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Navy Does Not Rule Out Intentional Act in Latest Warship Collision
freebeacon.com ^ | 8/22/17 | Bill Gertz

Posted on 08/22/2017 10:49:13 AM PDT by ColdOne

The Navy has not ruled out an intentional action behind the latest deadly collision between a Navy destroyer and a merchant ship, the chief of naval operations told reporters Monday.

"That's is certainly something we are giving full consideration to but we have no indication that that's the case—yet," Adm. John Richardson, the CNO, said at the Pentagon.

"But we're looking at every possibility, so we're not leaving anything to chance," he said.

Asked if that includes the possibility the electronic defenses on the guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain were hacked in a cyber attack, Richardson said investigators will look into all possible causes.

"We'll take a look at all of that, as we did with the Fitzgerald," the four-star admiral said, referring to another Navy warship collision with a merchant ship in June near Japan.

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KEYWORDS: collision; usnavy; ussjohnmccain
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1 posted on 08/22/2017 10:49:13 AM PDT by ColdOne
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To: ColdOne

I’m betting North Korea is crashing our ships.


2 posted on 08/22/2017 10:50:55 AM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Feminism DESTROYED females)
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To: ColdOne

Hard to hack a sailor with binos on the bridge...

Just saying.


3 posted on 08/22/2017 10:51:46 AM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: ColdOne

“Hacked?” Like the Russians hacking the election?


4 posted on 08/22/2017 10:52:07 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Tyranny can hide within decorum.)
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To: ColdOne

Why would the guys on the bridge purposely scoot in front of an oil tanke......... Oh, the tanker hit the McCain on purpose. Never mind. Prayers up for our shipmates lost in the latest collision.


5 posted on 08/22/2017 10:52:49 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: ColdOne
we're looking at every possibility

Of course. That's what smart and responsible people do.

This "issue" is in the headline just to remind people about how RUSSIA HACKED THE ELECTION. The Leftist media is skilled at maintaining the narrative through multiple avenues.

6 posted on 08/22/2017 10:53:16 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Islam: You have to just love a "religion" based on rape and sex slavery.)
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To: rktman
Prayers up for our shipmates lost in the latest collision.

Absolutely. Eternal Father, strong to save ...

BUT ...

Something is RID ... two collisions with merchant ships in roughly the same part of the world? In the same half-year? Really?

7 posted on 08/22/2017 10:55:21 AM PDT by NorthMountain (The Democrats ... have lost their grip on reality -DJT)
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To: ColdOne

How many Muslims have been aboard the wrecked ships? Just asking…..


8 posted on 08/22/2017 10:55:25 AM PDT by txrefugee (.)
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To: ColdOne

I want to know the *gender* or not, of those responsible.


9 posted on 08/22/2017 10:56:56 AM PDT by PraiseTheLord
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To: ColdOne

The only thing international was the waters it was in. The Navy must only recruit sailor who are legally blind.


10 posted on 08/22/2017 10:57:37 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola.")
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To: rktman

real possibility since I doubt we would fire on any commercial ship committed to an intentional collision....some needs to investigate if the 2 commercial captains in the latest collisions were of Muslim persuasion.


11 posted on 08/22/2017 10:57:46 AM PDT by Dont tread and Live
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To: PraiseTheLord

The XO got his training at the Naval base in Las Vegas
and studied the arts, like the CO.


12 posted on 08/22/2017 10:58:06 AM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: ColdOne

I am sure they well be looking at all aspects of what happened.


13 posted on 08/22/2017 11:01:16 AM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: bgill
The Navy must only recruit sailor who are legally blind.

Yeah, that's gotta be it. Officers are above reproach, so it's gotta be the sailors at fault.....$#!t ALWAYS flows downhill.

14 posted on 08/22/2017 11:03:52 AM PDT by Roccus (I am a white, hetero, male Trump voter. Therefore I am a misogynistic, racist, xenophobic Nazi. /s)
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To: ColdOne

Its the Russians! First global warming, then Ukraine, then Hillary and now they are using signals transmitted from Confederate statues to make US Navy ships crash.

Is there no end to their tricks?


15 posted on 08/22/2017 11:03:59 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: ColdOne

That statement doesn’t mean a damned thing.Nothing is ‘ruled out” until an investigation is done and circumstances and causes are determined. When the reporter asks, “could it have been sabotage or other foul play?” the answer can only be that the investigation is ongoing and nothing is ruled out. Properly that answer would be given if the query were, “could it have been a rabbit getting into the computer?”


16 posted on 08/22/2017 11:04:02 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: ColdOne

An oil tanker has as much chance of ramming a destroyer that is aware of it as a destroyer would if it were trying to ram a Swift Boat. Nada. Zip. Zero. Nichts.

When I was on a destroyer during the Vietnam War we had lookouts on all quarters 24/7 no matter if we were on coastal patrol or out in the big blue Pacific. There is no excuse for not seeing a fricking oil tanker. Even if they did get hacked.


17 posted on 08/22/2017 11:04:13 AM PDT by Seruzawa (FABOL - F*** A Bunch Of Liberals)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

“Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action”

Ian Fleming


18 posted on 08/22/2017 11:05:12 AM PDT by xtargeter
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To: ColdOne

muslim on the bridge?


19 posted on 08/22/2017 11:05:18 AM PDT by brownsfan (Behold, the power of government cheese.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

modern technology is good, but not as a human pair of eyes


20 posted on 08/22/2017 11:09:40 AM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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