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Subject South Korean Corvette Sunk By Israeli Dolphin Class Submarine
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Original Message During the recent skirmish between North and South Korea, the South Korean Corvette was sunk, as it has been revealed by a torpedo.

Consider the South Korean ship's specifications:

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Speed: Maximum 32 knots (59 km/h)
Cruising 15 knots (28 km/h)[2]

Armament: 4 × Harpoon missiles,
2 × OTO Melara(76mm)/62 compact cannons
2 × Breda 40mm/70 cannons,
6 × Mark 46 torpedoes,
12 × Mark 9 depth charges [3][2]

This was a fast ship, and in combat would presumably be:

moving at full speed,

and maneuvering to avoid enemy fire AND possible torpedos.

The Cheonan was sunk by a torpedo.

Consider that the North Korean ship could not have been the source of the torpedo.

The North Korean Captain would have to calculate where the Cheosan would be at the precise moment the torpedos hit.

The Cheosan was capable of almost 60 km/hr, and maneuverable.

Unless the South Korean Captain was suicidal, a torpedo hit from several thousand yards off would be the wildest stroke of luck.

A submarine had to be BETWEEN the fighting ships.

It was close enough to fire the tropedo, have it arm and strike the Cheosan.

Israel operates the Dolphin Class submarine, reparation gifts to Israel from Germany (for the Holocaust).

They fire 2 types of torpedos:

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

Armament: 6 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes,
4 x 25.5 inch (650 mm) diameter torpedo tubes

The Israelis are based out of Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam. They are there to train Vietnamese crews who are purchasing 6 Soviet submarines.

The Vietnamese use Communist equipment.

Here are the types used and available for sale from China:

[link to en.wikipedia.org]

324mm Yu-7 · ET-52

350mm APR-3E

450mm Yu-2

533mm Yu-8 · Yu-6 · C43 · Yu-5 · Yu-4 · Yu-3 · Yu-1 · ET32 · ET34 · ET36 · Type 53-65 · VA-111 Shkval

650mm Type 65


Rocket-propelled CY-1 · CY-2 · CY-3 · CJ-1


Note that they also use the same diameter of torpedo as the Israeli Dolphin Class.

So theoretically, the Dolphin Class can fire Chinese torpedos.

North Korea also uses Chinese Torpedos.

Israel has recently accused North Korea of giving Syria WMD's.
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