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| Norks Building Hovercraft Base Near West Sea Islands |
| 2011-02-02 |
| North Korea is apparently constructing a military base for combat hovercraft just 50-60 km from South Korea's Baeknyeong Island in the West Sea. A government source on Monday said South Korean and U.S. intelligence late last year detected construction work being done for the base in the Koampo area in Hwanghae Province. The base can apparently accommodate up to 70 of North Korea's hovercraft. Each of the vessels can carry a platoon and travel up to 90 km/h across water and mud flats. Once it is completed, North Korean troops would be able to land on South Korea's five West Sea islands, including Baeknyeong, in 30 to 40 minutes. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 "They will find that hovercraft fill with eels very easily." And while they're stopped to eat, the SorKs can blow them out of the water, Grenter. :-D |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-02-02 16:08 |
| #6 They will find that hovercraft fill with eels very easily. |
| Posted by: Grenter, Protector of the Geats 2011-02-02 16:03 |
| #5 As if the South Koreans are going to sit still as these things come prancing across the water? Too easy. Maybe it's a diversion. |
| Posted by: gorb 2011-02-02 14:40 |
| #4 Intermediate step to bolstering their submarine forces....? |
| Posted by: Uncle Phester 2011-02-02 13:40 |
| #3 LIFE Dammit, fingers not cooperating this morning. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-02-02 12:43 |
| #2 Lie imitates film, Die Another Day (Bond) had NORK hovercraft. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2011-02-02 12:39 |
| #1 What they didn't know was that South Korea is likewise building a hardened firebase on Baeknyeong for a battalion of crack artillerymen newly equipped with the much-feared 120mm Eel Mortar. |
| Posted by: Mitch H. 2011-02-02 12:38 |