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U.S. Navy ship fires at boat in Persian Gulf
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Posted on 07/16/2012 9:32:06 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: navyblue
All U.S.N.S. ships are civilian maned have limited amount of DEFENCE weapons. The 50 cal. was maned by a team of active military.I have sailed on that ship and have nothing but praise for the crew.
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07/16/2012 11:56:00 AM PDT
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msc164
To: saganite
They got plenty of warning.But was the warning in English or the local lingo? Or, could it have been a deliberate setup to provoke the incident? Looking for an excuse to close the straits?
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07/16/2012 12:10:22 PM PDT
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JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed &water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS, NOW & FOREVER!)
To: BenLurkin
I wish they’d sent the piece of crap to Davy Jones’ locker in a ball of napalm. Gettin’ really tired of these ragheads pullin’ USS Cole style attacks.
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07/16/2012 12:17:50 PM PDT
by
backwoods-engineer
(I will vote against ANY presidential candidate who had non-citizen parents.)
To: JimRed
If procedures were followed, part of the “warning” is stitching the water ahead of the craft with .50 rounds - that’s fairly clear in any language.
Hopefully this wasn’t a case of warning shots missing, though.
To: Sea Parrot
The problem is other than being haze gray Rappahanock doesn’t look like a naval vessel.
To: Strategerist
U.S.N.S. stands for United States Navel Ship. It is not owned by the Navy, but by the government. Some of the older ships were once operated by the Navy, but were decommissioned and given to MSC/Military Sealift Command out of Virginia, if I remember.
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07/16/2012 5:37:10 PM PDT
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msc164
To: msc164
It might not have looked like one, but at least it behaved like one...
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07/16/2012 5:48:58 PM PDT
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Cvengr
(Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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