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Different emergency systems that allow them to go out and notify other ships in the area. the problem is that such a busy location. whats interesting about this, it was actually equipped with the defense missile. the systems on the ship are very sophisticated. its used to detect someone north koreas missiles and shoot down intermediate range ballistic missiles. the fact that this was hit and had a collision east of singapore, we really hope everyone is okay and the rescue mission is underway wit...

>> i am no navy man, but i think my reaction is probably like millions of others, does this keep happening. this is the fourth time this year within the seventh fleet. for mos most of us, its difficult to understand how the ships, in a wide open ocean with todays radar and sensor technology, how could they collide like this. its kind of like two cars hitting each other in the middle not for a number of my navy colleagues, ive been deployed over there, that street is a pretty hairy transit. at ni...

Necessarily work as well as they should. visibility is low. its one of the busiest shipping channels in the world. its incredibly tight and then you have a lot of local shipping barges that sometimes arent even lit at night and dont abide by the standard rules of the sea. think more information will come out. this is incredibly dangerous and tight area. operationally, sure, i was just going to say that the seventh fleet is responsible for when we hear the president moving ships off the coast of ...