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Follow up to this: all missing US Marines (7 + 1 sailor) are now presumed dead, in addition to the 1 Marine that died after being rescued earlier.
Total deaths from this incident are 9 deaths (8 US Marines + 1 US Sailor), with 7 survivors (2 of which are in critical condition).
7 Marines, [1] sailor presumed dead
The eight U.S. service members who went missing after their landing craft went down in hundreds of feet of water off the Southern California coast following an accident are presumed dead, officials said early Sunday.
The rescue operation for the seven Marines and one sailor has been called off and now is a recovery mission, officials said.
Helicopters and boats ranging from inflatables to a Navy destroyer searched a roughly 200-square-mile area for the Marines and Navy corpsman.
Sixteen U.S. service members were aboard the amphibious assault vehicle that had just completed a training exercise when it began taking on water about a half-mile from Navy-owned San Clemente Island, off San Diego.
The 26-ton, tank-like craft quickly sank in hundreds of feet of water — too deep for divers — making it difficult to reach.
One of eight Marines rescued from the water later died.
That's ridiculous
I'm wondering if it is possible to add inflatable flotation devices inside amphibious warships. When the vehicle has capsized and reaches a certain depth they can automatically activate and potentially save the crew members.
Not as ridiculous as showing Talcum powder at UN and claiming it as Anthrax
plawolf
Lieutenant General
Those would need to be pretty massive and tough to keep an armour vehicle afloat. It is unlikely to be possible without significant added weight and cost.
A much more realistic solution might be to have scuba gear with small oxygen tanks added for each crew member in under-seat or overhead storage bins.
That should give any trapped soldiers enough extra time to shed their gear and open an escape hatch and bail out.
This is just cope. Since when do the opinions of common Americans matter for anything? What matters is the US financial and global tech system. It is this center of power that needs to be countered.
solarz
Brigadier
By that token, since when does a video sharing app matter?
With Trump the issue is personal. He is angry that Tiktok teens sabotaged the Tulsa Rally. There is no chance of a Microsoft purchase mark my words.
Banning the app within the U.S. is actually very simple since the database and IT are all located within the U.S. They don’t even need to create a firewall to take it offline.
Banning the app within the U.S. is actually very simple since the database and IT are all located within the U.S. They don’t even need to create a firewall to take it offline.
It matters because now they can do the exact same to other, more important Chinese software companies. Even a symbolic retaliation is needed right now.