Undeclared nuclear reactor components bound for North Korea were allegedly aboard the Ursa Major when it sank off Spain in 2024, with damage consistent with a torpedo strike, according to Spain’s La Verdad.

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  • Commiejones
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    3 months ago

    65 tons? Most train cars are rated for way more than 100 tons.

    “aerial imagery” covers drones flying at 20m.

    the route from St. Petersburg to North Korea runs through the Mediterranean, past Spain

    Have you never looked at a map? St. Petersberg is on the baltic sea. Regardless of where in west Russia you starts going by sea to DPRK takes it more than half way around the world.

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      3 months ago

      If something is visible in aerial images then it clearly wasn’t inside a container - otherwise it wouldn’t be visible. The only reason to not put something inside of a container is that it doesn’t fit inside of one. If something is physically too large to fit inside a container then it’s probably also too large to fit on a train. We’re not talking about weight here but physical dimensions.

      The ship was en route from St. Petersburg to Vladivostok. There’s nothing unusual about that. Here you can see picture of the two large objects covered by tarps on the deck of the ship.