Hundreds of Fathoms

"It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean." --- John Locke ---

Monday, April 10, 2006

Disaster in the Deep

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AmericanHeritage.com / Disaster in the Deep “Experiencing minor difficulty.” It was 9:13 on the morning of April 10, 1963—43 years ago today...
Thursday, April 06, 2006

Video - Predator UAV + Insurgents IED = Hellfire

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This was a bad day to be an insurgent.
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Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Secret Iranian Navy Training Film

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With the current revelations about Iranian Navy’s secret weapons programs including stealth technology, underwater missiles and flying boats...
Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Iranian divers – more bravado from IRINN TV

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Iranian divers blowing up an unfinished oil platform, deployed from an underpowered overloaded boat dingy and a 1960’s Russian built helicop...
Monday, April 03, 2006

Iran Posturing with New Missile?

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Is Iran posturing with its current war-game “ Holy Prophet ”? MilBloggers EagleSpeak and Bubblehead have some information up (here and here...
Friday, March 31, 2006

Iran - The Nuclear Football Keeps Moving Down Field

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Iran update - earlier in the month I said about the Iran situation "its only going to get ugly from here... ", well it's not ...
Saturday, March 25, 2006

Video 1982 - One of Our Submarines is Missing

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Remember when MTV had no commercials and only played music videos? From that time 1982: Thomas Dolby - One of Our Submarines is Missing One...
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A Lesson in Supporting the Troops

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All those who claim they "support the troops" but not the Global War on Terror, the Iraq War or just the violence of war in gener...

EB Green Tape – the stuff of urban legends

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I recently read piece in Wired titled “ Worlds Greatest Tool: Duct Tape ” and it got me to thinking about the “EB Green” variety. EB Green i...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Video - Tomcat tribute

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I'm going to miss seeing F-14s pulling G's over NAS where-ever . Lifted the video link off of Neptunus Lex's post " Shame...
Tuesday, March 21, 2006

The Great New England Hurricane of 2006,7,8...?

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I've lived in Southern New England for most of my life and the Great Hurricane of 1938 is a historical fact not to be taken lightly, but...
Sunday, March 19, 2006

Video - Moby Dick at 2955 Feet

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Looks like a Sperm Whale by the shape of the jaw and flukes.
Sunday, March 12, 2006

Odd Ball Cap - Story

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Have you ever saved something, forgot about it, and then found it years later. Such is the provenance of the item pictured below, with one o...
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Friday, March 10, 2006

Cassini finds evidence of Liquid Water on Enceladus

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NASA may not be gushing about recent evidence that Saturn's moon Enceladus may have liquid water erupting like geysers but they should ...
Thursday, March 09, 2006

Video - Iran's (Whale) Nahang 1

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MEMRI TV has the video clip up of Iran's Nahang 1 submarine. If it isn't on the Home page here then go to the search page here and...
Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Hotter than the Interior of the Sun

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When I read this the science geek came out in me and I had to post it. LiveScience.com: Record Set for Hottest Temperature on Earth: 3.6 Bil...

Iran - its only going to get ugly from here...

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The lead Iranian nuclear negotiator Hassan Rowhani has let it slip that they were fooling the Europeans and stalling for time in order to f...
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Monday, March 06, 2006

It 's been one year

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It has been one year since I started the Lubber’s Line “ Hundreds of Fathoms ” blog and I guess it’s a tradition to create a post recapping ...
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Saturday, March 04, 2006

Sub Culture - Contrast as Video

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Demonstrators at the Faslane Submarine base in 2005. 5 minutes at outside the Faslane submarine base Scotland. And somewhere in the North At...
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Pentagon mulling 'stealth sharks' to patrol the seas

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Now this is an odd coincidence I just did a post of U.S. Navy Submarines named "Shark" and then I read this link Pentagon mulli...
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