Fate of Chinese crew unknown after dramatic collision in South China Sea
www.abc.net.au
Video shows the moment a Chinese vessel hits the front of the other while on the open sea.
  • Harry@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Gotta admit, that is some absolute master skippering by the captain of the coastguard boat. Two significantly bigger and faster ships with a hard on for him and he just skillfully ran them into each other. Brilliant.

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      It’s like something out of a movie. 🤦🏼

      I play a maritime game, and it astounds me how often players have no awareness of the ships around them.

      Do you really think everyone needs to close-chase an enemy ship? Maybe the fastest ship needs to chase, and you larger ships play a blocking role?

      It’s pretty clear they were trying to ram the Phillipino ship, kind of poetic justice they instead rammed their own.

      The cameramen’s trust in their captain and ship - they knew they weren’t going to be hit, they made no preparation for it.

      Fuck China.