Acting prime minister criticises Chinese ship’s ‘unsafe and unprofessional conduct’ after Australian sailors had requested it stay clear

  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    The year was 1943.

    Our ship was stationed in Philadelphia and was equipped to generate an electromagnetic field that would make us invisible to the enemy.

    What happened instead, we were teleported to New York.

    In that process my shipmates were fused to the hull of the ship.

    Embedded in the metal, screaming for help.

    I was destroyed.

    Forced to regain my physicality.

    The Interface web series by u m a m i: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gdAbs95GIm4

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    11 months ago

    I always note that they’re unwilling to show a map of where these incidents occur.

    Odd, that.

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      11 months ago

      The story says they were in international waters, inside the Japanese economic zone. It’s easy enough to find a map of that area if you need it. What are you implying that they are trying to gloss over?

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        11 months ago

        Japan’s EEZ only gives Japan rights for resource exploitation and whatnot. For the purposes of this issue, it’s international waters.

        Though, Western media has a tendency of referring to disputed waters as “international” or belonging to whichever country is more friendly to the US.

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      11 months ago

      Don’t be an arse. Active sonar can be pretty dangerous, using it when animals are in the water is risky a.f.

      The flag a ship is flying doesn’t change that it’s a pointlessly dangerous thing to do.

    • TQuid@beehaw.org
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      11 months ago

      Sonars are not just a little “ping” noise underwater. They can carry enough energy to kill. It’s not subtle.

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        11 months ago

        Yeah but it doesn’t seem like anything actually happened. Article says drivers “may” have sustained minor injuries.

        China is a bully. Crying about every little thing to the media doesn’t feel like the right way to handle them.