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US Destroyer collides with merchant vessel in South China Sea (yes, again)

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chadskin

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The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca on Aug. 21.

The collision was reported at 6:24 a.m. Japan Standard Time, while the ship was transiting to a routine port visit in Singapore.

Initial reports indicate John S. McCain sustained damage to her port side aft.

Search and rescue efforts are underway in coordination with local authorities.
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http://www.c7f.navy.mil/Media/News/...ip-near-strait-of-malacca/platform/hootsuite/
 
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Omadahl

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"In the Navy, you can sail the seven seas.
In the Navy, you can cost tax-payers millions of dollars in avoidable repairs."
 
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Oberon

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Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't a thread about possible ( russian) hacking involving american ships recently?
 
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chadskin

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If Google is to be believed, this is the Alnic MC:
alnic-mc_9396725_1396455.jpg
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Yikes.
 
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Mivey

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Once is a mistake, twice is a disguised insurgency. Clearly, China is trying to take out the US navy, by charting really complicated routes for their merchant ships ( and forcing other international companies to comply as well )and is thereby exploiting the incompetence of unexpecting sailors, too bored to look at their high-end equipment.
Trump should call them out.
 
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antonz

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http://www.c7f.navy.mil/Media/News/...ip-near-strait-of-malacca/platform/hootsuite/
SOUTH CHINA SEA - The guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (DDG 56) was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway east of Singapore and the Strait of Malacca on Aug. 21.
The collision was reported at 6:24 a.m. Japan Standard Time, while the ship was transiting to a routine port visit in Singapore.
Initial reports indicate John S. McCain sustained damage to her port side aft.
Search and rescue efforts are underway in coordination with local authorities.
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Ship seems to be a Oil Tanker. Seems it happened near Singapore based on last known location of tanker
 
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Vectorman

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Lol if Chinese merchant ships are accidentally hitting our ships with ease, how are they gonna stop a boat or anything else that might hit them on purpose?
 
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Tovarisc

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chadskin said:
If Google is to be believed, this is the Alnic MC:

Yikes.
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Gas tanker?

Mass and size difference is to its advantage so destroyer took most of damage here. Like last time with container ship.

Oberon said:
They might not, but it suspicious when something like this happens more than once
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Even if GPS was lost you still have tens if not hundreds of men with functioning eyesights. This is huge human failure.
 
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commedieu

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lastplayed said:
Are they drone ships? Or was the entire crew asleep/drunk as well.
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Everyone isn't looking out of Port holes. Clearly the military is showing a weakness by living by the computer more than vision.

This is ridiculous and embarrassing considering how much fucking money is wasted on this.
 
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Tovarisc

Member
commedieu said:
Everyone isn't looking out of Port holes. Clearly the military is showing a weakness by living by the computer more than vision.

This is ridiculous and embarrassing considering how much fucking money is wasted on this.
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Surely they have actual humans on bridge 24/7 for vessel navigation and eyeballing surroundings and not just radar tech staring at radar in some bunker deep in the ship?

Like I mentioned earlier that even if GPS, radar etc. were malfunctioning this was also very major human component failure. People failed to literally look through window.
 
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numble

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sprsk said:
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, but I wouldn't put it past China to use "civilian" vessels to push out American military vessels seeing as you can make it look like an accident.

China wants all of that shit and they are taking GREAT lengths to secure it. I mean, they're building islands for crying out loud.

It could just be negligence on our Navy's side too, but it wouldn't surprise me if someone wasn't exploiting that.
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The Alnic MC is a Liberian ship. What about the name "Alnic MC" makes you think it is Chinese?
 
sleepnaught

sleepnaught

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$600+ billion military and they can't even steer the ships correctly. God help us if we ever get in a conflict with China.
 
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