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South Korea Says Ship Sank After ‘External Explosion’
"SEOUL, South Korea — Officials investigating the mysterious sinking of a South Korean warship in waters disputed by North Korea believe that the ship was hit and torn apart by an “external explosion,” the government announced Friday.Its first official statement on the cause of the sinking came amid rising official and private speculation over a possible North Korean involvement.
“It was highly likely that it was an external, rather than internal, explosion,” Yoon Duk-yong, head of the government team of military and private investigators, said at a nationally televised news conference.
The news conference came a day after the stern of the ship was lifted out of the water, allowing investigators to look more closely at the damage. Officials also found 36 dead sailors inside, bringing the death toll to 38. Eight sailors remain missing, while 58 were rescued the night the ship sank.
It will take more investigation to determine what and who may have caused the external impact, said Lieutenant General Park Jong-yi. But South Korea’s defense minister, Kim Tae-young, had earlier said that it was investigating the possibility that the 1,200-ton ship, the Cheonan, was hit by a North Korean torpedo or naval mine.
Mr. Yoon said his team found an internal explosion unlikely after studying the salvaged ship. The ship’s munition, fuel tank and gas turbine were intact. The investigators also all but ruled out the possibility of the ship hitting an underwater rock.South Korea is working together with United States, Australian and Swedish experts."
Might want to ask some other some other folks too.
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We only see the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Major players have been at war for decades but for some reason most people on the planet are to be kept in the dark about it. Things then happen, like natural disasters that aren't so natural, or planes that mysteriously fall out of the sky, and we're left trying to connect the dots.
Here's another deep sea mystery - the Kursk sinking.
Official version:
"On 12 August 2000, the Russian Oscar II class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea. The generally accepted theory is that a leak of hydrogen peroxide in the forward torpedo room led to the detonation of a torpedo warhead, which in turn triggered the explosion of up to seven other warheads about two minutes later"
Then photos emerged telling a radically different tale.
"SEOUL, South Korea — Officials investigating the mysterious sinking of a South Korean warship in waters disputed by North Korea believe that the ship was hit and torn apart by an “external explosion,” the government announced Friday.Its first official statement on the cause of the sinking came amid rising official and private speculation over a possible North Korean involvement.
“It was highly likely that it was an external, rather than internal, explosion,” Yoon Duk-yong, head of the government team of military and private investigators, said at a nationally televised news conference.
The news conference came a day after the stern of the ship was lifted out of the water, allowing investigators to look more closely at the damage. Officials also found 36 dead sailors inside, bringing the death toll to 38. Eight sailors remain missing, while 58 were rescued the night the ship sank.
It will take more investigation to determine what and who may have caused the external impact, said Lieutenant General Park Jong-yi. But South Korea’s defense minister, Kim Tae-young, had earlier said that it was investigating the possibility that the 1,200-ton ship, the Cheonan, was hit by a North Korean torpedo or naval mine.
Mr. Yoon said his team found an internal explosion unlikely after studying the salvaged ship. The ship’s munition, fuel tank and gas turbine were intact. The investigators also all but ruled out the possibility of the ship hitting an underwater rock.South Korea is working together with United States, Australian and Swedish experts."
Might want to ask some other some other folks too.
Israeli sub enters Suez Canal for first time: report
We only see the tip of the proverbial iceberg. Major players have been at war for decades but for some reason most people on the planet are to be kept in the dark about it. Things then happen, like natural disasters that aren't so natural, or planes that mysteriously fall out of the sky, and we're left trying to connect the dots.
Here's another deep sea mystery - the Kursk sinking.
Official version:
"On 12 August 2000, the Russian Oscar II class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea. The generally accepted theory is that a leak of hydrogen peroxide in the forward torpedo room led to the detonation of a torpedo warhead, which in turn triggered the explosion of up to seven other warheads about two minutes later"
Then photos emerged telling a radically different tale.
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