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Tambayan ng mga Chicx at Tsonx => General Discussion => Current Events => Topic started by: LionHart on July 21, 2013, 06:05:14 PM
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The US fighter jets were forced to dump the munitions during an emergency
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The reef run along the Queensland coast
Two American fighter jets dropped four bombs on Australia's Great Barrier Reef after a training exercise went wrong, it has emerged.
US officials said the pilots of two AV-8B Harrier jets were forced to jettison the unarmed devices on Tuesday because both aircraft were running low on fuel and could not land with the bombs on board.
The pilots intended to drop the munitions on a designated bombing range on Townshend Island but aborted the mission when controllers reported the area was not clear of hazards.
Instead, they jettisoned two bombs from each aircraft on the World Heritage-listed marine park off the coast of Queensland state.
The pilots tried to minimise the damage by releasing the devices over deep water of more than 164 feet (50 meters) and away from coral reefs, officials said.
All four bombs were inert and so did not explode. It is unclear whether any environmental damage was caused.
The bombs were dropped from two AV-88 Harrier jets
An Australian Defence Force spokesman was quoted as saying the bombs posed "minimal risk or threat to the public, the marine environment or civilian shipping transiting the reef area".
The two jets were launched from aircraft carrier USS Bonhomme Richard during a three-week joint military training exercise involving around 28,000 US and Australian personnel.
Graeme Dunstan, who is among the environmentalists and anti-war activists protesting against the joint exercise, claimed the US military could no longer be trusted to protect the environment.
"How can they protect the environment and bomb the reef at the same time? Get real," Mr Dunstan said from the Queensland coastal town of Yepoon near where the military exercise is taking place.
The Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest network of coral structures rich in marine life that stretches more than 1,,800 miles (3,000 kms) along the Australian northeast coast.
Full Link: http://news.sky.com/story/1118492/great-barrier-reef-hit-by-four-us-jet-bombs
-LionHart
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What the hell is it with the US and the sea these days? Angry at Poseidon or something?
Di pa nga tapos yung Tubataha.. Ay sus.
Clumsy naman ah...
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Tsk tsk.... US again.. and coral reef...
Damages on coral reefs is no joke.
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What the hell is it with the US and the sea these days? Angry at Poseidon or something?
Di pa nga tapos yung Tubataha.. Ay sus.
Clumsy naman ah...
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Simple, they no longer care about the environment... outside of the US.
Land, sea, air... nothing matters to them anymore as long as it's outside their territory.
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Simple, they no longer care about the environment... outside of the US.
Land, sea, air... nothing matters to them anymore as long as it's outside their territory.
You're maybe onto something there mate. It's all lip service and talking heads all around. One PR juggernaut machine, kaya when stuff like this happens, people get pissed off, pero they spin it and burry the story so fast people eventually get desensitized or forget. Just look at this Snowden thing right?
Anyway, China also has a lot to answer for pag dating sa environmental disasters. Couple of dimwits.
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maybe they need to check on something on those reef so when they put their crew their to investigate people will not think of anything else except the unarmed bomb....i mean the ocean is to big to just drop the bomb on area of great importance....i'm just looking underneath the intention....
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klaro naman diba? they are going to dump the shit in Townshend. Sana next time they should double check their bomb sites before flying.
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hahaha gnyan tlga mga kano feeling nla e kanila buong mundo d n tau nasanay
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awwww!!! sayang naman yung reef!!
haysss mga kano talaga... :'(
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awwww!!! sayang naman yung reef!!
haysss mga kano talaga... :'(
may nanaman ulit sila
sayang yung nature nadamay pa