{"id":2444913,"date":"2025-06-09T15:17:01","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-finally-rights-capsized-warship-but-dozens-of-strange-devices-now-spotted-around-it\/"},"modified":"2025-06-09T15:19:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T19:19:50","slug":"north-korea-finally-rights-capsized-warship-but-dozens-of-strange-devices-now-spotted-around-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-korea-finally-rights-capsized-warship-but-dozens-of-strange-devices-now-spotted-around-it\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Finally Rights Capsized Warship, But Dozens of Strange Devices Now Spotted Around It"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-korea-finally-rights-capsized-warship-but-dozens-of-strange-devices-now-spotted-around-it%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2444913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North Korea has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-washed-up-leftists-who-found-homes-in-academia\/\" title=\"5 Washed Up Leftists Who Found Homes In Academia\">recently managed<\/a> to refloat a newly built destroyer that capsized during its launch in May. The incident had previously caused embarrassment for the country, as the 5,000-ton vessel became unbalanced and flipped over. speculation surrounds the potential involvement of large balloons that were spotted near the destroyer during its recovery. While <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-half-of-pandemic-unemployment-likely-stolen-by-criminals\/\" title=\"Report: Half of pandemic unemployment likely stolen by criminals\">experts suggest<\/a> that cranes primarily facilitated the refloating, the balloons may have played a role in keeping the ship stable or concealing it from aerial observation. Reports indicate around 40 balloons, each approximately 20 feet wide, were utilized, though their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >exact purpose remains uncertain<\/a>. Despite suggestions that the balloons were used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/7-supplements-to-help-alleviate-stress-and-one-to-avoid\/\" title=\"7 Supplements to Help Alleviate Stress \u2013 and One to Avoid\">alleviate stress<\/a> on the ship or prevent further flooding, analysts warn that relying on such methods could risk causing additional damage. North Korean media has not addressed the use of balloons in its coverage of the incident, although kim Jong Un has committed to repairing the destroyer by the end of June.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>North Korea has successfully refloated the brand-new destroyer that humiliatingly capsized during launch in May, possibly with the help of a bunch of strange giant balloons that were seen flying around it.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, North Korea <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/north-korea-tries-cover-national-humiliation-blue-tarps-fails-miserably\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faced national embarrassment<\/a> after the brand-new destroyer weighing 5,000 tons became unbalanced and overturned when shipyard officials tried to launch it sideways.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The Destroyer that North Korea tried to threaten the U.S. with Capsized! &#128518;&#128518;&#128518;&#128518;&#128518; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DZOf45Fdp1\">pic.twitter.com\/DZOf45Fdp1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Suzie rizzio (@Suzierizzo1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Suzierizzo1\/status\/1927431118103466291?\">May 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>North Korea made up for the humiliating failure this week by successfully refloating the new destroyer, possibly with the help of the previously mentioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-north-korea-sending-trash-carrying-balloons-south-korea\/?ff_source=conservativetribune.compage\/13page\/2page\/2page\/13page\/2page\/2page\/2page\/3page\/3page\/3page\/13page\/2page\/3page\/2page\/13page\/13page\/3page\/3page\/3page\/13page\/13page\/117page\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">batch of balloons<\/a> that were seen around it.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The balloons aren&rsquo;t thought to have played a leading role in righting the vessel, a task that appeared to have been primarily accomplished with cranes,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/asia\/mystery-balloons-near-kim-jong-uns-capsized-warship-puzzle-experts-78eef6de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported, citing experts.<\/p>\n<p>But it&rsquo;s possible, the Journal reported via the experts, that &ldquo;the balloons could have helped keep the ship afloat, obscured the view from the skies or lifted objects off the destroyer.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">North Korea appears to be attempting to lift up their destroyer with methods inspired by Pixar&rsquo;s hit 2009 film Up. Note the numerous balloons in the air above the destroyer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aHdZpWRQu7\">pic.twitter.com\/aHdZpWRQu7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Decker Eveleth (@dex_eve) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dex_eve\/status\/1926710894991384815?\">May 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>To be clear, this is speculation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s all a mystery,&rdquo; weapons analyst Decker Eveleth of CNA stressed to the Journal, adding that there&rsquo;s no modern precedent for using balloons like this.<\/p>\n<p>According to Eveleth, roughly 40 balloons were used, all of them measuring a whopping 20 feet wide.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean National Assembly lawmaker and military analyst Yu Yong-weon suggested that the balloons weren&rsquo;t used to refloat the destroyer but for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-new-chinese-balloons-spotted-beijing-plot-leading-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">something else altogether<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It looks like what appear to be balloons have been installed not to refloat the ship, but to prevent the ship from further flooding,&rdquo; she said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2025\/05\/31\/asia\/north-korea-warship-balloons-satellite-intl-hnk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Carl Schuster speculated that the balloons were either used to prevent &ldquo;low- to mid-level drone reconnaissance&rdquo; or to reduce the heavy stress on the part of the ship that was still stuck on the pier.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That is the area that is most likely to have been damaged, suffered the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thousands-remain-without-power-across-w-va\/\" title=\"Thousands remain without power across W.Va.\">severe damage<\/a> and remains under intense stress while the forward area remains out of the water,&rdquo; he told CNN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#127472;&#127477; North Korea has finally raised its sunken destroyer. The photo shows the ship&rsquo;s bow has been cut off <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OGVcyVUwjK\">pic.twitter.com\/OGVcyVUwjK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sprinter Observer (@SprinterObserve) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SprinterObserve\/status\/1930141273861534024?\">June 4, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>However, North Korea might further damage the destroyer if it&rsquo;s relying on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/two-startling-finds-made-inside-chinese-spy-balloon-much-worse-biden-said\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gigantic balloons<\/a> to either keep it afloat or raise it, according to Nick Childs, a senior fellow for naval forces and maritime security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is highly likely that the ship is under quite a lot of stress anyway,&rdquo; he said, adding that lifting the destroyer from above with balloons could worsen this stress.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, North Korea&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-wins-praise-chinese-state-media-attacking-american-businesses\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">state media<\/a> has remained completely mum about the balloons, not mentioning them at all in its reports about the since-recovered destroyer.<\/p>\n<p>North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, for his part, has vowed to have the destroyer fixed by the end of June, at the latest.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This incident may have been aided by a group of unusual large balloons observed nearby. The 5,000-ton destroyer tipped over when shipyard workers attempted to launch it sideways, leading to national humiliation for North Korea. Recently, they redeemed themselves by successfully refloating the vessel, potentially with assistance from the aforementioned balloons. However, experts suggest that while the balloons might not have played a major role in righting the ship-cranes were likely primarily responsible-they could have helped keep it afloat or obscured aerial views. Speculation surrounds their purpose; some analysts believe they were used to prevent further flooding rather than assist in refloating the destroyer. Concerns remain that relying on these large balloons could cause additional damage due to stress on the ship&#8217;s structure as it is lifted or kept afloat. Despite this situation, North Korean state media has not mentioned the balloons and Kim Jong Un has pledged to repair the destroyer by June&#8217;s end at the latest<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2444914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Capsized-Korean-destroyer.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[56816,56818,32109,56817,10288],"class_list":["post-2444913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-capsized-2","tag-maritime-news","tag-north-korea","tag-strange-devices","tag-warship"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Capsized-Korean-destroyer.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2444913"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444913\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2444917,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2444913\/revisions\/2444917"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2444914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2444913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2444913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2444913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}