North Korean Submarine 'Missing' Amid Tensions

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: Sky News

A North Korean submarine has apparently gone missing, according to reports.

The vessel is believed to have suffered a failure during an exercise and is presumed to have sunk.

The US military is said to have been observing the submarine off North Korea's eastern coast earlier this week and American spy satellites were also later watching the navy search for it.

"The speculation is that it sank," an unidentified US official told the US Naval Institute's news website.

Read more: http://news.sky.com/story/1658602/north-korean-submarine-missing-amid-tensions

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. this could start a war

[Brother Buzz]

2. I have it on Double Super-Secret Background....

Dear Leader cut some cheese and demanded a window be opened

[jmowreader]

24. Kim, Jong Un is "Great Successor," not "Dear Leader."

His father was Dear Leader.

[Brother Buzz]

26. Shows how much I know about North Korea

Could I have gotten away using Fearless Leader instead?

[johnfunk]

27. And here I thought it was "Pudgy Yet Sturdy Leader."

[jmowreader]

28. I was gonna say "Great Haircut Man"

Because as we all know, telling Shithouse Rat Man there that his hair looks like they put a five-gallon bucket over his head and shaved around it with a hatchet is a good way to find yourself in front of a firing squad.

[jberryhill]

3. Well I doubt it flew

Fucking genius this speculation - it probably sunk.

Yeah, well, I doubt it got hit at a railway crossing somewhere.

Unless someone spots it in orbit or something, I guess it is safe to assume it is underwater somewhere, for some reason.

[Nitram]

11. Very funny, Hiull.

How would you term the catastrophic breach of a submarine's watertight seal?

[jberryhill]

16. Well I think the critical question

Is how it might have come to have been breached.

[Nitram]

22. The US lost the Scorpion due too poor engineering.

Occam's Razor would suggest the N Korean sub went down due to human error. The US would rather track a sub than sink it. You've been reading too many spy novels.

[jmowreader]

30. My bet is the propeller shaft seal

If that breaks the water rushes into your boat and you sink REAL quick.

[EX500rider]

37. Or the induction valve on these old diesel/electrics....

.....it fails or sticks big trouble..

[jmowreader]

38. Or the periscope shaft seal, the fuel filler seal...

Thing is, there are a LOT of holes in a submarine hull. If your maintenance is not done to perfection - considering the DPRK has a conscript navy, that's expecting a lot - shit fails, and shit cannot fail fifty meters down.

There are OTHER kinds of holes...the ones you get when you stick the second lieutenant who failed map reading in charge of the maneuvering watch, and he maneuvers you into a jagged rock.

[Land of Enchantment]

4. Reminds me of the scene from 'Hunt for the Red October'

where the question is asked of the Russian ambassador, "Do you mean to tell me you've lost ANOTHER submarine? How can we be of assistance?"

[iandhr]

6. Great movie

One of my all time favorites

[longship]

5. Somebody opened the screen door?

Rule #1 on a submarine: Keep the fucking screen door closed!

[Oneironaut]

15. "Hey, What does this button do?"

[Old Vet]

40. Thanks, Needed the laugh....

[Hydra]

7. Ya, right, our peeps don't know what happened to it?

They may have had nothing to do with it, but I bet they know the exact gps coordinate where it's located and probably what happened as well.

[jberryhill]

17. One might suspect that

One might also suspect it would behoove us to make sure the Chinese know, along with appropriate evidence, just so there are no misunderstandings.

I doubt the North Koreans would acknowledge it missing.

[dixiegrrrrl]

8. Let's hope it did sink, cause the idea it is sneaking around somewhere is discomforting

Dunno what stealth technologies they have....

[jberryhill]

18. For stealth operation...

...they put their hands over their faces.

[Codeine]

34. Black Krylon spray paint

and a strict "No iPods without headphones" rule.

[LS_Editor]

9. I bet we know exactly where we sank it.

[Nitram]

12. No need for us to sink it as long as we know where it is.

We've lost a few ourselves.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

10. Hunt for "빨간색 10월" ("Red October" in Korean)

(sigh) Kwang-seon. You've lost another submarine?

[oneshooter]

13. D/E boats are very quiet when submerged.

We know about where it was. It could of had an electrical problem, a ballest problem, or maybe a little of both. One of the worst scenarios I can think of would be a hull breech in the battery compartment, acid and seawater do NOT play well together.

[Chemisse]

14. I'm just glad to see we have a close eye on their maneuvers. n/t

[elljay]

19. Causation

I don't know if anyone remembers the Cheonan sinking some years ago. A North Korean sub sank a South Korean boat, killing more than 40 sailors. The article is assuming that the N. Korean sub sank because of an accident. How the North Koreans will view this is a totally different matter. If I were the naval officer in charge, I think I'd rather tell Dear Leader that it was a South Korean surprise revenge attack rather than negligent maintenance of my sub. Death by antiaircraft missile cannot be pleasant.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROKS_Cheonan_sinking

[Plainsman1]

20. William Strannix resurrected?

Maybe Casey Ryback survived that incident in "Executive Decision" ...

[Kaleva]

21. "HOLD MY BEER AND WATCH THIS" was the last message received from the submarine

[warrprayer]

23. I found it!

Not to worry!

[dixiegrrrrl]

35. LOL!!!!! good job....

[Kingofalldems]

25. Maybe the Captain defected.

[Kaleva]

29. Thought you said "defecated"

Then I adjusted my trifocals and saw I was mistaken.

[Little_Wing]

31. I know North Korea seems like a big joke to us an ocean away

But my son is currently deployed in South Korea and every story about his pathetic attempts at military relevancy no longer make me laugh. I hope he makes it back before that asshole crosses a line we can't laugh about.

[Pauldg47]

32. Maybe we should be concerned it is not off our coast...can we track it?

[GreydeeThos]

33. Submarines that sink are not news

Submarines that fail to resurface after sinking are news.

[Sunlei]

36. can the crew still be alive?, how many people 50-80? will anyone help NK?

[Old Vet]

41. Not likely, They dont play well with others..........

And you can bet your ass South Korea knows whats up, North Korea cant fart without the south knowing. That's gotta be a terrible way to go out though.

[titaniumsalute]

39. How does a submarine sink?