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French navy loses multi-million-dollar sonar at sea
Agence France Presse ^
| April 19, 2006
| AFP
Posted on 04/19/2006 8:44:57 AM PDT by inkling
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:45:02 AM PDT
by
inkling
To: inkling
Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marie Come on, how can you take seriously a country with a Defense Minister named Michele?
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:46:20 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
To: inkling
alternate headline? French Sonar Dish Surrenders itself to the Sea.
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:46:48 AM PDT
by
Ingtar
(I witnessed the birth of IPW)
To: inkling
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:46:51 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(The Democrat Party. For those who value slogans over solutions.)
To: inkling
Headline should have been: SONAR LOSES FRENCH NAVY AT SEA.
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:47:42 AM PDT
by
EagleUSA
To: Ingtar
They probably sold it to Iran. I mean, what whould the French need a Sonar for? Their policy is surrender first.
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:47:59 AM PDT
by
MNJohnnie
(The Democrat Party. For those who value slogans over solutions.)
To: inkling
The captain's nickname wouldn't be "Old Yellow Stain" would it? (obscure "Caine Mutiny" reference.)
To: dfwgator
It is rumored that the device could distinguish her teeth at a range of 90 miles.
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:48:15 AM PDT
by
July 4th
(A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
To: inkling
Even their towed arrays surrender at the first sign of danger.
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:48:15 AM PDT
by
Redcloak
(Messing up perfectly good threads since 1998.)
To: inkling
Ah, it's no big deal. To find such a large item in the sea, all they need is a large sonar that... whoops... never mind.
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:48:34 AM PDT
by
inkling
To: inkling
You idiots lost what?
To: dfwgator
French navy loses...The French Navy always loses.
To: inkling
Karl Rove musta stolen it. Take that, Chirac!
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:49:03 AM PDT
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: inkling
As fun as it is laughing at French military, sure sounds like the socialist labor that built the cable didn't do the job right. What the heck is the use of it if you can't use it in rough seas ?
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:49:31 AM PDT
by
farlander
(Strategery - sure beats liberalism!)
To: inkling
The French have a Navy? I guess that's just in case they have to surrender at sea?
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:50:00 AM PDT
by
Huck
To: inkling
Maybe it wasn't really lost. Maybe the ship's captain surrendered to it and is now saying only what the Petian-class device is allowing him to say.
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:50:43 AM PDT
by
blu
(People, for God's sake, think for yourselves)
To: farlander
sure sounds like the socialist labor that built the cable didn't do the job right.Good luck firing them.
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:50:52 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
To: TexasCajun
Not to worry, Inspector Clouseau is on the case.
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:52:12 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
To: inkling
Perhaps he was searching for the prop that fell of their state-of-the-art aircraft carrier a few years back.
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posted on
04/19/2006 8:52:40 AM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: MNJohnnie
They probably sold it to Iran. I had the same thought.
What better way to hide a sale of this technology than to say " we lost it at sea."
I don't trust the French any further than I can throw one of their Sonars into the sea.
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