questionmark 11,371 #76 Posted July 28, 2007 Errr.... don't they have polar bears in the Antartic ? Meow Purr. Penguins, they have penguins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ships-cat 15 #77 Posted July 28, 2007 Penguins, they have penguins. I've NEVER trusted penguins. They're creepy. They ALL wear dinner-jackets. Even when they're not dining. Whenever I see them on the TV, I always expect them to try and convert me to their religion, or try and sell me double-glazing. And don't by fooled by that 'diet of fish' propoganda. You only have to LOOK at them to know that Aubergines are invloved in the background somewhere. Meow Purr. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birmingham 1 #78 Posted July 28, 2007 Ships-Cat Put down the catnip, put your paws in the air, and move over facing the wall. The animal control officer will be here with your medications rapidly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moondoggy 2 #79 Posted July 28, 2007 AAAaahh! How I miss the cold war day with those soviets. While on the USS Archerfish we caught a Typhoon coming out of Murmansk. We followed her for three weeks and made sonar profiles and even caught vidio images of it. The neat thing was that if we had to do it, we could have taken her out without her even knowing we were there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oxymoron 3 #80 Posted July 28, 2007 AAAaahh! How I miss the cold war day with those soviets. While on the USS Archerfish we caught a Typhoon coming out of Murmansk. We followed her for three weeks and made sonar profiles and even caught vidio images of it. The neat thing was that if we had to do it, we could have taken her out without her even knowing we were there. I am sure that would be a great victory after half of the world would have a mushroom cloud in their cities. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canrock 0 #81 Posted July 29, 2007 The wreckage of the Russian bomber will be loaded on John Wurmlinger, a marine base camp barge with fuel storage capabilities, a helicopter pad and a workshop/warehouse and the Delta Eagle, an 800 hp tug. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canrock 0 #82 Posted July 29, 2007 The wreckage of the Russian bomber will be loaded on John Wurmlinger, a marine base camp barge with fuel storage capabilities, a helicopter pad and a workshop/warehouse and the Delta Eagle, an 800 hp tug. http://www.vihlogging.com/vihloggingmain.htm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Birmingham 1 #83 Posted July 29, 2007 (edited) The wreckage of the Russian bomber will be loaded on John Wurmlinger, a marine base camp barge with fuel storage capabilities, a helicopter pad and a workshop/warehouse and the Delta Eagle, an 800 hp tug. #### Retracting post Edited July 29, 2007 by Birmingham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
explorer 0 #84 Posted July 29, 2007 This is interesting, July 20, Norway, Russian flights raised concern Maybe the Russians are testing responses while they train? But Canrock, we still need more than the picture of a privately operated barge to take the shooting down of a Russian bomber seriously. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ships-cat 15 #85 Posted July 29, 2007 (edited) Canrock, this really doesn't make much sense. The John Wurmlinger is a privately owned barge. Why would it be used to recover a Tu160 bomber ? The crew would be bound to talk. And from where was the bomber recovered, and how was it loaded ? If it crashed into the sea, it would have sunk. If it crashed onto the land, how was it loaded onto this barge ? It would require a major dockyard facility. Anyway, surely the barge is nowhere big enough to store a tu160. The JW's deck is big enough to comfortably land a large helicopter. A tu160, on the other hand , is about 180 foot long. Meow Purr. Edited July 29, 2007 by ships-cat Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
questionmark 11,371 #86 Posted July 29, 2007 Canrock, this really doesn't make much sense. The John Wurmlinger is a privately owned barge. Why would it be used to recover a Tu160 bomber ? The crew would be bound to talk. And from where was the bomber recovered, and how was it loaded ? If it crashed into the sea, it would have sunk. If it crashed onto the land, how was it loaded onto this barge ? It would require a major dockyard facility. Anyway, surely the barge is nowhere big enough to store a tu160. The JW's deck is big enough to comfortably land a large helicopter. A tu160, on the other hand , is about 180 foot long. Meow Purr. And that is just beside the fact that it has not moved from its berthing the last few month .... Are you sure you don't want to write a novel? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ships-cat 15 #87 Posted July 29, 2007 And that is just beside the fact that it has not moved from its berthing the last few month .... ..... Can we verify that ? Meow Purr. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
questionmark 11,371 #88 Posted July 29, 2007 Can we verify that ? Meow Purr. Check the owners activity report... that thing was moved to the north to aid oil drilling. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ships-cat 15 #89 Posted July 29, 2007 Check the owners activity report... that thing was moved to the north to aid oil drilling. I can't find a link to the owners activity report. It may well have been originaly moved their to assist in oil drilling, but it can always be re-assigned. Meow Purr. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
questionmark 11,371 #90 Posted July 29, 2007 I can't find a link to the owners activity report. It may well have been originaly moved their to assist in oil drilling, but it can always be re-assigned. Meow Purr. True, I'll try to find it again, it was on a web page different from the one we have linked above. I wast just to tired last night (should I say this morning?) to write anything about it and then I kind of forgot. Oh well, Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
questionmark 11,371 #91 Posted July 29, 2007 BTW, on Google earth you can see this barge berthed in the bay East of Tuk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
explorer 0 #92 Posted July 29, 2007 Does Google Earth work in real time? Does Canrock? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
questionmark 11,371 #93 Posted July 29, 2007 Does Google Earth work in real time? Does Canrock? good question... google earth does not. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
questionmark 11,371 #94 Posted July 29, 2007 Here you are Shipscat: http://www.mullen-group.com/investor/pdf/mpc_2006.pdf page 235. Funny thing about the tug is that it is supposed to be a shallow draft tug, which means that it (sh)©ould not operate in deep water... makes the story even fishier. Unless that bomber is somewhere in Canadian coastal waters(?) ... but that would have been a major scandal.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lord Umbarger 4 #95 Posted July 29, 2007 I thought that we had all agreed that this was a hoax? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
questionmark 11,371 #96 Posted July 29, 2007 I thought that we had all agreed that this was a hoax? Some can just not let it go Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Moondoggy 2 #97 Posted July 29, 2007 I am sure that would be a great victory after half of the world would have a mushroom cloud in their cities. Possibly, but the shrooms would be from landbased ICBM's not their Subs. Our Attack boats were on them like glue, they would never get a missle launched before they got intimate with a MK 48 Torpedo or a SUBROC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ships-cat 15 #98 Posted July 29, 2007 Here you are Shipscat: http://www.mullen-group.com/investor/pdf/mpc_2006.pdf page 235. Funny thing about the tug is that it is supposed to be a shallow draft tug, which means that it (sh)©ould not operate in deep water... makes the story even fishier. Unless that bomber is somewhere in Canadian coastal waters(?) ... but that would have been a major scandal.... Yaaaay... thanks for that Questionmark. P.S... it's a hoax (errr... the Russian Bomber post that is, not the barge) Meow Purr. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canrock 0 #99 Posted July 29, 2007 As I said, sometime in the next while that barge will be tasked to laod out the wreckage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sgt._Love 0 #100 Posted July 29, 2007 I dont think they would do such a bold move Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
