In June 1999, the Australian navy conducted a torpedo launch test. A submarine fired a torpedo at a 2,700-ton destroyer that was to be retired.
If we think that a North Korean submarine or a semi-submersible attacked the Cheonan with a torpedo, there’s lots of circumstantial evidence to support the theory.
While other possibilities, such as an internal explosion, a crash into a rock or a fatigue fracture, do not match the circumstantial evidence, a torpedo attack fits the puzzle nicely.
The pattern of a sunken ship, the capacity of the North Korean navy and the intention of the North Korean regime all suggest that a torpedo attack is plausible.
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