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https://www.yahoo.com/news/u-destroyer-mccain-collision-killed-10-sailors-caused-054343851.htmlSINGAPORE (Reuters) - A U.S. guided missile destroyer's deadly collision with an oil tanker near Singapore in 2017 was caused by "a sudden turn" made by the warship that put it in the path of the commercial vessel, said a report by the Singapore government on Thursday.
The collision on Aug. 21, which killed 10 sailors and was one of a handful of incidents in the Asia Pacific region involving U.S. Navy warships, raised questions about Navy training and led to the removal of a number of officers.
"The collision between the USS John S McCain (JSM) and Alnic MC (AM) as they were transiting through the Singapore Strait happened because of a sudden turn to Port by JSM, which caused it to head into the path of AM," the report said.
The sudden turn was due to "a series of missteps" that took place at the control of the John S. McCain that unintentionally increased the rate of the vessel's turn, the report by the Transport Safety Investigation Bureau said.
The agency is the air and marine accident investigative arm of the Singapore government. It said its report "should not be used to assign blame or determine liability".
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)I have no proof, just my suspicions!
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)There have been so many naval accidents in the past year, I also wonder about incompetence in command?
Farmer-Rick
(10,139 posts)He may have given Russia some secret info he shouldn't have?
TheDebbieDee
(11,119 posts)to guide their ships, maybe even their missiles as well - a Navy guy or gal might be able to tell us more about it. Anyway, I read that one of our NATO Allies (maybe a private company in France) sold/licensed the same operating system to some Russian agency that I'm willing to bet promptly figured out how to hack the system...
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-russia/tech-firms-let-russia-probe-software-widely-used-by-u-s-government-idUSKBN1FE1DT
Several years ago, the Iranians stole one of our drones in mid-mission by re-programming it and giving it instructions to fly to Iran... or something close to that!
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Band thanks for the explanation of the hacking.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Cha
(296,848 posts)about that.. how scary for everyone.
Mahalo, WT