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IRL (In Real Life) => Current Events => Topic started by: jomni on July 01, 2016, 04:11:26 AM

Title: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: jomni on July 01, 2016, 04:11:26 AM
...in the direction of China
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/taiwan-mistakenly-fires/2922220.html?cid=fbcna
Title: Re: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: Boggit on July 01, 2016, 08:36:01 AM
Was the fishing boat trying to work on an artificial reef? >:D I'm surprised China isn't building a giant mole out towards Taiwan to claim sovereignty on the basis that it isn't even an island, but at the end of a Chinese peninsula! ;)  ::)
Title: Re: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: jomni on July 01, 2016, 08:40:58 AM
Quote from: Boggit on July 01, 2016, 08:36:01 AM
Was the fishing boat trying to work on an artificial reef? >:D I'm surprised China isn't building a giant mole out towards Taiwan to claim sovereignty on the basis that it isn't even an island, but at the end of a Chinese peninsula! ;)  ::)

No because they shot a Taiwanese boat!!!  :knuppel2:
Title: Re: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: Boggit on July 01, 2016, 09:21:33 AM
I've only just read the article. Sorry it's not something funny. I had just made a joke from what you had said, but I didn't realise people were actually killed. :(
Title: Re: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: Dammit Carl! on July 01, 2016, 09:25:19 AM
Oooo boy.   :(

Title: Re: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: Sir Slash on July 01, 2016, 10:38:18 PM
"Trawler Killer Missiles"?
Title: Re: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: Wes on July 02, 2016, 01:06:52 PM
"TAIPEI: A Taiwanese warship mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile towards China on Friday (Jul 1), hitting a fishing boat and killing one person, the navy said, as ties between the island and its once bitter rival deteriorate."

Why does this not feel like an accident. This wasn't just any missile...this was a "aircraft carrier killer" missile.

Hmmm.
Title: Re: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: Staggerwing on July 02, 2016, 02:41:27 PM
If it's meant for PLAN carriers, maybe Taiwan should rename it 'Floating Gambling Parlor & Resort Killer Missile' instead...



http://travel.cnn.com/shanghai/visit/china-open-luxury-hotel-soviet-aircraft-carrier-431980/
Title: Re: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: mirth on July 02, 2016, 03:13:39 PM
It's based on a Russian design. So it apparently works perfectly.
Title: Re: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: Staggerwing on July 02, 2016, 05:22:54 PM
Quote from: mirth on July 02, 2016, 03:13:39 PM
It's based on a Russian design. So it apparently works perfectly.


Copycat Russian missiles and Russian carriers full of gamblers... there's a joke there somewhere.
Title: Re: Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.
Post by: mirth on July 02, 2016, 05:34:04 PM
Quote from: Staggerwing on July 02, 2016, 05:22:54 PM
Quote from: mirth on July 02, 2016, 03:13:39 PM
It's based on a Russian design. So it apparently works perfectly.


Copycat Russian missiles and Russian carriers full of gamblers... there's a joke there somewhere.

In Soviet Union, missile gambles on you!
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