South Korea: Our Ship Blew Up

April 15th, 2010 (7) Posted By Pat Dollard.

South Korea Ship Sinks

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – A South Korean official says an external explosion most likely sank a South Korean naval ship three weeks ago with more than a hundred crew members on board.

Chief investigator Yoon Duk-yong told reporters Friday there’s a “high possibility” the explosion that split the ship in two came from outside the vessel. At least 38 sailors have died with eight still missing.

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  • mike3481

    FYI, the photo, it’s the stern (back) 1/3 of the ship.

    • mike3481

      I posted the above cos the pic kinda looks like a more-or-less intact ship.

      Here’s the whole ship, it’s a Pohang class Corvette, pretty much the length of a football field.

      http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/PCC-783.jpg

    • http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs467.ash1/25647_10150149031405523_662580522_11876696_1773356_n.jpg T-Bagg (Unapologetically American)

      DAMN! :shock: When you compare the two pictures… Holy shit! Something like that might bring down a ship.

  • Gander

    So is the picture posted with the article actually the stern of the ship that sank?

  • richwill

    The time for negotiating with the thug in N. Korea is over. Nuke the bastard and free the people. It would send a strong warning to Iran. It is better if S. Korea strikes first, because Kim Jung ill is about to start a war on his terms.

  • WWTD

    Can’t argue a story comin from Yoon Duk-yong. I am checkin out that strategically placed Korean dating site directly across. It’s always like an easter egg hunt here.

  • http://www.myspace.com/ssgduke ssgduke56

    I have been station in Korea twice back in 1984 and 1989. It would not surprise me that the ship might have hit a leftover mine from the Korean War. I remember some of the patrols I have done inside the DMZ and found degraded military equipment, const. wire, and MINES!