This was no accident.
The tanker is a floating bomb and is a new weapon of choice.
Anything that comes ram-speed towards our ships should be sunk first and ask questions later, especially in hostile zones.
Determined from someone sitting at a keyboard in their Mom's basement, no doubt.
The tanker is a floating bomb and is a new weapon of choice.
Crude oil isn't an explosive, and I don't know of a single instance of a crude tanker being used as a weapon.
Anything that comes ram-speed towards our ships should be sunk first and ask questions later, especially in hostile zones.
You have no idea what the Tanker's speed was or whether it had "turned toward" the destroyer; it well could have been five knots.
And as collision avoidance, "sinking" an approaching supertanker is physically impossible, especially for a Destroyer. The best decision is to stay out of their way.
So I ask for about the millionth time - what motivates people to post about subjects they don't know anything about?
Right so far.
My read. The captain was attempting to emulate the Ady Gil and harass the tanker. With even less justification, as the Ady Gil could techically argue it was the stand on vessel.
How does it feel to know that a USN destroyer driver is a bigger screw-up than Sea Shepherd?
Anything that comes ram-speed towards our ships should be sunk first and ask questions later, especially in hostile zones.
Exactly where on the ColRegs does it state that US flag ships have right of way?