They just were asleep at the wheel.
Newfie wrote:The OD in the Fitzgerald plea bargained to 3 months half pay and a letter of reprimand. Very light punishment. Other defendants seem to be taking a hard line of defense. Current circumstantial events seem to indicate the Navy does NOT want a fully disclosed examination of these incidents. Accusations of the ship being in a chronic state of disrepair, etc. no good summary link in this yet. I’ll post one if I can find it.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Alfred Tennyson wrote:We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
pstarr wrote:I can't imagine that missiles would very useful against an armada of tiny suicide vessels
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