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2023-02-11 China-Japan-Koreas

'We beat them to the draw': Tense moment sailors on Royal Navy's flagship Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier realise Chinese attack submarine is hunting them in the South China Sea - before they turn the tables and send the sub packing

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-02-11 04:16|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top
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#1 ...The RN's institutional knowledge on subhunting is pretty damned impressive, and it's a good thing they're passing it down.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-02-11 07:01|| 2023-02-11 07:01|| Front Page Top

#2 "TAG! You're it!"
HA!HA!HA! Don't worry it's all in fun.

Posted by AlmostAnonymous5839 2023-02-11 09:28|| 2023-02-11 09:28|| Front Page Top

#3 In a shooting war, it would probably be "first come, first served."

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-02-11 09:34|| 2023-02-11 09:34|| Front Page Top

#4 But was it in shooting range when they first discovered it?

Posted by Mercutio 2023-02-11 10:09|| 2023-02-11 10:09|| Front Page Top

#5 But was it in shooting range when they first discovered it?

An important point. Usually, submarines announce their presence with what the bubbleheads refer to as a "flaming datum"

Posted by SteveS 2023-02-11 10:25|| 2023-02-11 10:25|| Front Page Top

#6 They shoulda just torp-pee-doed it. I can vouch for the chinks being not of a retaliating mindset. A little whining in the UN and that'd be it.

The Brits could just say 'Blimey! We thought it was a Quatermass experiment sort of deal and these gents were mongol pirates!'

No? Okay.

Posted by Dron66046 2023-02-11 12:52|| 2023-02-11 12:52|| Front Page Top

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