Posted on 08/28/2018 8:32:22 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
There appears to be a contact-style naval mine floating in the waters near Bainbridge Island, Washington. This island is located directly across from Seattle and vessels have to navigate around either side of it to reach the sprawling Kitsap Naval Base. The base is home to one of the Navy's most important shipyards as it is capable of servicing even the largest supercarriers and is a major decommissioning site for retired nuclear powered vessels.
KGW.com reports that the mine was spotted near Brownsville Marina, which sits across the channel from the western side of the island. The Coast Guard has simply called the object 'potentially unexploded ordnance' and is patrolling a 1,500 meter perimeter around it. Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) divers are said to have inspected the device, but we don't know yet what they discovered.
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Any excuse will do. When you have explosives you gotta blow something up. That’s what you do.
What did Putin know, and when did he know it?
Heh, love the exploding whale meme...:)
When I was a kid I distinctly remember mines of this shape behind a fence in Seal Beach CA, stacked very high, pyramid-like.
Of course, China owns that land now.
Thanks Robert A Cook PE for the ping and for the updates Gator113 and ameribbean expat.
[snip] The Navy says initial inspection of the moored mine showed it had decades of marine growth. [/snip]
Unexploded mine found floating near Naval Base Kitsap detonated
By: The Associated Press
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2018/08/28/unexploded-device-floating-in-puget-sound-near-naval-base-kitsap/
Fake mine...Looks (and floating) like a beach-ball look-a-like...
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