I cannot resist sending  this.  I wonder how long it will be before one of these paintings hangs on the walls of the ROK/US Combined Unconventional Warfare Task Force bunker?  Someone has to bring one of these back from Pyongyang.

V/R
Dave

N. Korea’s “nuclear backpacks” appear on $850 oil paintings

Painting made one month after debut of nuclear backpacks at Victory Day parade in July

http://www.nknews.org/2013/10/north-koreas-nuclear-backpacks-appear-on-850-oil-paintings/

BY CHAD O’CARROLL , OCTOBER 25, 2013

     

   

Oil paintings of North Korean soldiers carrying “nuclear backpacks” have appeared for sale at a Pyongyang arts and souvenir shop, pictures released Friday by Koryo Tours have shown.

The paintings, which portray a North Korean soldier carrying a “nuclear backpack,” cost $850 USD and were painted in August 2013 – according to photographer and Koryo Tours’ guide Simon Cockerell.

In July North Korea piqued the attention of military specialists worldwide after a platoon of soldiers appeared at a 65th anniversary “Victory Day” parade carrying packs covered with large radiological signs.

The radiological imagery led to speculation in South Korean media that the packs might be miniaturized nuclear weapons, a claim that was quickly rejected by North Korea military expert Joseph Bermudez Jr.

“The backpacks are far too small for atomic demolition munitions (ADMs),” Bermudez told NK News in August, after studying close up imagery obtained by this site from  Pyongyang.

“In reality, it is likely that they are simply stuffed with paper or rags,” Bermudez said.

“Nuclear backpacks” seen at Victory Day celebrations in Pyongyang | Picture: NK News

Although North Korea does possess a wide variety of military equipment, it has been suspected of parading false equipment in the past. In this year’s “Victory Parade” North Korea also displayed non-existent military variant transporter aircraft and a missile type that has reportedly never flown – the KN-08.

North Korea often depicts its military capabilities, real and exaggerated, in domestic propaganda, including in paintings, murals, and movies.

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http://www.nknews.org/2013/10/north-koreas-nuclear-backpacks-appear-on-850-oil-paintings/

Backpack Bombers a Propaganda Tale (north Korea)

For those who missed the video I sent yesterday here is the photo with what looks like an nKPA attempt to show us they have some kind of atomic demolition munitions (ADM) or "backpack nukes."  I am sure they are saying in Korea something like "be afraid, be really afraid." And instead we are saying do you really think we could take such a photo seriously?  As someone said on one of the blogs, they probably painted the radiation symbol over some hello kitty backpacks they stole from Japan.

V/R
Dave

Backpack Bombers a Propaganda Talehttp://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=10788

By Lee Sang Yong [2013-07-29 17:40 ]

▲ "Backpack bombers" made an appearance during the July 27th military parade. (ⓒChosun Central Television capture) A unit of North Korean soldiers carrying what appeared to be representations of "nuclear backpacks" (a variation on the "briefcase bomb" concept) appeared during a military parade held on Saturday as part of North Korea’s commemoration of its “victory” in the Korean War. However, it is thought unlikely that North Korea has the technical capacity to produce such a high-tech nuclear device.  A spokesperson for the South Korean Ministry of National Defense, Kim Min Seok told a regular briefing on the morning of the 29th, “Nuclear backpacks are an extremely small type of nuclear weapon; you need very advanced skills in order to miniaturize like that," before noting, "Experts do not believe that North Korea has reached the ability to manufacture these backpacks.” (Continued at the link below) http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk00100&num=10788