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Interesting theory about why US destroyers would ever allow large cargo ships close enough to them to risk a collision.
1 posted on 08/25/2017 5:51:43 PM PDT by Rashputin
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To: Rashputin

Just a theory, but that absolutely would make sense.

They would NEVER tell us.


2 posted on 08/25/2017 5:53:33 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: Rashputin; admin

Theories are not news.


3 posted on 08/25/2017 5:53:54 PM PDT by proust (Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.)
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To: Rashputin

The part that gives me pause, though, is the USN deaths:

If the collisions had been part of a raw-material related RAMMING, well then you’d expect that everyone would be braced, in a different part of the ship, etc.

And then, why not simply perform a BOARDING..?

By chopper, or, more stealthily, by RIB.


6 posted on 08/25/2017 5:59:00 PM PDT by gaijin
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8 posted on 08/25/2017 6:05:49 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Rashputin

I covered this on another thread.
Bogus story being floated by Al Reuters.
Even far more bogus than NK using ICBM to create EMP pulse.


10 posted on 08/25/2017 6:07:59 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: Rashputin

TURD


14 posted on 08/25/2017 6:23:49 PM PDT by Strac6 ("Mrs. Strac, Pilatus, and Sig Sauer: All the fun things in my life are Swiss!")
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To: Rashputin

He does put forth some compelling arguments. I’ve been watching many of FM’s videos since the Fitzgerald incident. I have no doubt in my mind that those ships were deliberately rammed.


17 posted on 08/25/2017 6:40:22 PM PDT by Jemian
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To: Rashputin

Uh, guys? Why would you scan a thousand foot long ship by passing in front of it? Would it not make far more sense to pass along side of the target ship to be scanned and only need to scan across the width of the ship as you steal along side instead of trying to scan the distance through the length of the ship as you dart across the oncoming bow?

Just a common sense observation that shoots your theory, er, out of the water, so-to-speak.


18 posted on 08/25/2017 6:56:24 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... bet if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Rashputin

Bfl


19 posted on 08/25/2017 7:02:07 PM PDT by pigsmith
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To: Rashputin

More clickbait from a master baiter


20 posted on 08/25/2017 7:49:26 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (Winter is coming)
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To: Rashputin

This is a plausible explanation of why our Navy ships are getting so close.


24 posted on 08/26/2017 8:42:25 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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