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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Why would Russia put nuclear reactor components for DPRK on a boat… near Spain? They have a land border… and train links.
This is the stupidest propaganda story I’ve read in weeks.
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.
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.
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.
