View Full Version : Defecting Korean in Defective plane
With apologies to Slartibartfast on Combatace whose title I have shamelessly ripped and used here.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11008466
Raptor1
08-18-10, 12:53 PM
A defecting MiG-15? Now there's something we haven't seen in a while.
Might be a MiG-21, wreckage looks wrong for a 15.
Tchocky
08-18-10, 01:02 PM
Dorsal spine looks like a late model -21 all right.
You'd think he would have flown northeast, shortest distance to Rus. Hmmm
Raptor1
08-18-10, 01:04 PM
Haven't really looked at the picture, but now that I do, it does look more like a MiG-21.
The article says it's the sort of plane used during the Korean War. Of course, the article is probably wrong.
Dorsal spine looks like a late model -21 all right.
You'd think he would have flown northeast, shortest distance to Rus. Hmmm
Probably wanted to clear North Korean airspace before heading for Russia.
XabbaRus
08-18-10, 01:39 PM
Shock horror, the BBC getting something wrong? Get out of here.
Obviously said military experts are blind.
Moeceefus
08-18-10, 01:52 PM
And NK plans to topple the US with such dated technology. :har:
Schroeder
08-18-10, 02:32 PM
And NK plans to topple the US with such dated technology. :har:
Well, it worked in Vietnam.:dead:
SteamWake
08-18-10, 02:35 PM
Shock horror, the BBC getting something wrong? Get out of here.
Obviously said military experts are blind.
No time to consult with experts !!! Got to get the story on the wire!!
FIRST !.... oops
Most pepole will never notice.
Jimbuna
08-18-10, 02:51 PM
That must be half the NK air force put out of action then :hmmm:
Ducimus
08-18-10, 02:56 PM
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d_v3uWfQ0sM/S8c9oaoQCWI/AAAAAAAABZo/hRbg5TfcOfk/s400/North-Korea-Best-Korea.jpg
Obligatory pic of dear leader.
TLAM Strike
08-18-10, 04:31 PM
Haven't really looked at the picture, but now that I do, it does look more like a MiG-21. Yea definite MiG-21. Probably a MiG-21PFM :03:
The article says it's the sort of plane used during the Korean War. Of course, the article is probably wrong. Technically the war is still going on, its just under a cease fire.
Raptor1
08-18-10, 04:38 PM
Technically the war is still going on, its just under a cease fire.
Yes, but the article says it was used during the "1950-1953 Korean War", which I doubt unless the Great Leader has the power to time travel among his many abilities.
TLAM Strike
08-18-10, 04:50 PM
Yes, but the article says it was used during the "1950-1953 Korean War", which I doubt unless the Great Leader has the power to time travel among his many abilities.
Maybe they were counting in Juche Years. Which which case 1950-1953 would be 3862-3864 A.D. which I assume North Korea will still be flying MiG-21s at that time... :03:
Platapus
08-18-10, 08:19 PM
Defecting to Russia by flying through Chinese airspace sounds like a tough trip. Does the '21 have enough fuel for the trip to Russia? Probably not if the pilot is flying NW.
TLAM Strike
08-18-10, 08:21 PM
Defecting to Russia by flying through Chinese airspace sounds like a tough trip. Does the '21 have enough fuel for the trip to Russia? Probably not if the pilot is flying NW.
As someone here hinted too I think he was planing on making a right turn over China and heading north east for an airfield near Vladivostok.
Takeda Shingen
08-18-10, 08:25 PM
Yes, but the article says it was used during the "1950-1953 Korean War", which I doubt unless the Great Leader has the power to time travel among his many abilities.
Are you implying that The Dear Leader is not able to travel through time?
Safe-Keeper
08-18-10, 08:30 PM
Looking at the image... dang, that looks to be an old, beat-up plane. Perhaps it's a wonder she even managed to take off.
TLAM Strike
08-18-10, 08:32 PM
Are you implying that The Dear Leader is not able to travel through time?
We are all traveling though time right now. Forwards at the same rate as each other.
Something to: :hmmm:
frau kaleun
08-18-10, 08:47 PM
We are all traveling though time right now. Forwards at the same rate as each other.
Something to: :hmmm:
How can we be traveling through time when we never leave the present?
TLAM Strike
08-18-10, 08:53 PM
How can we be traveling through time when we never leave the present?
The present is always moving forward.
frau kaleun
08-18-10, 09:04 PM
The present is always moving forward.
But, the present being all there is, where (or when) can it go that is not also the present?
TLAM Strike
08-18-10, 09:14 PM
But, the present being all there is, where (or when) can it go that is not also the present?
That is where Relativity pops up. As speed increases so does your perception of time. Lets take Sergei K. Krikalev as an example, he has spent over 800 days in space at a significant velocity in relation do us on Earth. Time dilated for him by small fraction of a second so when he landed back on Earth our present became his future... by a tiny fraction of a second.
nikimcbee
08-19-10, 02:25 AM
China has a repatriation agreement with North Korea, which could explain why the pilot may have been trying to reach Russia, the report added.
Damn that fine print.:haha:
nikimcbee
08-19-10, 02:27 AM
It's definatley a Mig-21, look at the top left by where the canopy is. See the hump
http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/779/mig21smt.jpg
frau kaleun
08-19-10, 07:54 AM
It's definatley a Mig-21, look at the top left by where the canopy is. See the hump
*Marty Feldman voice*
What hump?
Jimbuna
08-19-10, 10:30 AM
Damn that fine print.:haha:
LOL...out of the frying pan and into the fire :DL
Weiss Pinguin
08-19-10, 10:33 AM
The article says it's the sort of plane used during the Korean War. Of course, the article is probably wrong.
Pffft, don't you know that all MiGs are the same? All these numbers are just thrown in to confuse the enemy :yep:
TLAM Strike
08-19-10, 01:10 PM
Pffft, don't you know that all MiGs are the same? All these numbers are just thrown in to confuse the enemy :yep:
Lockheed does the same thing, they bump the digit after the 'F-' up a number or two and add another 0 to the price tag. :03:
Lockheed does the same thing, they bump the digit after the 'F-' up a number or two and add another 0 to the price tag. :03:
They'd be better off adding another F because that's the letter that probably gets most used when potential buyers see the price tag... :hmmm:
Tchocky
08-19-10, 04:06 PM
They'd be better off adding another F because that's the letter that probably gets most used when potential buyers see the price tag... :hmmm:
They're going the whole hog for F's on the Raptor, even though they can't sell it abroad :O:
http://www.1stfighter.org/F22/27FS/F22-1FW_Monroe-Blokerpic.jpg
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