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We covered this months ago in a existing thread.
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Covered and debunked long ago.
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Mysterious Corpse-Filled 'Ghost Ships' Found Drifting Off Japan
The boats appear to have come from North Korea.
Overnight Editor, The Huffington Post
Posted: 12/01/2015 04:26 AM EST
Nearly a dozen wooden boats carrying decomposing bodies have been found in the waters off the coast of Japan over the past two months.
Inside the 11 vessels were at least , according to Japanese broadcaster NHK. Two bodies were headless, and , Singapore's Straits Times newspaper reported, citing the Japanese Coast Guard. The poor condition of the remains suggested that the boats had been adrift for some time, the paper said.
One of the boats had a tattered banner that looked like it could have been part of a North Korean flag. The boat also had a board with Hangul words that said "Korean People's Army," which is the name of the armed forces in North Korea.
A maritime expert said the ships looked like those used by defectors from North Korea.
"," Yoshihiko Yamada told NHK. "They can't travel very fast and the engines are not powerful enough to turn the ships against the currents."
At least some of the ships also contained fishing equipment. One ship examined by NHK had fish hooks, netting and lights for attracting squid, leading some to think that the ghost ships may have been fishing vessels that ran into trouble.
But most experts seem to believe the people on the ships were trying to defect.
"I would say that defectors would be the most likely explanation, and the fact that there have been so many cases in such a short space of time is worrying because ," Jun Okumura, a visiting scholar at the Meiji Institute for Global Affairs, told the Telegraph.
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it takes time to swallow the obvious:
North Korea Conducts Successful Ejection Test for Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
January 5, 2016
North Korea Conducts Successful Submarine Missile Test
Bill Gertz
Washington Free Beacon
January 5, 2016
North Korea’s military carried out a successful ejection test of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile recently, an indication that an earlier test failure has not derailed the underwater missile program, U.S. defense officials said.
The test of the submarine-launched missile, or SLBM, which the Pentagon has called the KN-11, from a submerged submarine on Dec. 21 took place near the port city of Sinpo, where the capability is being developed. The facility is located along the North Korean coast of the Sea of Japan.
The test followed a Nov. 28 ejection tube launch failure that damaged North Korea’s first missile submarine, which officials identified as the Gorae, Korean for whale.
No additional details of the test could be learned, including whether the missile’s engine ignited after the ejection or whether the missile took flight.
North Korea Conducts Successful Ejection Test for Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile
January 5, 2016
North Korea Conducts Successful Submarine Missile Test
Bill Gertz
Washington Free Beacon
January 5, 2016
North Korea’s military carried out a successful ejection test of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile recently, an indication that an earlier test failure has not derailed the underwater missile program, U.S. defense officials said.
The test of the submarine-launched missile, or SLBM, which the Pentagon has called the KN-11, from a submerged submarine on Dec. 21 took place near the port city of Sinpo, where the capability is being developed. The facility is located along the North Korean coast of the Sea of Japan.
The test followed a Nov. 28 ejection tube launch failure that damaged North Korea’s first missile submarine, which officials identified as the Gorae, Korean for whale.
No additional details of the test could be learned, including whether the missile’s engine ignited after the ejection or whether the missile took flight.