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Tomorrow you will watch the destruction of an American Aircraft Carrier
Northeast Intelligence Network ^ | 03/29/04 | Source

Posted on 03/29/2004 7:56:56 PM PST by Rightone

Edited on 07/27/2004 2:55:55 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Arabic posting:

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To: TopDog2
See post #298
321 posted on 03/30/2004 7:26:34 AM PST by ASA Vet ("Anyone who signed up after 11/28/97 is a newbie")
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To: Poohbah
Wellll, will hope and have prayed that nothing will come of it other than more terrorists getting caught and hopefully killed.
322 posted on 03/30/2004 7:30:33 AM PST by Quix (Choose this day whom U will serve: Shrillery & demonic goons or The King of Kings and Lord of Lords)
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To: xrp
No. Unless it was directly beneath it. A 85,000 ton carrier isn't going to be moved by shockwaves from a few miles away if detonated underwater.


323 posted on 03/30/2004 7:37:50 AM PST by null and void (Don't stand idly by and watch your country commit Hairy Kerry!)
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To: Rightone
The best--and perhaps only--opportunity for terrorists to attack a carrier would be while the vessel is in port, or in an extremely narrow, high-traffic passage like the Straits of Gibraltar, or the Moluccan Straits off Malaysia.

And even under those circumstances, it's a very iffy proposition. The carrier never sails alone; it's typically surrounded by at least one Aegis cruiser, 3-4 destroyers and frigates, support vessels and a Los Angeles-class submarine. Their job is to protect the carrier at all costs; the air defense zone for the carrier battle group extends out 400 miles with fighter patrols; the SAM zone goes out almost 100 miles with the SM-2 extended range missile. Factor in radar coverage from E-2C Hawkeyes, the Aegis cruisers and destroyers, plus real-time intel from national sources, and you've got one of the most heavily defended assets in the world--extremely difficult to attack.

The suitcase nuke option would be a possibility, but that would require Al Qaeda to plant someone among the ship's crew and smuggle the weapon onboard. I imagine the Navy has tightened its shipboard security in the wake of 9-11, and some the recent spy cases at Gitmo. The LNG carrier is also a possibility, and detonating one at close range could cause tremendous damage, but (again), how could you get one close enough for an attack. Slamming a Zodiac into the USS Cole in Aden was one thing; carrying out an attack with an LNG carrier or an explosive-laded cargo ship is another.

324 posted on 03/30/2004 7:45:15 AM PST by Spook86
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To: Fitzcarraldo
"The carrier's own weapons?"

My thought too. Sleepers, or turncoats, in our uniforms could do a tremendous amount of damage.

325 posted on 03/30/2004 7:51:21 AM PST by LucyJo
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To: ladyinred
It's certainly a challenging time for the world and clearly for our country.
326 posted on 03/30/2004 7:55:39 AM PST by Quix (Choose this day whom U will serve: Shrillery & demonic goons or The King of Kings and Lord of Lords)
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To: Cvengr
Thanks for sharing the dreams.

WOULD LOVE TO READ ALL OF THEM WHETHER ON FREEPMAIL OR HERE.

Glad you have such a Scriptural perspective.

BTW, they seem quite in sync with many more such dreams on the part of many more individuals.

Thanks.
327 posted on 03/30/2004 7:57:24 AM PST by Quix (Choose this day whom U will serve: Shrillery & demonic goons or The King of Kings and Lord of Lords)
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To: oceanview
Nope it couldn't get within miles of a Carrier. When a Carrier is deployed it never travels alone, it is escorted by a Submarine squad and other Navy vessels. Our Navy ROCKS!
328 posted on 03/30/2004 7:59:17 AM PST by BiteMedems (Proud Voter of GWB Term One and Term Two)
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To: California74
The Clinton impeachment was what? 6 years ago? And the 17th of a month. Tomorrow is the 30th, not the 17th. It's not even the 17th day on the Islamic calendar. Tomorrow is the 8th day of the 2nd month.

So the 17th on their calandar is the first day of Passover?

329 posted on 03/30/2004 8:02:34 AM PST by null and void (Don't stand idly by and watch your country commit Hairy Kerry!)
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To: tanknetter
Yeah, that was the first thing I thought of actually. I'm going straight to the store after work and pick that sucker up.
330 posted on 03/30/2004 8:05:33 AM PST by labowski ("The Dude Abideth")
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To: coloradan
Would be OK with me.

Though I think we'd end up with MORE radicalized Moslems than we could handle as a result.
331 posted on 03/30/2004 8:05:37 AM PST by Quix (Choose this day whom U will serve: Shrillery & demonic goons or The King of Kings and Lord of Lords)
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To: HitmanNY
...what in AQ's arsenal could possibly get close enough to an aircraft carrier that could destroy it?

AO1 Mohammed?

332 posted on 03/30/2004 8:08:04 AM PST by TankerKC (Clogged Arteries and Still Smilin'!)
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To: Nita Nupress
Wow. That's impressive!

*shrug* It looks a lot like the one in my doctor's office. (Ex Navy flight surgeon)...

333 posted on 03/30/2004 8:08:37 AM PST by null and void (Don't stand idly by and watch your country commit Hairy Kerry!)
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To: Poohbah
Northeast Intelligence Network operations cycle:

1. Announce doomsday.

2. Doomsday doesn't happen.

3. Take credit for preventing doomsday.

Kewl! A successful niche!

334 posted on 03/30/2004 8:15:22 AM PST by null and void (Don't stand idly by and watch your country commit Hairy Kerry!)
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To: Poohbah
Newsflash: US aircraft carriers no longer carry nuclear weapons, and have not done so since 1991.

Riiiiiiight...

335 posted on 03/30/2004 8:17:23 AM PST by null and void (Don't stand idly by and watch your country commit Hairy Kerry!)
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To: pointsal
ping...did Kerry vote "for" or "against" building the ship?

He voted for it before he voted against it...

336 posted on 03/30/2004 8:21:38 AM PST by null and void (Don't stand idly by and watch your country commit Hairy Kerry!)
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To: null and void
Ask the folks on the carrier.

The USN policy when nukes were carried was "Neither Confirm Nor Deny," usually just referred to as NCND.

Now, they'll tell you that they don't have 'em in the magazine, and thank God for that, because it leaves space for weapons that they'll actually use.

The reduction in the size of the aircraft carrier MARDETs is another clue.
337 posted on 03/30/2004 8:43:52 AM PST by Poohbah ("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
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To: Poohbah
OK, so they are on a nearby supply ship instead. Maybe. NCND...
338 posted on 03/30/2004 8:53:09 AM PST by null and void (Don't stand idly by and watch your country commit Hairy Kerry!)
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To: Rightone
I guess the KH will have her E-2's up with plenty of CAP.
339 posted on 03/30/2004 8:59:51 AM PST by ampat (to)
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To: null and void
OK, so they are on a nearby supply ship instead. Maybe. NCND...

Nope. Ask the folks on the AOE; they'll give you a flat "no."

Bush 41 ordered them removed from afloat units, and the Navy said "Hallelujah!"

Also, nobody on any of the Navy's surface ships is under the Personnel Reliability Program. The only folks who are under PRP are the SSBN crews.

340 posted on 03/30/2004 9:00:44 AM PST by Poohbah ("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Maj. Vic Deakins, USAF)
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