Posted on 02/19/2009 2:35:21 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
On paper, yes - they have four CIWS-equivalents per side.
In practice, probably not, as they apparently can’t detect and shoot down something as slow as an RPG.
The year was 1979 - and all we know is that someone detonated *something* nuclear.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/israel/nuke-test.htm
http://nuclearweaponarchive.org/Safrica/Vela.html
"There was dust on the lens" so to speak.
Before anyone even try to blame the captain to leave the russkie dock without permission:
Go ask anyone who get some personal experience in doing business with Russians, you will know how corrupt those russikes are, basically their business is run by mafia and corrupt politicans, I bet the cause of this business dispute is most likely caused by the un-controlled corruption of the russian side, I guess the russians just try to force you to bribe them anyway.
And dont forget its not cheap if your ship is sitting in dock everyday due to the rent, not to mention the loss caused by losing business opportunties for the period of time, and many maritime cases can take as long as 2 years due to the bureaucracy of the admiralty court, thats why many ship-owners, even if they could win the case in the end, still would rather prefer abandon their ships all-together than paying rent and wasting their time in the court.
Yeah, typical Dem administration - something happens elsewhere that makes you look bad? Claim its something else!
Nevermind that the sensors have never failed that way before or since, that they’ve been accurate before and after, and that there’s *plenty* of evidence that it was nuclear/atomic....
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