U.S. aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship in Mediterranean Sea.
U.S. aircraft carrier collides with merchant ship in Mediterranean Sea
The USS Harry Truman collided with a merchant ship in the Mediterranean Sea near Port Said, Egypt, on Wednesday evening.
No injuries or ship flooding have been reported by Navy officials.
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This can't possibly be unintentional right?
Remember an aircraft carrier is not just an airport on a ship, it's also the intelligence center and CIC of the entire battle group, so an aircraft carrier is equipped with literally the best radar and sensor suites of any vessel in the entire navy, that combined with the sheer number of people that will be on watch duty on such a massive ship, there is simply no possibility it could somehow "accidentally miss" a cargo ship to a point where a collision could happen.
While on the other side, Suez canal is some of the busiest shipping lanes in the world, so all cargo vessels follow strictly prescribed paths when leaving the canal, there's no reason for one single exiting ship among a swarm of them to have gone out its way to have a chance to collide with an incoming vessel, one that's has the best sensor suite as well as some of the most powerful propulsion capabilities.
Am I missing something here???
The collision occurred while they were transiting the anchorage outside the canal. There was a ton of traffic.
Check out my man Sal's overview of the situation: https://youtu.be/OqRe-ouavjw
Thanks, very informative.