alt Hacker News> Panting a Russian flag on the side of a crappy tanker is enough to get the US to back off
Has the White House rolled over?
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lostlogin • today at 6:53 AM
I can’t see any update that says they have engaged.
So yes… I think.
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> Panting a Russian flag on the side of a crappy tanker is enough to get the US to back off
Has the White House rolled over?
I can’t see any update that says they have engaged.
So yes… I think.
Oil tankers are basically "weapons of mass environment destruction" (slight hyperbole, sorry ;). When you shoot at them, or their captains have the valves opened, their oil will devastate a sizable chunk of sea and coastline.
So you really need to tread lightly around enemy oil tankers.