Comment on Russian shadow fleet ship that sank in 2024 carried nuclear reactor components to North Korea, may have been torpedoed, La Verdad reports

Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  La Verdad said authorities discovered two undeclared containers estimated at 65 tons each and concluded the cargo was linked to two VM-4SG nuclear reactors, including reactor covers and other components it said were visible in aerial imagery.

  If something’s visible in aerial photos, it’s probably way too big to ship by train. If it fit in a container, they’d slap it in one and it’d stay hidden from the sky.

  It was most likely built in western Russia, and the route from St. Petersburg to North Korea runs through the Mediterranean, past Spain.

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  • Commiejones@lemmygrad.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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 is starts at going by sea takes it more than half way around the world.

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    • Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ 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.

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