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Now That U.S. Navy Ships must broadcast their position, people are tracking them
Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:50 am
Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:50 am
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Now That U.S. Navy Ships Must Broadcast Their Position, People (of Course) Are Tracking Them
Popular Mechanics - Navigational transponders allow people thousands of miles away to locate vessels.
People on social media have been tracking and tweeting the locations of U.S. Navy ships, including parts of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan's task group visiting Hong Kong. It's all made possible by the Navy's new policy about using its navigational locators, which was put in place after a couple of recent high-profile collisions between Navy vessels and commercial shipping.
In the wake of the embarrassing smash-ups between the guided missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS McCain and civilian merchant vessels, the U.S. Navy instructed its warships to turn on their Automatic Identification System (AIS) locators while in high-traffic areas. AIS allows other ships in the area to know a ship's location, though it's no substitute for watch-standers and radar.
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Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:51 am to member12
This feels like bizarro world
Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:53 am to member12
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In the wake of the embarrassing smash-ups between the guided missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS McCain and civilian merchant vessels,
Alzheimer's is a hell of a disorder.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:53 am to member12
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the U.S. Navy instructed its warships to turn on their Automatic Identification System (AIS) locators while in high-traffic areas.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:53 am to member12
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the U.S. Navy instructed its warships to turn on their Automatic Identification System (AIS) locators while in high-traffic areas.
How is that defined?
This post was edited on 10/5/17 at 8:54 am
Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:54 am to member12
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the U.S. Navy instructed its warships to turn on their Automatic Identification System (AIS) locators while in high-traffic areas.
Seems like a reasonable safety measure. You can bet that they will be turned off when conditions warrant.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:56 am to BiggerBear
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Seems like a reasonable safety measure. You can bet that they will be turned off when conditions warrant.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 8:59 am to 9WhoDat37
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:04 am to member12
so now, when they are all turned off.... we know something is about to go down
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:05 am to member12
Zomg.
Any country we would use serious naval power against probably has the technology to track ships when they are in the shipping lanes anyways.
Any country we would use serious naval power against probably has the technology to track ships when they are in the shipping lanes anyways.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:06 am to 9WhoDat37
In traffic separation schemes and probably a certain distance from shore in these lanes. Maybe 20 to 30 miles, who knows.
This isn't a big deal at all imo
This isn't a big deal at all imo
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:07 am to member12
Bull Halsey is capsized in his graving dock.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:17 am to soccerfüt
So our sailors aren't capable of standing watch and manning the nav equipment and we respond with an electronic solution? How about people do their jobs?
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:39 am to jbgleason
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How about people do their jobs?
Maybe this will encourage them to keep a better lookout for hostiles.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:46 am to soccerfüt
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Bull Halsey is capsized in his graving dock.
Bull Halsey was nearly courtmartialed for getting his entire fleet caught in a typhoon not once, but twice.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 9:59 am to member12
Now I can text my cousin.
"Hey man...I know you just left Yokosuka..."
"Dude...you're only 32 miles off the coast of North Korea! Cool!"
Posted on 10/5/17 at 10:02 am to tigeraddict
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so now, when they are all turned off.... we know something is about to go down
No, when they are turned off you will know that certain ships are not in high traffic areas.
Do you dumb shits just not know how to read?
Posted on 10/5/17 at 10:05 am to foshizzle
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Maybe this will encourage them to keep a better lookout for hostiles.
As many at fault collisions as they have had lately this is causing sighs of relief around the world.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 10:13 am to member12
I'm working on a technical solution with Raytheon for this problem with the Navy. Had a capabilities meeting last Friday in San Diego, and we're presenting it to Naval Research Labs and a sub committee this next week in DC. Initial live tests/proof of concept should commencement soon after aboard an Aegis destroyer.
Posted on 10/5/17 at 10:18 am to member12
thanks trump.
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