South Korea's Defense Ministry showed a RIA Novosti journalist on Thursday parts of the North Korean torpedo, which is believed to have sunk the Cheonan warship in late March.
The 1,200-ton warship sank near the disputed Northern Limit Line in the Yellow Sea on March 26, causing the loss of 46 lives. An international investigation concluded the explosion, which broke the ship into two pieces, was caused by a North Korean torpedo fired from a submarine. Pyongyang has denied its involvement.
Ministry officials explained that in the evening - the attack occurred at 9.30 p.m. - it is difficult to spot submarines and the submarine was not picked up by a radar because the depth of water in this area does not exceed 45-47 meters. They said the same thing could happen again.
Seoul published only part of the video recording that shows what happened inside the vessel. The recording does not show what caused the accident.
The Ministry showed RIA Novosti an increased life-sized drawing of the North Korean CHT-02D torpedo, taken from a brochure as the North allegedly exports the model to other countries.
SEOUL, June 3 (RIA Novosti)
