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| US Navy ship and oil tanker collide near Singapore | |
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| mysysail | Aug 21 2017, 03:01 AM Post #1 |
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40995829 |
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| mysysail | Aug 21 2017, 03:02 AM Post #2 |
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Ten US Navy sailors are missing and five have been injured after a US destroyer and an oil tanker collided near Singapore, the Navy says. The guided missile destroyer USS John S McCain was sailing east of Singapore and preparing to stop in the port when the collision with the Liberian-flagged vessel occurred. A wide-ranging search and rescue operation is under way. It is the second collision involving a US Navy ship in recent months. |
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| Demagogue | Aug 21 2017, 10:56 AM Post #3 |
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http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/08/21/search-underway-for-10-sailors-after-uss-john-s-mccain-collision-near-singapore-ship-has-significant-damage.html Diving operations are set to begin on Monday as American, Singaporean and Malaysian armed forces search for the 10 missing U.S. sailors after an early-morning collision between a Navy destroyer and a tanker near Singapore -- the second collision involving a Navy ship in the Asia-Pacific region in two months. U.S. Navy officials told Fox News diving operations will begin inside the flooded compartments aboard USS John S. McCain. USS America, a large amphibious assault ship, arrived in the Singapore port near the stricken Navy destroyer and will lead the diving efforts, officials said. |
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| Demagogue | Aug 21 2017, 10:58 AM Post #4 |
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Seriously, what is going on with these US Navy collisions with merchant vessels. This is now two in just a few months. |
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| CautionaryTales | Aug 21 2017, 01:02 PM Post #5 |
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They'll find the missing in the berthing compartments once they hit port and can open the watertight doors. This is inexcusable. Edited by CautionaryTales, Aug 21 2017, 01:03 PM.
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| George Aligator | Aug 21 2017, 01:10 PM Post #6 |
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Sophisticated radar jamming. We jam Kim's rockets, he returns the favor. |
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| Demagogue | Aug 21 2017, 01:10 PM Post #7 |
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I agree, totally inexcusable for a nimble craft like this to run into a tanker. Everyone in command on that ship will be removed but that does not bring back the sailors who died due to negligence. |
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| Siberian | Aug 21 2017, 01:58 PM Post #8 |
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what did you expect, if the US intends to disrupt China's trade routes all measures are good .... the US tries to impress the World and specifically Chinese targeting civilian cargo ships ![]() Demagogue, you ask wrong question, the proper one - wtf did Americans forget in that region if density of US military ships is so big that puts obstacles to international trade ... Edited by Siberian, Aug 21 2017, 02:01 PM.
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| Goood morning GULAG!!! | |
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| George Aligator | Aug 21 2017, 03:55 PM Post #9 |
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The damage is on the stern portside. The tanker ran into the destroyer. Why didn't they see it coming on radar? Maybe the radar wasn't plugged it or maybe it was jammed. |
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| Opinionated | Aug 21 2017, 03:56 PM Post #10 |
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I also find this rather disturbing. I wonder if there isn't some systemic problem with the 7th fleet. Most of duties of a Naval vessel a sea involve being able to detect and identify aircraft, ships, and submarines within their sphere of operations. The fact that two U.S. Naval vessels have collided with tankers, which are huge craft by most any definition, indicates that someone, somewhere isn't doing their job. That's a problem. There is more going on here than meets the eye. |
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| Siberian | Aug 21 2017, 04:08 PM Post #11 |
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may I propose an obvious answer? Russian hackers ![]() I wonder why it has not occured to you yet... 2 US ships one by one, there must not be an insider or own problem, there must be some Russians responcible ![]() Edited by Siberian, Aug 21 2017, 04:09 PM.
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| Goood morning GULAG!!! | |
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| Opinionated | Aug 21 2017, 04:12 PM Post #12 |
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Someone appears to, mistakenly, think he's funny. |
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| Siberian | Aug 21 2017, 04:32 PM Post #13 |
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someone mistakenly thinks his place is in the parterre but not on the stage.... and then wanders why he doesn't laugh.... ![]() |
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| Opinionated | Aug 21 2017, 04:34 PM Post #14 |
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Or, it might just be that you're not funny.
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| Siberian | Aug 21 2017, 04:40 PM Post #15 |
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maybe, but as I said I had no intention to be ![]() at least to you, my posts here are on 60-70% are monologues, some IDEAS get better shape when formalized in a written form. sometimes I may share the reason of my laughter with you, but if you laugh it's nothing but a minor side effect which I mostly don't care of. but if you do - you're welcome, I don't mind either....
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| Siberian | Aug 21 2017, 04:44 PM Post #16 |
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anyway, this is a tragedy, but as much a tragedy as any of Darwin awards cases..... maybe just wrong people pay for US leaders' stupidity and agressiveness
Edited by Siberian, Aug 21 2017, 04:46 PM.
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| George Aligator | Aug 21 2017, 04:51 PM Post #17 |
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Russia may have sold a cloaking device to China. China is trying to establish hegemony over the South China Sea. Navy disasters discredit the USA. Putin has a cute smile. |
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| CautionaryTales | Aug 21 2017, 05:39 PM Post #18 |
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I would agree. Once is an accident perhaps, but this is happening too frequently. There is something else going on. |
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| Robert Stout | Aug 21 2017, 10:03 PM Post #19 |
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The oil tanker saw the name, John McCain, and rammed our ship...........
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| Jesus can raise the dead, but he can't fix stupid | |
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| Drudge X | Aug 22 2017, 01:06 AM Post #20 |
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So Trump have nothing to do with this now right? |
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