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To: VaeVictis
Maybe someone hacked the barge’s navigation system and put them on an intercept path, lol...

I see you're tryin' to have a little fun with me, but seriously...

The Oil/Chemical Tanker Alnic MC is more than twice the size and less than 5% as maneuverable as the McCain, and has the right of way at sea.

It would be effectively impossible for the Alnic MC to run down the McCain with or without intent, UNLESS

The McCain had a major dereliction of duty, discipline and seamanship among the Captain and several crew members, or the McCain suffered a catastrophic failure of the navigation and collision avoidance systems AND a failure of crew discipline and training in emergency response.

The Navy has just signaled a concern over the entire Navy and not just the McCain, which means they are concerned over similar EQUIPMENT on other US Naval ships.

45 posted on 08/21/2017 3:55:32 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: Navy Patriot

Indeed, it would be hard to believe or near impossible for it to be some type of hack to their geo-systems - as many other things would have had to go wrong on both ships too.

Hopefully they will get is sorted out.... seeing our servicemen and women die as such is horrible. It shouldn’t be happening in the 21st century.


46 posted on 08/22/2017 5:43:52 AM PDT by VaeVictis (~Woe to the Conquered~)
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