Sunday, August 12, 2012

US warship runs into oil tanker off Iran coast

Yup! The guided-missile destroyer USS Porter ran into a Japanese oil tanker!

How is such a thing even possible? After all, the forces of good are there to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. Trouble is, the good guys have so many warships putting around over there it was only a matter of time before they ran into something.

And it was dark. That explains it. They couldn't see that tanker, even though every tanker I've ever seen is lit up pretty good.

But think about it. Oil tanker + guided missile destroyer could equal one hell of a big bang. I think they had what's known as a "close call."

Far from keeping the Strait open, they almost achieved the opposite.

Oh well, maybe next time.


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