Panama seizes North Korean ship

[joshcryer]

10. Cuba's statement:

Cuba said on Tuesday evening that the ship was loaded at one of its ports with 10,000 tons of sugar and 240 tons of "obsolete defensive weaponry," according to a statement by the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

Cuba said the weapons were being sent back to North Korea for repair and included two anti-aircraft missile batteries, nine disassembled rockets, two MiG-21 fighter jets, and 15 MiG-21 engines, all Soviet-era military weaponry built in the middle of the last century.

In the statement, which was read out on the state TV evening news, Cuba said the weaponry was all required "to maintain our defensive capacity to preserve national sovereignty." It added, "Cuba maintains its commitment to peace including nuclear disarmament and international law."

http://news.yahoo.com/panama-says-finds-weapons-north-korean-ship-coming-002715094.html

Nothing North Korea doesn't already have the tech for, really. If anything it seems more like a diplomatic thing where North Korea didn't really have anything to offer Cuba and Cuba had to come up with something tangible that North Korea could say it successfully did.

Cuba knows fuck all this outdated technology wouldn't protect it from a legitimate threat.

In the end it's highly embarrassing for Cuba. Hopefully the sugar shipment is allowed to move forward.