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sinrakin
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 Posted: 08/08/05 - 13:55 Post subject: That Russian sub
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So the original reports said it was snagged on fishing nets, which seemed a little odd. The later reports I read said it had become clear it was snagged on "some kind of giant underwater antenna". Anyone know any more details about that? And were they deploying/fixing it, or sabotaging/tapping it? Or just passing by?
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Maldek
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 13:57 Post subject:
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I was camping this weekend... did we save those rooskies or not ?
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sinrakin
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 13:59 Post subject:
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I think the Brits saved them.
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Overon
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 14:00 Post subject:
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sean connery is both russian, and knows what to do:
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Brael
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 14:42 Post subject:
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the antenna stuff was supposedly spy equipment leftover from the cold war.
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goatface
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 14:46 Post subject:
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| Quote: | | Rescued by a UK robot craft on Sunday after being stuck for 76 hours |
| Quote: | The submersible was snagged in vast fishing nets and in a network of underwater antennae forming part of a military coastal surveillance system, Russian officials said.
The network was described as a two-tier antennae lattice covering an area of 750 sq m and held in place by 60-ton anchors. |
| Quote: | "There were a lot of fishing nets which we had to cut away, but there were no steel cables, although some of it did look like steel. Initial reports could have suggested there were steel rather than nylon nets," Roger Chapman told the BBC.
According to the commander of the Pacific Fleet, Admiral Viktor Fyodorov, fishermen had violated the navy's rules in the bay, abandoning nets which had got caught on the underwater surveillance system. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4132038.stm
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motherface
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 14:54 Post subject:
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When subs are involved they're always reluctant to say what "really" happened.
Google for kursk & memphis.
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Booker
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Posted: 08/08/05 - 17:16 Post subject:
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| Overon wrote: | sean connery is both russian, and knows what to do:
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Give me a ping, Vasily. One ping only please!
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