Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Q: How Do You Sink an Indian Submarine?

A: Knock on the hatch.

The INS Arihant nearly sank last year because somebody forgot to secure a hatch.
Posted by on or about 10:22

7 comments:

0_0 said...

Reminds me of the Guitarro screwup.

5/08/2019 1:29 PM
Borepatch said...

Wow

5/08/2019 2:51 PM
CenterPuke88 said...

Gotta wonder how they missed an open hatch on the diving board. Is it possible they were stupid enough to install a new, unmonitored hatch in the pressure hull?

5/08/2019 4:43 PM
FrankC said...

Story says the hatch wasn't secured. I read that as shut but not dogged down. Would that show on the board?

5/08/2019 5:58 PM
Dark Avenger said...

Nice blog.

5/08/2019 7:33 PM
CenterPuke88 said...

After reading the story more closely, the incident was not a diving error, but a harbor error. It’s also not clear what type of watch was on the boat during the incident. It sounds more like a rear hatch was open, in harbor, and begin taking water and no one noticed for a while. At this point, a new problem appears...the Akula class has no such hatch, as it is built with a sealer engine compartment and double hull. You have to cut that mother open to replace the reactor core, for gosh sakes!

If they are in the harbor, assuming they are dockside, the diving board might not be either operating or monitored, the watch could be lax, and just maybe something stupid occurred that they don’t want t admit to. It also seems that the military leadership hadn’t told the Indian Government the sub was out of service until a request was made to deploy it during last year’s Indian/China crisis.

5/08/2019 9:38 PM
0_0 said...

CP, all USN nuclear powered vessels need to be cut open for refuelling.

5/09/2019 1:27 AM

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