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To: DesertRhino
I remember Torpedoes back in the old days that used to sink tankers, battleships, large ocean liners, aircraft carriers Etc.

They usually took multiple hits to do that. USS Maryland (a 33,000 ton armored battleship), as an example, got her bow almost blown off by a single torpedo in the battle of Saipan. She returned to Pearl under her own power, was repaired in about a month, and returned to service. IJN Yamato was sunk … by hits from at least ELEVEN torpedoes and 6 bombs. Modern torpedoes, such as the US Mk48, will cut a destroyer in half, same as WWII torpedoes.

Something is fishy about this incident.

38 posted on 06/13/2019 9:59:42 AM PDT by NorthMountain (... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: NorthMountain

It is obviously a false flag to me. It makes no sense from Iranian perspective to stir the pot this way. They have enough problems already.


40 posted on 06/13/2019 10:07:31 AM PDT by NorseViking
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