Sunday, July 21, 2013

I swear the military hates fish.

George Bush used sonar that destroys the hearing of Marine Mammals. You know the ocean going creatures that use sonar of their own to swim the world's oceans.

 Then recently Putin thought he'd win favor with Japan by standing his ground on creating a Marine Protected Area in Antarctica.

Now this. The fish bother no one. The oceans were these species live. Like, what goes on already? There was also that USA military boat that got caught on a coral reef and had to be cut into pieces to get it off the coral reef. Hello?  
Someone needs to give Joint Chief Dempsey an appreciation course in marine biology.

Two US fighter jets have dropped four unarmed bombs in Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park when a training exercise went wrong.(click here)

July 21, 2013

The two AV-8B Harrier jets launched from aircraft carrier USS Bonhomme Richard each jettisoned an inert bomb and an unarmed explosive bomb in the World Heritage-listed marine park off the coast of Queensland state on Tuesday, the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement on Saturday. 
The four bombs were dropped in more than 50 meters (164 feet) of water away from coral to minimise possible damage to the reef, the statement said. None exploded. 
The jets from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit had intended to drop the ordinances on the Townshend Island bombing range but aborted the mission when controllers reported the area was not clear of hazards. 
The pilots conducted the emergency jettison because they were low on fuel and could not land with their bomb load, the navy said. 
The emergency happened on the second day of the biennial joint training exercise Talisman Saber, which brings together 28,000 U.S. and Australian military personnel over three week.

What did these animals ever do to you?