Taiwan ship accidentally fires missile and hits fishing boat.

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Boggit

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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! ;)  ::)
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jomni

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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:

Boggit

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July 01, 2016, 09:21:33 AM Last Edit: July 01, 2016, 09:25:02 AM by Boggit
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. :(
The most shocking fact about war is that its victims and its instruments are individual human beings, and that these individual beings are condemned by the monstrous conventions of politics to murder or be murdered in quarrels not their own. Aldous Huxley

Foul Temptress! (Mirth replying to Gus) ;)

On a good day, our legislature has the prestige of a drunk urinating on a wall at 4am and getting most of it on his shoe. On a good day  ::) Steelgrave

It's kind of silly to investigate whether or not a Clinton is lying. That's sort of like investigating why the sky is blue. Banzai_Cat

Dammit Carl!

#4
July 01, 2016, 09:25:19 AM
Oooo boy.   :(

Sir Slash

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July 01, 2016, 10:38:18 PM
"Trawler Killer Missiles"?
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Wes

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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.
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    Fear is the mind-killer.
    Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
    I will face my fear.
    I will permit it to pass over me and through me.
    And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.
    Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain."  - Frank Herbert

Staggerwing

#7
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...



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mirth

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July 02, 2016, 03:13:39 PM
It's based on a Russian design. So it apparently works perfectly.
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Staggerwing

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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.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

Nothing really rocks and nothing really rolls and nothing's ever worth the cost...

"Don't you look at me that way..." -the Abyss
 
'When searching for a meaningful embrace, sometimes my self respect took second place' -Iggy Pop, Cry for Love

... this will go down on your permanent record... -the Violent Femmes, 'Kiss Off'-

"I'm not just anyone, I'm not just anyone-
I got my time machine, got my 'electronic dream!"
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mirth

#10
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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