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defacto7

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5. Just playing chicken, a very expensive game of chicken.

Reply to jsr (Original post)

Sun Oct 14, 2012, 01:50 AM

Oct 2012

But what does this actually mean in this case, "..Navy official said on condition of anonymity"?

Some Navy official just blurts out something that's a security issue for the hell of it?

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Damage but no injuries as U.S. Navy cruiser, submarine collide [View all] jsr Oct 2012 OP

Notice how private ships run into, say, Alaska, or Italy? Not our Navy. We jtuck004 Oct 2012 #1

Well there goes 2 Navy command careers Submariner Oct 2012 #2

Yep. HooptieWagon Oct 2012 #12

Too much Champagne! Today is the Navy's birthday SaveAmerica Oct 2012 #3

"Fuck you! I'm not turning. You guys turn!" Kennah Oct 2012 #4

Just playing chicken, a very expensive game of chicken. defacto7 Oct 2012 #5

Photos of the sub and the cruiser: Rhiannon12866 Oct 2012 #6

Worst headline editing ever. Arctic Dave Oct 2012 #11

Sorry, but I just pasted the actual headline Rhiannon12866 Oct 2012 #17

Yeah. I wasn't balaming you. Arctic Dave Oct 2012 #18

Well, there are a whole bunch of officer careers down the drain. davepc Oct 2012 #7

we've got so many subs that little Montpelier, Vt gets one? Kindly Refrain Oct 2012 #8

Keep talking trash about Vermont's sub, and they will sic Champ on your keester Berlum Oct 2012 #9

"What's next the USS Dodge City?" KansDem Oct 2012 #15

Snark aside, they were being named after cities in each state during the cold war. NutmegYankee Oct 2012 #16

One would think that a destroyer (whose job is to find submarines) unhappycamper Oct 2012 #10

It's an AEGIS Criuser, not a Destroyer. Odin2005 Oct 2012 #13

EPIC FAIL! Odin2005 Oct 2012 #14