US Navy Ship Fires on small craft in Persian Gulf

[volfan6782]

US Navy Fires on Ship in Persian Gulf, One Dead - ABC News

 

[MG1968]

.50 caliber machine gun...

wonder what would have happened had the small boat approached a warship?

 

[milohimself]

.50 caliber machine gun...

wonder what would have happened had the small boat approached a warship?

A fun exercise in molecular science, namely how much energy does it take to vaporize a person

 

[hohenfelsvol]

If it was a small craft then a .50 did it's job and more. Unfortunate if these guys were just ignorant fisherman. Whole things seems a bit fishy...

 

[lawgator1]

If it was a small craft then a .50 did it's job and more. Unfortunate if these guys were just ignorant fisherman. Whole things seems a bit fishy...

Like the new avatar.

I'm out of town the next two Saturdays so golf is not in the loop until Aug. 4, fyi.

 

[hohenfelsvol]

Like the new avatar.

I'm out of town the next two Saturdays so golf is not in the loop until Aug. 4, fyi.

We'll have to push it off then. I'm on a plane to Germany on the 4th.

 

[7thgroupvolfan]

Without reading the article...I know warning shots were fired. It's part of the ROE..escalation of force. If they are simple fisherman and didn't get the hint that maybe they should go another direction...nothing you can do but take them out.

 

[lawgator1]

We'll have to push it off then. I'm on a plane to Germany on the 4th.

You back before the UT-UF game? Since it is at 6 pm maybe we could make an event of it.

 

[hohenfelsvol]

You back before the UT-UF game? Since it is at 6 pm maybe we could make an event of it.

Flying Saturday to Saturday. So, I'll be back.

 

[YorkVol]

The U.S.N.S. Rappahannock is an underway oil resupply ship, meaning it is full of fuel, no way we are letting anyone get close and trying to spill all of that into the gulf. And just fyi, since the USS Cole attack we have people in the ports and one of the things they do is make sure fisherman et al, know not to go near any of our ships.