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| North Korea using balloons to stop damaged warship from sinking | |
| 2025-06-01 | |
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... has deployed dozens of huge white balloons alongside its wrecked 5,000-ton-class warship to stop it from sinking further after a botched launch last week, new satellite images show. The images captured by Maxar Technologies show the balloons surrounding the partially submerged vessel tipped on its side. It's also draped in blue covers to hide what has turned out to be an embarrassing failure for the hermit kingdom's leader, Kim PudgeJong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... While the purpose of the apparent balloons is unclear, experts theorize that they are being used to swiftly repair the destroyer, according to CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... . | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Marine salvage lift bags, not balloons! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2025-06-01 13:40 |
| #2 I bet the Pueblo still floats fine. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-06-01 09:46 |
| #1 They should just pump the ship full of helium so it floats. (Aside: When Lockheed was developing the SR-71, they tried using helium in the tires to save weight. ...Nope...) |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2025-06-01 08:35 |