[Cryptography] USS Pueblo and crypto

[Jeffrey I Schiller]

On 01/22/2016 08:12 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
> In 1968 the spy ship USS Pueblo was captured by North Korea, allegedly in 
> their waters (but the Americans dispute this) after a 2-hour chase and the 
> death of a crew member; there was no time to destroy the classified 
> material.  The crew were held prisoner for 11 months, but the Pueblo 
> remains in North Korea as a war museum exhibit, and still remains a 
> commissioned USN ship (the only one still held in captivity).
>
> Dunno what happened to the crypto stuff, but I'll bet that the Chinese were 
> slavering over it...
>

There is this pretty cool blog about two westerners who took a train from Vienna
to Pyonyang.

The blog itself can be found at: http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/

In particular this page:
http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com/2008_09_24_archive.html contains pictures
of the Pueblo (from 2008) just scroll down.

-Jeff

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