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....Limpet Mine Attack.....
U.S. Central Command Public Affairs ^ | 6/13/2019 10:20:00 PM | Capt. Bill Urban

Posted on 06/13/2019 8:48:19 PM PDT by gandalftb

...twenty-one sailors from the M/T Kokuka Courageous who had abandoned their ship after discovering a probable unexploded limpet mine on their hull...

At 4:10 p.m. local time an IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) Gashti Class patrol boat approached the M/T Kokuka Courageous and was observed and recorded removing the unexploded limpet mine from the M/T Kokuka Courageous (video attached).

The United States has no interest in engaging in a new conflict in the Middle East. However, we will defend our interests.

(Excerpt) Read more at navy.mil ...


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To: mac_truck

Have to trust the timeline I suppose. Shadow analysis etc would quickly expose a dawn/4pm error. So I’d say it’s legit.


281 posted on 06/14/2019 1:06:23 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: freeandfreezing

Try recording a video from MILES AWAY sitting on a vibrating helo. Let us know how it looks.


282 posted on 06/14/2019 1:07:31 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: null and void

Yep.


283 posted on 06/14/2019 1:07:50 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: jimwatx

Do you get it AT ALL that the recording platform was MILES AWAY???

To be unseen and unheard? To get legit candid video?

Are you always this obtuse/dim?


284 posted on 06/14/2019 1:09:08 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: gandalftb

Links? (Legit links.)


285 posted on 06/14/2019 1:09:59 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: jimwatx

“are not considered effective at penetrating the inner hull”
LOL.
And your subject matter expert bona fides are????


286 posted on 06/14/2019 1:11:05 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: gandalftb

Links please. (Legit. Not RT/UFO sites)


287 posted on 06/14/2019 1:12:08 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Breaking:

A US drone tracked Iranian boats closing in on the 2
tankers prior to attack Thurs. Iran spotted the MQ-9 & launched a SAM missile but missed.

Missile fell into sea Days earlier a Reaper shot down in Red Sea by Iranian backed Houthis.

It’s getting tactical.

Follow:

https://twitter.com/barbarastarrcnn/status/1139628711228182533

https://twitter.com/JenGriffinFNC


288 posted on 06/14/2019 1:31:06 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: gandalftb

DNK, the mutual insurer that covered one of the ships damaged Thursday, will increase its rates for war insurance.


289 posted on 06/14/2019 1:38:12 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: Stravinsky


290 posted on 06/14/2019 1:41:26 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: gandalftb

Thanks, looking.


291 posted on 06/14/2019 1:42:02 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Jack Hammer; Travis McGee

Travis IS a retired SEAL, brother.

He speaks with quite a bit of authority on this.


292 posted on 06/14/2019 1:46:53 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: jimwatx

In military systems for thermal targeting they use InGaAs detectors (3um - 5um), operation in daylight is not an issue.

Optical video is greatly affected by glint, some call that glare. Big problem over water.

I believe the surveillance platform was a P-8A Poseidon not a helo.


293 posted on 06/14/2019 1:48:47 PM PDT by gandalftb
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To: null and void

294 posted on 06/14/2019 2:06:21 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

THAT....

....is a MASTERPIECE of a Mullet...

Worthy of MASSIVE respect.


295 posted on 06/14/2019 2:16:19 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

It’s glorious.


296 posted on 06/14/2019 2:20:50 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: thoughtomator

Your insincere, “I would not want to be left with the impression that a modern day neo-Nazi is posting on FR.” is right up there with moose, cheese, and stunned beeber.

You appear to be someone who tries to smear people who disagree with you by trotting out a hackneyed trope.

I have no use for people who try to vilify other FReepers or sow division on FR. Have a nice weekend.


297 posted on 06/14/2019 2:26:39 PM PDT by sockmonkey (I am an America First, not Israel First FReeper.)
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To: EEGator

With hair like, I could - dare I say it - RULE the WORLD...


298 posted on 06/14/2019 2:28:19 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: sockmonkey

“...people who try to vilify other FReepers or sow division on FR. ....”

Happens a lot, brother.

Too much.


299 posted on 06/14/2019 2:31:49 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: NFHale

I don’t see how you couldn’t...


300 posted on 06/14/2019 2:44:32 PM PDT by EEGator
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