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Gulf of Oman - Japanese tanker collides with US submarine
AFP via translation
| January 8, 2007
Posted on 01/08/2007 6:56:24 PM PST by HAL9000
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posted on
01/08/2007 6:56:24 PM PST
by
HAL9000
To: HAL9000
WHOA HAL
Prayers go out to both crew
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posted on
01/08/2007 6:58:57 PM PST
by
SevenofNine
("Step aside Jefe"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
To: HAL9000
That sub captain's career is over!
To: HAL9000
So long captain. Your career is over.
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posted on
01/08/2007 7:00:05 PM PST
by
em2vn
To: HAL9000
hmmmm. American sub and Japanese (again, like Hawaii?). There is a pattern here
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posted on
01/08/2007 7:06:36 PM PST
by
llevrok
(Katrina Recovery Not Working Fast Enough ? Cut off the funds, Ms. Speaker!)
To: longhorn too
That sub captain's career is over! Didn't they try to throw the last one in prison?
To: txroadkill
It was a serious, deadly collision. thye screwed up bigtime. i don't think jail was appropriate, though
To: HAL9000
TOKYO - a submarine with nuclear propulsion American and a tanker Japanese entered in collision the sea of Oman, with broad of the coasts of the Arabic Peninsula, confirmed Tuesday the Japanese ministry of the Foreign Affairs.I bet it was the broad's fault.
Can't see a thing out of those Burquas.
On a serious note, CNN is reporting no injuries, and neither ship in danger of sinking.
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posted on
01/08/2007 7:15:49 PM PST
by
Hoplite
To: HAL9000
That's at least the 3rd sub to run into something in the last few years.
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posted on
01/08/2007 7:16:23 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: HAL9000
Thank God our subs are converting to electronic charting.
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posted on
01/08/2007 7:17:09 PM PST
by
Thrownatbirth
(.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
To: HAL9000
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posted on
01/08/2007 7:18:00 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
To: HAL9000
I'm guessing the sub's fault.
To: Brilliant
unless the freighter was aware the sub was there (interesting question, given the multiple japanese ship/american sub incidents), it was certainly up to the sub to avoid colliding (?).
Makes me wonder if there is any practical reason for a sub to be THAT close to a freighter, i.e. detection issues.
To: WoofDog123
unless the freighter was aware the sub was there (interesting question, given the multiple japanese ship/american sub incidents)... Well, the "school research trawler" off the coast of Hawaii in our exercise area was a little... peculiar. But a Japanese tanker in the Gulf of Oman is not at all out of place. Besides, a supertanker would make a piss-poor sonar observation platform.
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posted on
01/08/2007 7:36:43 PM PST
by
gridlock
(We just got dumped. McCain and Rudy are Rebound Guys. Let's not marry the Rebound Guy.)
To: gridlock
With the Iranian tough talk about the straights of Hormuz, he might have been trying to mask his entrance/exit into the area by shadowing a surface ship.
Ooops.
Just a thought.
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posted on
01/08/2007 7:44:09 PM PST
by
Delta 21
( MKC USCG - ret)
To: Delta 21
Being is a submarine when the sh!t hits the fan must be really, really profoundly unpleasant.
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posted on
01/08/2007 7:47:26 PM PST
by
gridlock
(We just got dumped. McCain and Rudy are Rebound Guys. Let's not marry the Rebound Guy.)
To: HAL9000
Will we know which ship? My brother in law is on the Dubuque in that area.........
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posted on
01/08/2007 7:53:12 PM PST
by
RushCrush
(Do Work!)
To: Fierce Allegiance
I remember thinking that at the time too. Makes a man, or a woman, fear being in a position of authority in the military these days. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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posted on
01/08/2007 8:03:48 PM PST
by
Chena
To: WoofDog123; Brilliant
Makes me wonder if there is any practical reason for a sub to be THAT close to a freighter, i.e. detection issues.Maybe the sub's captain watched the Kelsey Grammer movie "Down Periscope" one too many times.
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posted on
01/08/2007 8:08:53 PM PST
by
tarheelswamprat
(So what if I'm not rich? So what if I'm not one of the beautiful people? At least I'm not smart...)
To: tarheelswamprat
That was one of the better reallllly bad movies.
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