U.S. Official: North Korean Submarine is Missing, Presumed Sunk

[Onkel Neal]

U.S. Official: North Korean Submarine is Missing, Presumed Sunk
http://news.usni.org/2016/03/11/u-s-official-north-korean-submarine-is-missing-presumed-sunk

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A North Korean People’s Navy submarine is missing and presumed sunk, a U.S. official told USNI News on Friday. The unknown class of submarine was operating off the North Korean coast in the last several days when the submarine went missing.

“About week ago it went missing and the speculation is that it sank,” the official told USNI News. “The North Koreans have not made an attempt to indicate there is something wrong or that they require help or some type of assistance.”

The official was reluctant to give specific details on the presumed loss of the boat due to sensitivities on how the military was tracking the vessel.

Oops, was that your sub, Kimmy? :know: How hard would it be to knock out a NK sub operating below PD?

Well, this is where it all began....

[Cybermat47]

Who would have thought that a submarine as new as the Romeo class could sink?

[moose1am]

??? What happened?

[nikimcbee]

Here's my guess.

http://i59.fastpic.ru/big/2013/1029/7c/eaccbd559ec62f5c7522f20a3d65d37c.jpg

[nikimcbee]

...Or maybe Un opened the hatch, thinking it was the fridge door?
:help:

[Aktungbby]

Who would have thought that a submarine as new as the Romeo class could sink?

:har: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Romeo_class_SS.svg/770px-Romeo_class_SS.svg.pngBy today's standards Romeo class submarines are considered obsolete, but they still have some value as training and surveillance vessels. North Korea (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea) operates 77 Romeo class submarines. Seven were directly imported from China between 1973 and 1975, and the remainder locally assembled with Chinese supplied parts between 1976 and 1995. One apparently sank in an accident in 1985. Four Chinese imported units are based on the western coast. Type 633: Original Chinese built Romeo, China was to have assembled these Romeos from knock-down kits (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock-down_kit) provided by the Soviet Union, 6 were planned, but only 2 were completed. The construction program came to a complete stop when the USSR stopped delivery of parts following the Sino-Soviet split (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Soviet_split). Construction of the 3rd unit at Wuhan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan) was stopped, and available parts were diverted to complete the first pair, but many parts had to be developed indigenously. The primary improvement of Type 633 over the original Soviet boats is the use of domestic Chinese batteries, which had slightly superior performance to that of the original Soviet batteries.

[Mr Quatro]

Darpa knows, but she won't tell: http://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/darpa-planning-april-actuv-launch/

http://icdn8.digitaltrends.com/image/actuv1-1200x0.png

[Oberon]

Obviously someone knocked on the hatch...

(FYI, I believe the class of sub hasn't been announced by the USN, since they don't particularly want to give away how they know, so it could well be one of the KPNs many midget subs).

[Jimbuna]

With any luck the little fat bugga will have been on board at the time (like in the picture in the first post).

A little payback for Cheonan.

[Oberon]

Ah, I doubt it was US or ROK action, probably a malfunction or possibly a mine, but most likely something broke and down she went.

[Jimbuna]

Ah, I doubt it was US or ROK action, probably a malfunction or possibly a mine, but most likely something broke and down she went.

Most likely outcome :yep:

[speed150mph]

Do you really blame the us navy for not giving away details? I'm suprised they said anything. North Korea is one of the most volitile countries in the world, and in recent times have stepped up their nuclear based threats, saber rattling and war mongering against South Korea. If seaman Jong dropped a torpedo and it exploded, or there was a sign of an explosion of any kind, if they can pin it to the US or South Korea, they will. That's a possible excuse to war.

If I was in the navy, I'd deny that there was so much as a floating garbage bag from a us ship within 1000 miles of wherever it happened.

And yeah, that's what happens when you build a Korean knockoff from chinese parts, of a submarine that the soviets designed in the 1950's.....

[ikalugin]

No one really likes the DPRK, but may those seamen rest in peace. Dying in a sub is a bad way to go.

[Cybermat47]

No one really likes the DPRK, but may those seamen rest in peace. Dying in a sub is a bad way to go.

True. They weren't responsible for the Kims' atrocities.

R.I.P.

[Mr Quatro]

They were just following orders like our side (no smilies)

[ikalugin]

They were just following orders like our side (no smilies)
Nurmberg trial reference?

[Jimbuna]

*Nuremberg