| Guthroth | 13 May 2015 4:42 a.m. PST |
Sorry if this has been posted already but - link It appears to mirror a similar event in October last - link Interesting times to be a N Korean General …… |
| cosmicbank | 13 May 2015 6:26 a.m. PST |
His house his rules besides it was only a 14.5mm. I think that gives him a reroll for morale in Flame of War. In IABSM I think its a plus 1. |
| David Manley | 13 May 2015 6:58 a.m. PST |
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| latto6plus2 | 13 May 2015 7:30 a.m. PST |
Yup automatic pin in IABSM. Young Kims sliding towards full on Bond villain status all the time isnt he? How long before someones strapped to an SA6 and fired off? Is north korea warm enough for sharks?
I imagine theyve probably got tigers… |
| David in Coffs | 13 May 2015 7:44 a.m. PST |
Lasers strapped to salmons. |
| skippy0001 | 13 May 2015 7:50 a.m. PST |
They ate all the fish--lasers strapped to peasants. |
| GROSSMAN | 13 May 2015 8:09 a.m. PST |
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| GeoffQRF | 13 May 2015 8:43 a.m. PST |
Apparently it was a ZPU-4 (quad 14.5mm) at a range of 30 metres. The reported offense? "Falling asleep during a meeting and showing disrespect to Kim." |
| Guthroth | 13 May 2015 8:51 a.m. PST |
yes, but if it mirrored what they think happened in October it was a battery of 6 of them !! Anyone fancy doing it as a diorama in 15mm ? |
| GeoffQRF | 13 May 2015 8:57 a.m. PST |
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30m at 1/100 = about 12". |
| Winston Smith | 13 May 2015 9:01 a.m. PST |
A diorama with a circular firing squad and the guest of honor in the middle. |
| Phil Hall | 13 May 2015 9:44 a.m. PST |
He seems to be emulating Stalin. It should make it much easier to defeat him when the time comes. |
| GeoffQRF | 13 May 2015 9:53 a.m. PST |
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| cwlinsj | 13 May 2015 10:19 a.m. PST |
Messy as it seems, being hit by 14.7mm rounds is probably quick and painless. Wasn't really that long ago when the Brits were executing Indian Mutiny perps by canon. |
| Rod I Robertson | 13 May 2015 10:53 a.m. PST |
Talk about taking Flak from your boss! Sheesh! |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 13 May 2015 11:01 a.m. PST |
Would you prefer "death by dog bites" or perhaps a thousand paper cuts?😣 |
| mashrewba | 13 May 2015 11:09 a.m. PST |
Christ -I nodded off in a meeting last week… |
| Rod I Robertson | 13 May 2015 11:31 a.m. PST |
Geoff:
"…we defeated Stalin?".
Yes, we stole his daughter with beguiling capitalism!
Rod Robertson |
| vtsaogames | 13 May 2015 1:41 p.m. PST |
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| tuscaloosa | 13 May 2015 1:59 p.m. PST |
"Death by AA Battery"? I thought we were talking about what I put in my electronic gadgets to power them… |
| 49mountain | 13 May 2015 2:11 p.m. PST |
A circular firing squad and the guest of honor in the middle. Sounds like a good way to get rid of the victims and the executioners. No witnesses. Pretty clever. |
| Supercilius Maximus | 14 May 2015 7:29 a.m. PST |
Wasn't really that long ago when the Brits were executing Indian Mutiny perps by canon. Interesting how this particular form of execution is solely associated with the British, despite having been used by native Indian rulers for about 2-300 years before the Europeans gained power in India. The method was actually used far more widely by the Portuguese empire, and was still being used by the Afghans in the 1930s. The British only used this form of punishment between 1760 and 1870, after which it was abolished (interestingly, one of the reasons for its adoption was that it was considered more humane than the most common forms of execution then known). Even during the Indian Mutiny, it was far more usual for mutineers to be hanged or shot by firing squad (90+%). Also worth noting that courts-martial issuing this punishment were usually composed of Indian, not European, officers. |
| tuscaloosa | 14 May 2015 5:37 p.m. PST |
There, there, nothing to be sensitive about. |
| Fatman | 17 May 2015 8:50 a.m. PST |
I have to admit that I wondered how 145 years "wasn't really that long ago" myself. However I didn't feel it worth correcting, Supercilius Maximus didn't obviously feel as laid back. Fatman |
| mashrewba | 18 May 2015 9:03 a.m. PST |
Mind you I'd take the AA gun any day over this!!
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or even this (from Wikpedia)
"In the late 1990s, a number of Korean People's Army generals were executed by being soaked in gasoline and then burned alive inside the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in the capital Pyongyang". |
| coopman | 18 May 2015 3:15 p.m. PST |
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| Aristonicus | 19 May 2015 6:18 a.m. PST |
Not so fast guys, apparently this is all unconfirmed: North Korea defense chief was purged, maybe not executed, says Seoul's spy agency
The National Intelligence Service revised its statement hours after claiming Hyon was believed to be dead.SEOUL, May 13 (UPI) -- South Korea's spy agency said it cannot confirm the execution of North Korea defense chief Hyon Yong Chol, hours after making the opposite claim to South Korean lawmakers. South Korean lawmaker Shin Kyoung-min, who said Hyon was seen attending a concert in Pyongyang just a day or two before his alleged execution, questioned the claim. "We've seen Hyon even yesterday on TV," Shin said Wednesday. "If North Korea really executed their No. 2 man in charge of defense, they would make sure he disappears on every single program. That's definitely their style." By late afternoon, the spy agency revised its statement, saying Hyon was purged, but maybe not executed. "We do have intelligence information that he had been killed by gunfire but that is yet to be verified," a spy agency spokesman told ABC. upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2015/05/13/North-Korea-defense-chief-was-purged-maybe-not-executed-says-Seouls-spy-agency/1931431522581 |
explains step-by-step how he painted 
