Responding to the recent deployment of the Ohio Class nuclear submarine USS Michigan to the Korean peninsula, the Hermit Kingdom has now threatened to sink the powerful vessel. "The moment the USS Michigan tries to budge even a little, it will be doomed to face the miserable fate of becoming a underwater ghost without being able to come to the surface," the Kim’s Communist propaganda website Uriminzokkiri announced in a posting. The submarine, which arrived in the southwestern city of Busan on April 25, is one of the most powerful naval assets the U.S. has in its arsenal, extending more than 560 feet long and weighing more than 18,000 tons. Powered by a nuclear reactor, the Michigan has an unlimited range of deployment and can stay at sea up to 60 days fully stocked with food for its crew of 15 officers and 140 sailors. Its destructive force comes from the sub’s 22 tubes that carry seven Tomahawks each. Each Tomahawk missile carries a thousand pound...(Read Full Post)