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Ocean disturbing news today: apparently the USS crew Harry S. Truman The aircraft carrier has enabled a “Super Hornet” F-18 fighter to fall into the water, where it can no longer be used in order to fly in the air, For the second time in a week::
The F / A-18F Super Hornet Jet, worth around 67 million dollars, went on board after an unsuccessful attempt to slow down the slowdown in the landing on USS Harry S. Truman, the navy said in a statement. The two airmen aboard the jet safely ejected and were rescued at sea by helicopter with minor injuries, and no one aboard the flight of the War Ship has been injured, the service said.
This report comes from the Washington Post, which notes that there was also no serious injury suffered during the TrumanThe anterior body of “the plane falling into the ocean” a week ago. In this incident, a detailed jet in its hangar went over board, says the army, because the carrier (if we can always call it, since its history of aircraft transport tiles) has swerved to avoid the rebel fire of Houthi off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea.
An article in the initiate of the incident has briefly became viral on Wednesday evening because its title seemed to suggest a third The jet had just been lost from Truman; The article was exact, but by mentioning a third plane, it was referring to an incident last December during which a Truman-The super hornet deposited was accidentally shot down by the USS Gettysburg Missile cruiser. (The two aviators on board survived.) So, as regards this third, we did not drop it from the ship, we simply shot it ourselves.
In total, the cost of the USS Truman Super Hornets has lost since December (67 million dollars each) is almost equal to the entire annual budget of the national endowment for arts ($ 207 million). “The misadventures have the attention of senior American military leaders, a defense official familiar with the discussion said on Tuesday evening,” reports the position. Good to know.
In February, incredibly, the Truman was in the news because he came across a Cargo near the Suez Canal. In other words, we may be talking about one of the least efficient boats of all time.
Or maybe it’s unfair; Maybe the Truman is tracked down by an underwater monster or an oceanic beast which continues to reach its hideous tentacles out of the deep to grasp the planes.
AnywayThe theory of deterrence requires a rapid counterattack against the ocean. Inaction only encourages the TrumanEnemies, which in this case, include gravity and potentially a octopus, and encourages other misdeeds. The best time to draw a nuclear missile at the Grand Barrier Reef in order to “show who is the boss” yesterday; The second best time is now (1300 hours). We fight them (Sharks) there So they don’t come here. Anchors far!
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