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2009-02-04 India-Pakistan

India rubbishes reports of Navy submarine 'forced' to surface

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Posted by john frum 2009-02-04 17:23|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top

#1 Just me, or is this a new verb spotting - "rubbished"? In any case I like it - a definite sub-continent flavor!

Posted by Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2009-02-04 19:17|| 2009-02-04 19:17|| Front Page Top

#2 the two Chinese warships managed to force the Indian submarine to surface
How would they have accomplished this?

Posted by Darrell 2009-02-04 19:31|| 2009-02-04 19:31|| Front Page Top

#3 Darrell - maybe the Indians were laughing so hard the Chinese they had to come up for air.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-02-04 19:39|| 2009-02-04 19:39|| Front Page Top

#4 Just me, or is this a new verb spotting - "rubbished"? In any case I like it - a definite sub-continent flavor!

The term is of British origin. It is colloquial, though.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2009-02-04 19:49|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2009-02-04 19:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Compare wid WAFF > WPR - CHINESE PERSEPECTIVES ON A RISING INDIA; + CHINESE MIL FORUM > PENTAGON's GROWING CONCERN OF CHINESE ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSLES, as per precluding US CVBGS from operating too close to TAIWAN = TAIWAN STRAITS as to be effective.

Also on CMF, NAVAL INTEL Report on CHINA'S GROWING SUBMARINE THREAT [more dangerous to USN than Russia = Russian Subs-Fleet]???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-02-04 22:16|| 2009-02-04 22:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Conventional submarines like Kilo need to recharge batteries, for that they need to put diesel engines to work which need to breath. "surfacing" means snorkel depth. Snorkel is a tube that makes possible a submarine diesel engine to breath while submarine is beneath surface but very close to it.

Posted by Large Snerong7311 2009-02-04 22:41|| 2009-02-04 22:41|| Front Page Top

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