-=> On 06-22-19  12:35,  Bob Ackley <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Re: War or Planefuls of <=-

 >  LL> Japan has called Trump's bluff.  European countries
 >  LL> are being nicer by just asking questions.
 > 
 >  GD> Japan said no such thing, most nations are calling for 
 > 
 > Japan disagreed with USA statements that it was a Lipit Mine.

 BA> A nit:  it was a limpet mine, they've been around since before World 
 BA> War II.  A limpet mine is an explosive charge connected to a magnet, 
 BA> the magnet is placed on the ship being attacked and detonated by a 
 BA> timer, or more recently, by an electronic command

Japan said it was a missle, the ship was a Japanese flagged ship.  Since
then, others have produced some evidence claiming that it was in fact a
limpet mine.  I don't know -- and am not sure if it matters.

                               Dale Shipp
                  fido_261_1466 (at) verizon (dot) net
                              (1:261/1466)


... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 01:06:45, 23 Jun 2019
___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30

--- Maximus/NT 3.01
 * Origin: Owl's Anchor (1:261/1466)