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| BDA of SKor Return Fire |
| 2010-12-03 |
| Satellite images indicate North Korea might have suffered considerable casualties when South Korea returned fire after the North shelled its frontline island last week, a lawmaker said Thursday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) presented to parliament an image taken by the South's own satellite and another one collected by an unidentified foreign commercial satellite. Kwon Yong-Se, a ruling party lawmaker who chairs the intelligence committee, told reporters after the presentation that about 10 shells landed near the North's military positions on Mudo island. The South's shells mostly landed between two clusters of barracks about 100 metres (330 feet) apart and some came close to one of the clusters. "One of the shells hit the rear of the barracks. It is possible to assume considerable casualties occurred," Kwon said. In light of the fact that the impact circle of the South's indigenous K-9 self-propelled guns is 50 metres, the impact is believed to have been considerable, Kwon said. K-9 is 155mm. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #5 FREEREPUBLIC > KOREAN PENINSULA WAKES UP TO A NEW REALITY. ARTIC > ROK = SOKOR must contemplate or consider that the North may choose to USE ALL OF ITS CONVENTIONAL, NUCLEAR WEAPONS? BEFORE IT BECOMES EXTINCT [self-implodes + collapses]. Artic also read, CHINA NOT SAFE FROM DESPERATE, PRE-COLLPASE DPRK MIL, NUKE THREAT. * SPACEWAR.COM > NORTH KOREAN CRISIS REVEALS [US-Allied] IMPATIENCE WID CHIN'S CAUTION. Also from SAME > MASS DISPLAY OF AIRCRAFT, WARSHIPS AT JAPAN-US EXERCISE, + SOUTH KOREA PLANS MORE DRILLS + TALKS WID US, JAPAN OVER NORTH. * GLOBALRESEARCH.CA > SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL: THE RISE OF NEW KOREAN WAR? * SAME > NORH KOREA AS PRETEXT: US BUILDS ASIAN MILITARY ALLIANCE AGZ CHINA + RUSSIA. * DAILY TIMES.PK > CHINIA ISSUES WARNING [do not exacerbate/worsen] ON US-SOUTH KOREA-JAPAN TALKS, as per DPRK = NOKOR. * PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > US TO PROTECT SMALL [Asian]NATIONS FROM CHINA'S BULLYINH | US REASSURES ASIAN ALLIES UN-NERVED BY CHINA. * WMF > "USS GEORGE WASHINGTON" NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER APPEARS OFF CHIN DAOYUS ON FIRST DAY OF US-JAPAN MILITARY DRILL, USAF B-52'S, FIGHTER JETS FROM GUAM BASE + OKINAWA ENGAGE IN SIMULATED "DEFENSIVE" ATTACK SORTIES AGZ "LARGE ENEMY SHIPS" TRYING TO PREVENT US-JAPAN RECONQUEST OF CPLA-HELD DAOYUS [Japan = Senkakus Islands]. * WMF > JAPANESE MEDIAS: ALLEGED "LIGHT" CHINESE FISHERY PATROL BOATS ARE EQUIPPED WID PLA-SUPPLIED ARMED HELICOPTERS + HEAVY WEAPONS. PATROL BOATS + PLA-ARMED COMMERCIAL FISHING TRAWLERS MAY BE PART OF CHIN "NEW STRATEGIC PLAN" AZG JAPAN FOR CONROL OF THE DAOYUS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-03 23:44 |
| #4 welcome PPWS, stick around - you'll find much to like |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-12-03 13:30 |
| #3 Intersting site ... found it via Instapundit. re the SoKo M109's SP's (or K-9). I don't believe the SoKo Army has Excalibur rounds in their operational inventory ... yet. Nice to have satellite imagery PRK will have to get that data from their ChiCom handlers. GPS data into the shell and pull the lanyard. CEP is 10 meters under most condidions. Almost as accurate as Paveway (One Bomb, One Target) in the case of Excalibur using PSWP's Rules of Modern Battlefield: If you are observable, you will be seen, if you are seen you will be targeted, if you are targeted, you will be hit. |
| Posted by: PokingPumasWithSpoons 2010-12-03 11:30 |
| #2 The North on November 23 fired up to 170 shells of which 80 hit Yeonpyeong island Meanwhile, back at the ranch - South Korea in response fired 80 rounds from its self-propelled guns. Of these, 35 landed in the sea, 15 on Mudo island and 30 at Kaemori on the mainland, according to the NIS. Apparently, these are not the newer "smart" rounds. Not even a bomb in a pickle barrel from 20,000 feet. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2010-12-03 06:43 |
| #1 TOPIX > SOUTH KOREA DEFENSE NOMINEE VOWS AIRSTRIKES ON NORTH, iff it attacks the SK again as per YeongPyeong Island. * PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > CHINA, DPRK VOW TO CEMENT LEGISLATIVE TIES. IOW, IIUC means more direct Oversight = Control? of internal Pyongyang affairs by Beijing??? * SAME > NORTH KOREA DEPLOYS MORE MULTIPLE-LAUNCH ROCKETS, capable of hitting Seoul + in-range ROK + USFK mil targets. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-12-03 00:32 |