To: Woodstock
oops forgot to turn the radar on.... my bad.
wtf? a ship designed for precisely this type of action not readied for this type of action?
9 posted on
07/15/2006 2:05:33 PM PDT by
pipecorp
(Al Lahsucks coxswain hell)
To: pipecorp
Missile boats are equipped with a missile interception system capable of automatically intercepting any missile or aircraft approaching it. However, as the boat was operating in an area where a large number of IDF planes were present, the Navy had refrained from activating the system.A bigger oops would have been if the system was activated and started shooting down IDF planes. Another Freeper noted that the ship may have been operating to close to shore to be effective for its designated role.
To: pipecorp
Is this possible ?
oops forgot to turn the radar on.... my bad.
20 posted on
07/15/2006 2:17:42 PM PDT by
george76
(Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
To: pipecorp
wtf? a ship designed for precisely this type of action not readied for this type of action?Remember the USS Starke?
27 posted on
07/15/2006 2:31:18 PM PDT by
fso301
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