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US warship fires at Polish coast in joint exercise
Press Tv ^ | Wed, 28 Oct 2009

Posted on 10/29/2009 11:51:42 AM PDT by lizol

US warship fires at Polish coast in joint exercise

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:02:50 GMT

The guided-missile destroyer USS Ramage An American destroyer has reportedly fired live rounds at the northern Polish coast while disposed of the combat-ready mode it had assumed during joint naval drills.

The 250-crew guided-missile destroyer, USS Ramage, fired three shots at the port city of Gdynia, said spokesman for the Polish Military Gendarmerie, Marcin Wiacek, 'Russia Today' reported on Wednesday.

Crewmembers and locals were being questioned on the incident which, according to preliminary data, caused no human or material losses.

The warship had just partaken in the joint naval exercises with the Polish Navy and was at the dock to 'give its crew time for rest.'

"We will use this time to exchange experiences and hold meetings of experts," spokesman for the 3rd Flotilla of the Polish Navy, Grzegorz Lyko was quoted as saying by the Xinhua news agency.

The American officials have not commented on the matter.

Russia has questioned the alleged intentions behind the visits, which mainly target Poland and Georgia.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: poland
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1 posted on 10/29/2009 11:51:42 AM PDT by lizol
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What? We’re firing on Poland now?


2 posted on 10/29/2009 11:54:43 AM PDT by ElayneJ
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To: lizol

The ship allegedly fired warshots while it was tied up at the pier or out in the Baltic?

The charge seems a mite unclear.


3 posted on 10/29/2009 11:55:34 AM PDT by RexBeach
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To: lizol

oopsie. I think someones in trouble now.


4 posted on 10/29/2009 11:56:03 AM PDT by rahbert
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To: lizol

presstv is Iran, isn’t it?


5 posted on 10/29/2009 11:59:13 AM PDT by Vn_survivor_67-68 (CALL CONGRESSCRITTERS TOLL-FREE @ 1-800-965-4701)
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To: lizol

This article sounds like it was translated to English from Persian after it was translated from Chinese to Persian after it was translated from Polish to Chinese.


6 posted on 10/29/2009 12:00:50 PM PDT by spodefly (This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
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To: lizol

Be more careful!

The Poles are justifiably a bit jumpy at foreign warship in their waters that happen to start shooting at them.


7 posted on 10/29/2009 12:03:46 PM PDT by VanDeKoik (Iran doesnt have a 2nd admendment. Ya see how that turned out?)
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To: VanDeKoik
The Poles are justifiably a bit jumpy at foreign warship in their waters that happen to start shooting at them.

One word, "Westerplatte".

8 posted on 10/29/2009 12:04:24 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Vn_survivor_67-68

Here you have “Stars and Stripes” on the same incident.

http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=65742


9 posted on 10/29/2009 12:05:15 PM PDT by lizol
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10 posted on 10/29/2009 12:05:48 PM PDT by meandog (Is OWEbummer the antichrist?)
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To: spodefly
Commanding Officer
11 posted on 10/29/2009 12:05:59 PM PDT by pabianice
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To: lizol; All
Well kinda: Destroyer accidentally fires on Polish port.

Destroyer accidentally fires on Polish port


By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Oct 29, 2009 9:41:27 EDT

A U.S. destroyer accidentally fired three machine gun rounds at a Polish city while it lay at anchor Wednesday, but caused no injuries and no damage, a Pentagon official said.

The crew of the destroyer Ramage was doing “routine maintenance” to the ship in the port of Gdynia when a sailor inadvertently fired the burst from one of the warship’s M240 machine guns, the official said.

According to an English-language Polish news site, the shooting took place at 10:40 a.m. local time Wednesday and the rounds from the ship hit a warehouse. The English-language news site Russia Today carried the headline, “U.S. destroyer shells Polish shore.”

American sailors cooperated with the Polish police investigation into the shooting, and then Ramage sailed from Gdynia later the same day, according to its original schedule. The ship did not hasten its departure because of the shooting, said the Pentagon official, who was not authorized to discuss the story and asked not to be identified.

The Norfolk, Va.-based Ramage was visiting Gdynia after wrapping up its participation in the international naval exercise, Joint Warrior, in which U.S. warships trained with ships from the navies of Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, Norway and Turkey.

12 posted on 10/29/2009 12:06:25 PM PDT by tricky_k_1972 (Putting on Tinfoil hat and heading for the bomb shelter.)
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To: meandog
another photo:


13 posted on 10/29/2009 12:07:53 PM PDT by meandog (Is OWEbummer the antichrist?)
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To: lizol

I suspect it’s just a matter of someone getting rid of some live rounds that were not used up during the exercise. Maybe some rule that they can’t be returned to the ammo storage space after having been loaded.

But I can’t blame the Poles for being jumpy, after Obama caved in to Putin on missile defense, and got nothing in return.


14 posted on 10/29/2009 12:09:43 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: VanDeKoik
You mean this? ;-)



15 posted on 10/29/2009 12:10:04 PM PDT by lizol
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To: lizol

What’s this about? We can’t even attack Poland properly?


16 posted on 10/29/2009 12:13:24 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: lizol

I guess that Sailor who accidently fired 3 rounds is in big-time trouble!


17 posted on 10/29/2009 12:15:39 PM PDT by classified
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To: ElayneJ
It’s the logical progression of our current foreign policy.
18 posted on 10/29/2009 12:17:12 PM PDT by El Sordo
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To: lizol

Shelled?? US Warship shelled Poland. It was three rounds from an M-240 machinegun, think updated M-60. Geez!


19 posted on 10/29/2009 12:17:13 PM PDT by Dedbone
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To: tricky_k_1972

Sounds like a sloppy trigger finger to me.


20 posted on 10/29/2009 12:18:09 PM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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