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Originally posted by AnonymousCitizen
There is a lot of good thinking here as to why this story could be a hoax. Thanks, we need to consider that possibility.
Two arguments that I am hearing, however, don't make much sense to me, and also conflict. The first is, and I'm paraphrasing here, "This must be a hoax because no other sources are reporting this story." The other is "This must be a hoax because if it happened, they wouldn't let the story out."
On the surface, both of those arguments seem reasonable, but are obviously in conflict with each other. We can't have it both ways.edit on 5/2/12 by AnonymousCitizen because: (no reason given)
Edit: My thinking is that "if" this is true, it didn't happen accidentally. And there is definitiely some misinformation around the types and purpose of the aircraft mentioned and the absurd idea of a lack of tracking on the device.edit on 5/2/12 by AnonymousCitizen because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by jtma508
Wow. We're supposed to be critical thinkers here at ATS. But once again, a very suspicious, entirely unsubstantiated internet piece comes out and people entirely ignore the objective rebuttals. Several posts have pointed out the obvious and people just skip right by them as if they were never there. What gives people? Let's have some credibility, shall we? At the very least:
> There is NO independent, corroborating source for the story
> The aircraft mentioned and pictured are NOT sub hunters.
The story smells like month-old fish.
Originally posted by beezzer
reply to post by AnonymousCitizen
Um, oh dang.
Did they check the sofa cussions?
Seriously, this would leave a mark!
Originally posted by AnonymousCitizen
Raw Reports
A nuclear weapon that wasn’t supposed to exist, a single 500 kiloton hydrogen bomb, one of four being tracked, was seen being loaded at the German port of Bemerhaven, Germany. The groups assisting in what we were informed was a counter-terrorism surveillance operation were the American NSA, British MI 6, the Office of Naval Intelligence and the British Royal Navy.
The “device” was loaded onto a Germany built “Dolphin” submarine and left the harbour doing 7.5 knots.
The submarine disappeared while being tracked by every sophisticated device NATO seems to be able to own or borrow.
Weapons of this type are generally located through use of specialized aircraft, in this case, the Boeing Sentinal E3D. These are highly modified 707 aircraft. The British have 7 of these operating out of RAF Waddington. They were placed on “mechanical fault standown” on April 14. Who would have thought all these planes were preparing to discombobulate?
It seems Germany is giving these things out as party favors, sub included. Hope this does not end badly.
Originally posted by Violater1
If this Dolphin ever existed at all, it was never "lost".
Originally posted by AnonymousCitizen
Originally posted by Violater1
If this Dolphin ever existed at all, it was never "lost".
I mostly agree, and if you put "lost" in quotes to inply that if it is lost, someone high up wants it that way, than we are on the exact same page.edit on 5/2/12 by AnonymousCitizen because: tpyo
Originally posted by AnonymousCitizen
There is a lot of good thinking here as to why this story could be a hoax. Thanks, we need to consider that possibility.
And there is definitiely some misinformation around the types and purpose of the aircraft mentioned and the absurd idea of a lack of tracking on the device.
Hard-to-detect submarines — such as quiet, diesel-electric boats — are particularly vexing, Navy officials say. Although the Navy has the world’s most technologically advanced fleet — including state-of-the-art nuclear attack submarines — officials acknowledge that these comparatively low-tech diesel-electric boats could give an enemy an asymmetric advantage. “The beauty about a diesel submarine is that it has the potential to be far quieter than a nuclear submarine,” says Guy Stitt, president of AMI International, a Bremerton, Wash.-based company specializing in naval market analysis.
...modern-day diesel submarines are not as easily heard, particularly in regions of the seas where biological life and merchant shipping can camouflage their acoustic signatures. It is there, in the noisy waters of the littorals, where detecting submarines can be a cat-and-mouse game, Navy officials say.
Originally posted by Starchild23
Can't ANYONE get along?