South Korea navy 'fires at North Korea fishing boats'

[Betonov]

I really got to start loosing weight before someone calls me Kim Jong Un

[August]

Originally Posted by GT182

For that last photo with the last fish in line shown, he looks disgusted. "Who throw in 'ringer' mackerel? Me no eat shushi from dat one!!! Me only want Holy Mackerel!"

Notice that when dear leader isn't smiling nobody else is either. You can see the fear in their eyes.

[nikimcbee]

Originally Posted by Vendor

I was researching what class these things are, when I found this:

Motor Torpedo Boats (PT; formerly USS PT-613, PT-616,PT-619, PT-620[11])

• Galmaegi (PT 23)[10]
• Gireogi (PT 25)[10]
• Olbbaemi (PT 26)[10]
• Jebi (PT 27)[10]

I thought those looked familiar.

[nikimcbee]

TLAM bump.
What kind of SoKo patrol craft are they?

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

TLAM bump.
What kind of SoKo patrol craft are they?

Chamsuri class patrol boat
EDIT:
They call them a PKM "Patrol Killer Medium".
Photos:


^Its the one on the right

[Jimbuna]

I found this detail quite informative:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ld/rok/pkm.htm

On June 29th, 2002 there was a surprise attack on PKM Chamsuri 357 by a North Korean vessel. PKM Chamsuri 357 , which was conducting close-range maneuvers in an effort to remove the North Korean patrol boat, responded to the provocative suprise attack, and successfully defended the NLL with courage and faith in certain victory. The Captain Lieutenant Commander Yun Young Ha, died in combat while keeping a close watch on enemy movements. The Chief Petty Officer Han Sang Guk, who was manning the rudder until the end during the engagement as a quartermaster. The Petty Officers First Class Cho Cheon Hyung and Hwang Do Hyun, who continued to pull the trigger of the warship guns until their dying moments. The Chief Petty Officer Seo Hoo Won died a heroic death returning fire with an M-60 from the deck, where he could not even conceal himself. Petty officer second class Park Dong Hyuk who was shot while helping his wounded comrades and passed away at a young age after 3 months in hospital.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

II thought those looked familiar.

What you know as a PT boat is an offshoot of the WW1 Thornycroft Coastal Motor Boats.



The original Torpedo Boats date back to the 1880s and were small steel steamships. They were the ancestors of the modern destroyer. This is USS Cushing, America's first Torpedo Boat.

[Jimbuna]

Four years later just up the road from me the Turbinia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbinia

[TLAM Strike]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I found this detail quite informative:

http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ld/rok/pkm.htm

Yea the 1st photo I posted was of the Chamsuri after the DPRK attack.

Here are some more photos of her showing the damage, the ROK marked the shell holes in red, as you can see she was hit by .50 cal and something heaver maybe 20mm. The bridge was hit by an 85mm round (from a T-34-85's gun turret that was mounted on the DPRK Patrol Boat), I'm guessing some of that damage was repaired before the boat went on display.





This shows how the attack went down and has photos of the KIAs:


A good article on this battle can be found here:
http://rokdrop.com/2012/06/29/dmz-fl...-naval-battle/

[Gerald]

Taiwanese boats protest in Japanese territorial waters.Dozens of Taiwanese boats sailed to disputed East China Sea islands in a brief protest, as top Japanese and Chinese diplomats met in Beijing to ease tensions.

The islands, called Senkaku in Japan and Diaoyu in China, are controlled by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.

Tension in the region has been high since Japan's purchase of the islands from their private Japanese owner.

Note: Update record, 25 September 2012 Last updated at 02:59 GMT

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/19709151

[JU_88]

Originally Posted by Oberon

Obviously getting jealous of the China/Japan spat hogging all the headlines...

Yeah probably that^

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

Yea the 1st photo I posted was of the Chamsuri after the DPRK attack.

Here are some more photos of her showing the damage, the ROK marked the shell holes in red, as you can see she was hit by .50 cal and something heaver maybe 20mm. The bridge was hit by an 85mm round (from a T-34-85's gun turret that was mounted on the DPRK Patrol Boat), I'm guessing some of that damage was repaired before the boat went on display.





This shows how the attack went down and has photos of the KIAs:


A good article on this battle can be found here:
http://rokdrop.com/2012/06/29/dmz-fl...-naval-battle/

Interesting cheers