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China-Japan-Koreas
North, South Koreas Exchange Fire at Sea
2014-10-08
North and South Korean naval vessels exchanged fire on Tuesday after a North Korean patrol boat crossed the maritime border. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a North Korean patrol boat strayed around 900 m south of the Northern Limit Line at around 9:50 a.m. A 570-ton Navy battleship
I don't think that word means what you think it means, at least in English...
issued a warning, which the North Korean patrol boat ignored, prompting the South to fire a warning shot. The North Korean vessel did not turn back but fired back instead.

A JCS official said, "The North Korean patrol boat fired dozens of rounds from what appears to have been heavy machine guns and our ship returned by firing around 10 rounds of 76-mm shells and around 80 rounds from 40-mm guns."

The exchange of fire lasted about 10 minutes before the North Korean patrol boat headed back. Neither side suffered any damage.
Good grief. Sink the damned thing next time. Can't anybody hit anything around here?
Posted by:Steve White

#6  Sounds like the SKor Navy needs to get it targeting radars fixed. 10 rounds of 76mm and nothing?
Posted by: OldSpook   2014-10-08 22:08  

#5  Sounds like some internal competition among the flag officers about what the next step is going to be in running the North, played out in Seoul and on the coastal littoral.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2014-10-08 21:18  

#4  battleship, warship - trivial mistake in English meaning... unless I guess if you go out expecting to meet a 570 ton warship and meet a battleship instead.....
Posted by: Herb de Medici5204   2014-10-08 20:32  

#3  I think there is a 'Battleship' variant of the Lawn Dart coming out soon....
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2014-10-08 14:45  

#2  I'm with JOE! Stand up and be counted.
Posted by: Shipman   2014-10-08 08:41  

#1  This pervasive, craven or wanton International abuse of the term "Battleship" has got to stop.

Iff I'm going to call anything a "battleship" in the post-9-11 World + Net, it will be the proposed heavy or super-heavy, super-techy, super-stealthy, multi-dimensional warfare surface ARSENAL/FIRE SHIP, iff-n-when the USN ever builds the thingy.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2014-10-08 01:06  

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