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US warship sinks Japanese fishing vessel

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17635346

Aside from the slightly misleading title i must say i find it quite amusing it took them 5 hours to sink the blighter... it appears the US navy might not fair so well in an actual battle if a drifting fishing boat put up such a fight...:colone:
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it was just a coastguard ship though not an actual warship.
Original post by cl_steele
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-17635346

Aside from the slightly misleading title i must say i find it quite amusing it took them 5 hours to sink the blighter... it appears the US navy might not fair so well in an actual battle if a drifting fishing boat put up such a fight...:colone:


It might be seen by many as a bit of overkill if they used torpedoes or Harpoon ASM. Those are how you sink a ship. Although I'm suprised the US Navy or Air Force weren't involved for a bit of target practice.
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Original post by Shabalala
it was just a coastguard ship though not an actual warship.


given that the definition of a warship is incredibly broad it still vagualy stands, plus i did say the title was somewhat misleading.
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Original post by MatureStudent36
It might be seen by many as a bit of overkill if they used torpedoes or Harpoon ASM. Those are how you sink a ship. Although I'm suprised the US Navy or Air Force weren't involved for a bit of target practice.


I think the coast guard was just hogging the fun of blowing something up for once, i mean it must make a nice change from shooting at Cuban refugee boats?:wink:
Why cause a stir like this? Will only bring up bad memories.
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Original post by The_Last_Melon
Why cause a stir like this? Will only bring up bad memories.


How? They just sunk a manless vessel which they didn't know the country of origin.
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Original post by Kiss
How? They just sunk a manless vessel which they didn't know the country of origin.


Well, they knew where it came from, but they also knew it was pretty much impossible salvage and a potential danger to other shipping, hence the sinking.
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Original post by Drewski
Well, they knew where it came from, but they also knew it was pretty much impossible salvage and a potential danger to other shipping, hence the sinking.


I'm not disagreeing, I was just wondering why The_Last_Melon seemed to think it was such a big deal.
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Should have recalled these bad boys to do the job. :colone:

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Original post by Kiss
I'm not disagreeing, I was just wondering why The_Last_Melon seemed to think it was such a big deal.


I think it was a sarcastic reference back to WWII but i may be wrong :smile:
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Original post by Mr Smurf
Should have recalled these bad boys to do the job. :colone:

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Dear Santa...
Why didnt they like, bring it to port or something?
Original post by cl_steele
I think it was a sarcastic reference back to WWII but i may be wrong :smile:


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