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To: Balata
Didn't the Brits loose a frigate when the aluminum superstructure was struck by an Exocet missile during the Falklands war.....?
5 posted on 09/21/2011 10:26:54 PM PDT by spokeshave (Obama's ratings are so low...Kenyans accuse him of being born in the USA,)
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To: spokeshave

Yes the ship caught fire & burned into a hulk due to the Brits not being up to speed on damage control / fire fighting.


7 posted on 09/21/2011 10:31:36 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (.308 reach out & thump someone .50 cal.Browning Machine gun reach out & crush someone)
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To: spokeshave

That may be true, but once the the insulation burned off the steel structures of the World Trade centers the steel melted and the buildings collapsed.


9 posted on 09/21/2011 10:34:19 PM PDT by Balata (It's 'WE THE PEOPLE' Obama, not 'WE THE SHEEPLE'!)
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To: spokeshave
Didn't the Brits loose a frigate when the aluminum superstructure was struck by an Exocet missile during the Falklands war.....?

HMS Sheffield.

14 posted on 09/21/2011 10:43:04 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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