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Photos Show Confrontation Between USS Decatur and a Chinese Navy Warship in South China Sea
gCaptain ^ | October 2, 2018 | gCaptain

Posted on 10/03/2018 6:17:51 AM PDT by artichokegrower

gCaptain has just obtained photos showing a confrontation involving the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Decatur and a Chinese Navy warship in the disputed South China Sea over the weekend.

(Excerpt) Read more at gcaptain.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: china; redchina; southchinasea; usnavy; ussdecatur
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To: grwcfl537

Like ‘they’ say...IT is a BIG ocean till two specks decide the one spot belongs to BOTH of them.

Always remember the guy looking out over the Pacific Ocean and saying:

“That is a lot of water”

“Yes, but that is just the top”


41 posted on 10/03/2018 12:34:18 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)""Politicians should wear uniforms-like Nascar drivers-- to ID their Corporate Sponsors")
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To: xrmusn

Oh yes,

One time in the Baltic I was taking pics on one of their Intel Collectors and when I got them developed and printed weeks later there was the periscope of one of their Diesel Submarines.


42 posted on 10/03/2018 12:52:14 PM PDT by grwcfl537
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To: Openurmind

Can’t we fire up Karl Rove’s old weather machine and sent a couple of CAT 5 typhoons over the chicom islands?


43 posted on 10/03/2018 1:04:05 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Consensus isn't science.)
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To: Rebelbase

They honesty have no right to those islands. An earthquake and tsunami work work too.


44 posted on 10/03/2018 1:29:21 PM PDT by Openurmind
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To: artichokegrower

Nothing New
Back in the 70’s we used to bounce into them (both ships flying the black ball which indicates a steering casualty)

We used to call it Fu*k Fu*k ... when we got alongside and were crashing into each other we would throw Playboy Magazines and Oranges and other stuff to the Russian Crew on deck (they really appreciated it)
We literally bounced broadside off each other for more than a short time.

First time I was part of that Party was the South China Sea, next was the North Arabian Sea ... same MO and we pretty much did the same thing.
(Those Russian Sailors were so jealous of us and we threw all the Girly mags and fresh Produce that we could assemble on short notice)
Met up with some Russian crew at a Bar in Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka)... we sneaked (cause I guess snuck aint a word) booze under the table to them all night while their “Political Officer” was being distracted by others and got them Drunk (some say it wasn’t possible as Russians can drink Coal Oil without effect... to them I say that crap that they serve as Beer in Ceylon/Sri Lanka is nastier and more potent than Coal Oil)
I only drank 2 beers (Lion Lager) that night and held my Head covering my ears for the next 36 hours hoping a dust flake would not impact the floor (worst hangover ever) so I KNOW that stuff is nasty. (When I told my Chief that I only drank 2 beers all he said was “Your a tough kid, an older man would have died”)
I know we fed them guys 6-8 bottles of that swill each and then 1/2 bottle of Whiskey with the Greek Sailors doing the Whiskey Dance.
No way to determine if they survived or not.


45 posted on 10/04/2018 12:45:29 AM PDT by TexasTransplant (Damn the Torpedoes! Full Speed Ahead!)
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