Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Wrecked warship is a [1.4 kiloton] 'timebomb'
BBC ^ | Last Updated: Thursday, 19 August, 2004, 10:10 GMT 11:10 UK

Posted on 08/22/2004 9:03:26 PM PDT by ScuzzyTerminator

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-38 next last

1 posted on 08/22/2004 9:03:26 PM PDT by ScuzzyTerminator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: ScuzzyTerminator

Lovely. Now al Qaeda needs to do is light the fuse.


2 posted on 08/22/2004 9:04:57 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (You're it)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

Agh: "Now ALL al Qaeda needs to do..."

Time for bed...


3 posted on 08/22/2004 9:06:09 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (You're it)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

*sigh* Yeah.


4 posted on 08/22/2004 9:06:37 PM PDT by null and void (We're trying to acheive liberal goals by conservative means - Karl Rove, KSFO 8/18/04)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

Fuggedaboudit.

It is under too much water to do any more than throwing a buttload of water into the air. Oh yeah, and breaking some windows, maybe.

It would literally be more dangerous if terrorists managed to salvaage and fuse a bomb from thsi ship.


5 posted on 08/22/2004 9:10:13 PM PDT by eno_ (Freedom Lite, it's almost worth defending.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

Simple.


Clear out the town and make the ship go BOOM!

Problem solved, plus all the fish you can scoop up.


Sounds like a pretty good fishing trip to me.


6 posted on 08/22/2004 9:13:44 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy (Kerry broke the faith, pure and simple.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: ScuzzyTerminator

Pour lots and lots of concrete over it. Cap it with a heavy steel cap, and try to redirect the blast downward.


7 posted on 08/22/2004 9:15:29 PM PDT by coconutt2000
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ScuzzyTerminator

On second thought, bad idea... Might set off a carbon gas deposit release chain reaction.

How about just pray?


8 posted on 08/22/2004 9:16:44 PM PDT by coconutt2000
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ScuzzyTerminator
You know the reputation for accuracy of the BBC. No one was asked their assessment of the danger from TNT that has BEEN UNDER WATER FOR A HALF CENTURY. Gimme a d*mned break. This might as well be a National Inquirer story.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "Carville, Davis, and Other Pests -- 'Those We Don't Speak of' "

If you haven't already joined the anti-CFR effort, please click here.

9 posted on 08/22/2004 9:18:27 PM PDT by Congressman Billybob (www.ArmorforCongress.com Visit. Join. Help. Please.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ScuzzyTerminator

The Highway Department from Oregon should be hired to blow it up. Remember the job they did on the beached whale? Oh, yeah, definitely hire them.


10 posted on 08/22/2004 9:24:41 PM PDT by saint
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: saint

The infamous exploding whale. See it here:

http://www.perp.com/whale/video.html


11 posted on 08/22/2004 9:28:41 PM PDT by saint
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: ScuzzyTerminator
In 1970, government tests on the site showed a blast would hurl a 1,000ft wide column of water, mud, metal and munitions almost 10,000ft into the air.

I'd watch that one on pay-per-view!

12 posted on 08/22/2004 9:29:14 PM PDT by killjoy (Democracy spawns bad taste)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: ScuzzyTerminator

What a shame it's not off the french coast...we could call it lend lease and forget it.


13 posted on 08/22/2004 9:30:47 PM PDT by CWOJackson
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: killjoy

Actually I remember last year, the U.S. forces got about 1,000 tons of Iraqi explosives into one bigpile so they could be destroyed and they let a Fox New reporter press the button to blow them up. Just think, one kiloton, it was a blast (pun intended) to watch, there was even a mushroom cloud. Pretty cool, Beavis...... B-)


14 posted on 08/22/2004 9:33:22 PM PDT by Nowhere Man ("Laws are the spider webs through which the big bugs fly past and the little ones get caught.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: killjoy

Actually I remember last year, the U.S. forces got about 1,000 tons of Iraqi explosives into one bigpile so they could be destroyed and they let a Fox New reporter press the button to blow them up. Just think, one kiloton, it was a blast (pun intended) to watch, there was even a mushroom cloud. Pretty cool, Beavis...... B-)


15 posted on 08/22/2004 9:34:31 PM PDT by Nowhere Man ("Laws are the spider webs through which the big bugs fly past and the little ones get caught.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Nowhere Man

Sorry about the double post, for some reason, I clicked twice but it seemed my message didn't post. Again my apologies, we will now resume normal programming. B-)


16 posted on 08/22/2004 9:36:02 PM PDT by Nowhere Man ("Laws are the spider webs through which the big bugs fly past and the little ones get caught.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]

To: Squantos

ping


17 posted on 08/22/2004 9:39:20 PM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Congressman Billybob

Correct, BB. Those munitions are probably waterlogged, and any shell casing would have long ago corroded.


18 posted on 08/22/2004 9:53:22 PM PDT by capitan_refugio
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: Travis McGee

Just my opinion but I'd rather evacuate the city on purpose and repair the damage from a controlled demo shot than bury the victims and then repair the city in an accidental detonation......


19 posted on 08/22/2004 9:57:24 PM PDT by Squantos (Be polite. Be professional. But, have a plan to kill everyone you meet. ©)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 17 | View Replies]

To: ScuzzyTerminator

Nice lure. Brits wanna see if anybody trys to explore it.


20 posted on 08/22/2004 10:01:55 PM PDT by Rippin
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-38 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson