A Russian ship sank in mysterious circumstances. It may have been carrying submarine nuclear reactors to North Korea | CNN
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A Russian ship with an unusual cargo suffered a series of explosions and sank in unexplained circumstances off the coast of Spain, a CNN investigation has found.
  • Lodespawn@aussie.zone
    13·
    3 days ago

    It seems odd to me that Russians would transport two nuclear reactors to North Korea and leave from somewhere in the west of Russia and try travel past Spain rather than transport over land then ship it from somewhere on the east coast closer to where North Korea is …

    • piccolo@sh.itjust.works
      16·
      3 days ago

      Why didnt russians transport a very large, and heavy reactor 6,000 miles over some of the most desolate land? The trans-siberian railway has many bridges and tunnels where it wouldnt fit. And thats assuming they could devise a special car to spread the weight of a 700+ ton reactor.

    • Kaligalis@lemmy.world
      5·
      3 days ago

      They literally have a direct railway to North Korea. So if they can fit it on a flatbed wagon, they can send it per rail (oddly enough, they don’t seem to have a road connection).
      Guess, it didn’t fit or is some old thing, the Russians really don’t care much about.

      There are a lot of more or less covert operations going on against shipping right now. Someone even decapitated Iran’s government and since then the Strait of Hormuz is sort-of closed…