US Navy Fires on Ship in Persian Gulf, One Dead

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MrJohnRoss said:
Anyone else wanna bring your boat around here?

Didn't think so. Tell your friends.
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I know what you're thinking. Was that 40 rounds of controlled fire or 50? You know, in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But considering this is a Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machine gun, one of the oldest, most accurate, and most damaging weapons of all time, capable of firing 450 to 550 rounds per minute into your tiny fiberglass motorboat and sending your bullet ridden body to Davey Jones' Locker and feed the sharks; you gotta ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Well do ya, PUNK!:nuts:

Good job boys! Chalk one up for the good guys.
 
Viva_La_Migra said:
I know what you're thinking. Was that 40 rounds of controlled fire or 50? You know, in all this excitement I kinda lost track myself. But considering this is a Browning M2 .50 Caliber Machine gun, one of the oldest, most accurate, and most damaging weapons of all time, capable of firing 450 to 550 rounds per minute into your tiny fiberglass motorboat and sending your bullet ridden body to Davey Jones' Locker and feed the sharks; you gotta ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Well do ya, PUNK!:nuts:

Good job boys! Chalk one up for the good guys.
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Well played.
 
[h=2]The U.S. resupply ship's warning not to approach was ignored, the Navy says. It appears the fishing vessel was headed to port and was not attempting an attack.[/h] U.S. officials said the incident was under investigation by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and Dubai police. But as details emerged, it appeared the fishing boat had been heading into port and had strayed too close to a Navy ship on high alert, rather than attempting an attack.
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Bad news. The dead and wounded are all citizens of India.

U.S. ship fires on fishing boat in Persian Gulf, killing 1 - latimes.com
 
Interesting- CVN-70-USS Carl Vinson is supposedly on a "friends and family" cruise off the California coast, but hasn't checked in since June 29th. Who does a 10 day cruise off California???


CVN-73, George Washington, was in Hong Kong six days ago, now also location unknown.


CV Locations

Where are the carriers? Hmmmmm..... Interesting.
 
All I can say is when they say "don't get any closer" they mean it. gatlinggun.gif
That little boat could have been loaded with explosives. expl_anm.gif
 
James48843 said:
Bad news. The dead and wounded are all citizens of India.

U.S. ship fires on fishing boat in Persian Gulf, killing 1 - latimes.com
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True, all the news agencies (yes all) put this news out poorly. I don't know who there source was, but they need to re-evaluate them...

James48843 said:
Figure that one out.

USS John C. Stennis
USS Enterprise
USS Abraham Lincoln

are all in or close by the Persian Gulf right now, together.

Pentagon Sends Carrier to the Middle East Early - Yahoo! News

and somebody is pretty anxious on the trigger today.

Maybe something's up, no?
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I guess you don't have to have an (R) next to your name to have itchy trigger fingers???

James48843 said:
Interesting- CVN-70-USS Carl Vinson is supposedly on a "friends and family" cruise off the California coast, but hasn't checked in since June 29th. Who does a 10 day cruise off California???


CVN-73, George Washington, was in Hong Kong six days ago, now also location unknown.


CV Locations

Where are the carriers? Hmmmmm..... Interesting.
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I could tell you, but I would lose my very high clearance... also, your data is wrong, so all you are doing is stirring the pot Jim...


nnuut said:
All I can say is when they say "don't get any closer" they mean it. View attachment 19598
That little boat could have been loaded with explosives. View attachment 19599
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After the USS COLE, small boats are just not allowed near our ships. PERIOD.
 
I could tell you, but I would lose my very high clearance... also, your data is wrong, so all you are doing is stirring the pot Jim...
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I stand corrected. Vinson is in California. It's public information.



After the USS COLE, small boats are just not allowed near our ships. PERIOD.
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I guess it depends on your definition of "near". Press reports say the boat was more than 1,000 feet away when it was blasted. Sadly, somebody is dead because of a likely misunderstanding.

I have long ago learned never to cheer when someone is killed--Because we don't yet know the facts. I suppose the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service will get to the bottom of it, and find out whether the firing was ordered, or was the result of who ever was manning the .50 cal was trigger-happy. Either way an innocent man is dead, so it doesn't really matter why, but it might help to prevent such events in the future.
 
James48843 said:
Interesting- CVN-70-USS Carl Vinson is supposedly on a "friends and family" cruise off the California coast, but hasn't checked in since June 29th. Who does a 10 day cruise off California???


CVN-73, George Washington, was in Hong Kong six days ago, now also location unknown.


CV Locations

Where are the carriers? Hmmmmm..... Interesting.
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if its not on the site doesnt mean they dint checked in, there are certain messages that goes out every 4 (maybe 6 RMI check me on this) hours reporting the unit location/intention/etc.

that's awfully long from family day cruise lol usually its a day
 
law87 said:
ROE...i wonder if they fire any warning shot...and if they did, did they fire across the bow.
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I didn't read the link that Tom posted but the report I read said our ship tried all means to warn off the smaller vessel. According to the report they tried all radio channels, flashing lights and lasers. It also said that they fired a warning shot from the 50 cal. before the order was given to fire on the smaller vessel. I would have to think regardless what language you speak as you are coming up on a large naval vessel and it's flashing all kinds of lights and then fires a few rounds at you, if your intentions are innocent you stop or go in the other direction.
 
nasa1974 said:
I didn't read the link that Tom posted but the report I read said our ship tried all means to warn off the smaller vessel. According to the report they tried all radio channels, flashing lights and lasers. It also said that they fired a warning shot from the 50 cal. before the order was given to fire on the smaller vessel. I would have to think regardless what language you speak as you are coming up on a large naval vessel and it's flashing all kinds of lights and then fires a few rounds at you, if your intentions are innocent you stop or go in the other direction.
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Everything is relative. The Indian fishermen are saying they didn't see any warnings at all. None of us were there, so it's hard to know what actually happened.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Indian fisherman aboard a boat shot at by the U.S. Navy off Dubai's coast has told officials the crew received no warning before being fired upon, India's ambassador to the United Arab Emirates said Tuesday.
The account differs from that provided by the Navy, which said it resorted to lethal force Monday only after issuing a series of warnings.
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Indian consular officials have met with the wounded. Indian Ambassador M.K. Lokesh told The Associated Press on Tuesday that one of the survivors reported that the men were returning from fishing when they encountered the American ship.
"He says there was no warning" before the shooting occurred, Lokesh said, though he noted that authorities are still working to determine what happened. "We are waiting for the investigation to be complete."

Guest workers from India and other South Asian countries have flocked to the Gulf for decades in search of well-paying jobs. Many are employed as low-skilled workers in industries such as fishing and construction.
Dubai's police chief, Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, said an initial investigation suggests "the boat was in its right course and did not pose any danger," according to comments published by Abu Dhabi-based daily The National. He told the government-backed newspaper that the shooting appeared to be a mistake.
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More:
Indian fisherman: No warning before Gulf shooting - Yahoo! News


It's sad that anyone is ever injured or killed. We'll just have to let the authorities investigate and see where the investigation leads.
 
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