Bombs dropped on Great Barrier Reef marine park

[Peikko 1,575]

"Have we gone completely mad?" she told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "Is this how we look after our World Heritage area now? Letting a foreign power drop bombs on it?"

Nice!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/21/bombs-dropped-great-barrier-reef

[GandD 5,966]

Hmm, I thought harriers were retired.

[Peikko 1,575]

That's what you got from this, that the planes being used were supposedly retired? lol. I smell conspiracy theory brewing.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

The US Navy hates coral for some reason. Just last year, a minesweeper tore up a section of reef in the Philippines.

[Pooky 3,781]

Hmm, I thought harriers were retired.

Only the RAF retired their Harriers. The USMC still operates theirs and, with the F-35 Thunderpig taking its time getting service-ready (if it ever does), the Harrier will likely remain on strength with the USMC well into the 2020s.

[GandD 5,966]

Only the RAF retired their Harriers. The USMC still operates theirs and, with the F-35 Thunderpig taking its time getting service-ready (if it ever does), the Harrier will likely remain on strength with the USMC well into the 2020s.

Yeah I checked it out after the fact. Us bought all the retired uk harriers and plan for them to be in service till 2030 Edited July 21, 2013 by GandD

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

"Have we gone completely mad?" she told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. "Is this how we look after our World Heritage area now? Letting a foreign power drop bombs on it?"

Nice!

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/21/bombs-dropped-great-barrier-reef

Next time the pilots need to head out to sea and run until they are out of fuel and go down with the planes.

They dropped in 50 feet of water away from the coral because they were almost out of fuel

What happened is nothing like is presented.

[GandD 5,966]

Next time the pilots need to head out to sea and run until they are out of fuel and go down with the planes.

They dropped in 50 feet of water away from the coral because they were almost out of fuel

What happened is nothing like is presented.

Yeah but they clearly could have planned better.