"user314" (user314)
12/12/2019 at 12:30 • Filed to: Navy, Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia, #SHIPLOPNIK
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"user314" (user314)
12/12/2019 at 12:30 • Filed to: Navy, Admiral Kuznetsov, Russia, #SHIPLOPNIK | 2
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Several small boats tend to the stricken aircraft carrier, tied up at a shipyard in Murmansk, Russia
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The Kuznetsov, laid up after its floating dry dock sunk underneath the carrier in 2018, was struck by misfortune again after sparks from welding work near an electrical distribution compartment set a cable on fire, which then spread through wiring in the lower deck of the ship. Officials from the shipyard claimed no workers were injured, but a dozen sailors were transported to hospitals, and three more are missing.
Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
> user314
12/12/2019 at 12:45 |
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Are we sure it wasn’t just some worker wanting to get home early?
functionoverfashion
> user314
12/12/2019 at 13:00 |
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nothing to see here, nothing to see here
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> user314
12/12/2019 at 13:05 |
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im guessing those ukranian toilets they uhh aquired are cursed
LastFirstMI is my name
> user314
12/12/2019 at 13:07 |
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How can they tell when it’s on fire?
vondon302
> user314
12/12/2019 at 13:08 |
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This thing smokes so much are we sure it’s really on fire.
M.T. Blake
> user314
12/12/2019 at 13:11 |
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Q:
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What’s as big as a house, burns 20 liters of fuel every hour, puts out a shit-load of smoke and noise, and cuts an apple into three pieces?”
A: “ A Soviet machine made to cut apples into four pieces!”
Enough said. ‘Chernobyl’ got it right with the Russian engineering prowess.
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user314
> vondon302
12/12/2019 at 13:11 |
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I assume it’s the same reasoning as with vintage cars: Smoke out the tailpipe: OK. Smoke from anywhere else: Not OK.
Your boy, BJR
> user314
12/12/2019 at 13:47 |
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Good. Fuck ‘em. Hope their whole fuckin’ navy burns.
ranwhenparked
> user314
12/12/2019 at 14:20 |
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The Kuznetsov is a flawed ship, especially in regards to the power train, and I'd expect years of deferred maintenance as part of trying to maintain a superpower status on a shoestring budget played a role in the dock sinking and crane collapse. But, the welding fire is a pretty common thing that can happen in shipyards, when you've no doubt got safety systems and utilities shut off as part of the maintenance work.
ttyymmnn
> user314
12/12/2019 at 14:31 |
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No fire watch? How surprising.
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user314
> ranwhenparked
12/12/2019 at 14:31 |
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True enough, and if this was any other ship it wouldn’t make the news. Being that it was the Kuznetsov though? If I were running the Russian Navy, I’d be putting out requests for an old priest and a young priest.....
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ranwhenparked
> vondon302
12/12/2019 at 14:43 |
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Since it is Russia though, this is one instance where belching out a thick, black cloud of unburned hydrocarbons is probably a lot safer and cleaner than a nuclear alternative.
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vondon302
> ranwhenparked
12/12/2019 at 15:07 |
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Valid point.
benn454
> user314
12/12/2019 at 15:39 |
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Uncle Vlad had to burn it down so he could collect the insurance money. Those Sochi interest payments are a bear.
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user314
> benn454
12/12/2019 at 15:41 |
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Hey, that new dacha isn’t going to buy itself!
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> ranwhenparked
12/12/2019 at 16:02 |
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Blue-water navies are expensive.
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ranwhenparked
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
12/12/2019 at 16:25 |
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Yep, and when your economy is being hit with low oil prices and a ll kinds of sanctions, that price just gets tougher to pay.
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user314
> ttyymmnn
12/13/2019 at 09:37 |
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“Let the record show the witness made the ‘drinky-drinky’ motion.”