Strange objects around the sunken "Pjongjangu pride". Experts are talking about a possible target

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The destroyer was to be the pride of Pyongyang and a symbol of the modernization of the North Korean Navy. However, during the launch effort on May 21, there was a failure. Ship with a displacement of 5,000 tonnes He tilted and slid into the water in front of Kim Jong Un himself. Colossus hit the port pool, making part of its bottom was dented.

According to the state KCNA media, water has entered the stern, which requires fast corrective action. Leader North Korea designated the accident as a "criminal act" and ordered the ship to be repaired before the plenary session of the Workers' organization scheduled for late June. He besides ordered the arrest of the management of the shipyard in Chongjin. So far, 4 people have been detained, including the chief engineer.

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According to satellite images, respective twelve white objects have been deployed around the destroyer since May 23, looking like balloons. erstwhile asked by CNN station, experts speculate that these could be smaller versions of aerostatic aircraft, resembling blimps.

Yu Yong-weon, a South Korean military analyst, claims that balloons may have the task of stopping the ship from further flooding alternatively of lifting it from the water. Carl Schuster, a retired U.S. Navy captain, told CNN that specified a solution could service to defend the ship from spy drones or reduce force on the most damaged part of the hull.

Schuster notes at the same time that no another displacement elements were installed around the destroyer, which keep the submerged hull. In his opinion, the North Korean manufacture may not be sufficiently advanced to apply specified techniques.

— It is highly likely that the ship is under dense burden anyway, and lifting it up in advance can exacerbate stress,” expressed his concerns Nick Childs, a maritime safety specialist at the global Institute for strategical Studies.

They have 10 days to fix it. Experts talk about the darkest scenario

According to the North Korean media, repairs are expected to take about 10 days, but analysts stay skeptical of these estimates. Carl Schuster points out that the operation may require up to six months, given the scale of hull harm and the impact of salinity on the ship's metallic surfaces.

An additional complication is the different position of the ship — a partially submerged stern and beak immobilized on land hinder conventional rescue methods. Decker Eveleth, an analyst of the CNA organization, emphasizes that the most hard script has been fulfilled, and an effort to extract the sunken part may break the keel, resulting in irreversible harm to the ship.

Childs adds that North Korea may be forced to strip the ship into pieces to facilitate its removal from the dock. “ Very often, the only way... is to disassemble at least part of the ship to facilitate the operation, ” he stated in an interview with CNN. In his opinion, specified a strategy may end with the demolition of the destroyer.

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