When they say heads are going to roll after this one they ain't shittin' ya.
"Even if the world were perfect it wouldn't be." ... Yogi Berra
May 11, 2020, 05:58 PM
snidera
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Originally posted by golddot: or maybe we hacked it and sent it on a diff course...
Never attribute to malice that which can be easily explained by stupidity.
May 11, 2020, 06:16 PM
Il Cattivo
^^^ OK, but I still think that trusting a bored sailor with technical skills is sorta like trusting a bored combat engineer.
May 11, 2020, 07:42 PM
motoboy
Gawd I was hoping for some video of the mishap ...…...….
May 11, 2020, 08:20 PM
wrightd
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Originally posted by Woodman: Next up, a true Wile E. Coyote event. The missile goes straight up. And right back down to its firing position.
Ha ! This is the best news I've heard lately.
Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster
May 11, 2020, 08:23 PM
wrightd
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Originally posted by Rightwire: A target deployment vessel, while deploying targets, was targeted?
Well, if it HADN'T been deploying targets...
Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster
May 11, 2020, 10:20 PM
whanson_wi
We should immediately deny any responsibility for this, and deny it very unconvincingly.
=== I would like to apologize to anyone I have *not* offended. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly.
May 12, 2020, 02:23 AM
BansheeOne
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Originally posted by snidera: Never attribute to malice that which can be easily explained by stupidity.
Or a breakdown in procedures, like when USS Saratoga famously demonstrated in a 1992 NATO exercise that an aircraft carrier can successfully mission-kill a destroyer with Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles.
Or maybe they had a busty nurse come into conn at the wrong moment.
Well upon reflection, probably not.
May 12, 2020, 05:43 AM
XinTX
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2020 is turning out to be one hell of a year for Iran, one headliner after another Nov-Jan - civil protests and demonstrations against rising fuel prices and poor economic conditions by the government, spiral into riots Jan - IRGC chief Soleimani is killed in IraqJan - IRGC accidentally shoots down Ukraine airliner taking off from Tehran Int'l Airport Feb-Apl - Wuhan virus infects broad swath of population including members of parliament and senior ruling officials, deaths are rumored into 40k
After this, the head of their navy said "Hey Abdullah, hold my falafel."
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