japanese

[BlackTerrel]

I believe they prefer to be called little people.

[Dr.3D]

i believe they prefer to be called little people.

lol :d

[GunnyFreedom]

Had me going there for a minute. All I could think of was a torpedo with a midget inside. Poor little guy would either suffocate or die when it hit the side of a ship.

They have those too , they have been malnourished so long they are shorter now than before .

The South did this during the Civil War. technically it was a sub that attached explosives to a ship, but it was pretty much impossible to get far enough away from the ship before it blew to not die, so it was a guaranteed suicide mission. The first subamrine warfare in the world, afaik, was performed by the confederate navy.

[Heimdallr]

Did anyone else just have a mental image of a very, very small man carrying a torpedo and running at the enemy?

[Dr.3D]

Did anyone else just have a mental image of a very, very small man carrying a torpedo and running at the enemy?

Start reading from post #6.

Of course it deals with a torpedo carrying a very small person.