Indian authorities have stopped a North Korean ship headed to Iran. [cue suspense music…]
Except, it was empty! [GASP]
“MV Omrani-II” developed a snag and entered Indian waters on October 29 and was towed to the Mumbai Port where the crew was being questioned by Indian intelligence and customs officials.
“The crew has not been able to explain why they were sailing an empty vessel to Iran,” a senior coast guard official told Reuters on condition of anonymity on Thursday.
However a senior official at the Directorate General of Shipping said: “They have told us that because it is a new ship they were testing it. But it is strange that they should need to sail as far as Iran.”
I have several theories to expain why North Korea would send an empty ship to Iran. Please feel free to add to my list. (Yes, I also found that map from the Mumbai Mirror very helpful in formulating my thoughts.)
- They are testing how easily they would get caught
- There are nuclear bombs hidden in the floorboards
- Missiles don’t work, bombs don’t work, apparently navigation is also bunk.
- The authorities should go back on the ship to see if there’s a copy of The Hunt for Red October in the captain’s quarters.
- No, really, they are testing the ship. Time trials to Iran! Winner gets their own military parade.
- NORKS want to mess with our heads