Sinking the South Korean ship Cheonan

Currently the US and South Korean forces are playing war games designed on what they would do if North Korea attacked with nuclear weapons. North Korea in the mean time has been banging their sabers in a threatening manner. My experience in war games is that both sides push the limits of the boundries. Baengnyeong is an island administered by the South Korean government. On a map it shows this island far up the coast of North Korea and it is said that on a clear day you can see North Korea.

Whether the ship was sunk by an internal explosion, a mine or a torpedo is under investigation. Will we know the truth someday? We can only hope. In the meantime there are missing sailors. The good news is that the ship has turned over with the keel explosed so there may be a few more survivors.

Hypothermia would be a factor that would play in the ability to survive in the water though. At a range of water temps between 40 and 60 degrees the sailors who managed to get off the ship would survive for maybe 20 minutes or so before dying of hypothermia. So if there are any more survivors they will have to be in the ship and out of the water. They will have to be found quickly because they will be running out of oxygen. I am sure that divers have been dispatched to search the ship.