From: "Phil Payne" 


"Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
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> "Phil Payne" 
wrote in message
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> >> The story generated some turgid headlines in the British press,
including
> >> "US Navy Declare War on Clyde Ferry" in the Daily
Record of Glasgow.
> >
> > A perfectly credible scenario.  They have to take on someone they stand
a
> > chance of beating - not a Chinese submarine.
> >
> >
>
> So you think that a joint military exercise with the US, UK etc would
> attacking a UK ferry is credible ? When leaving a UK Base ?
>
> Far more credible is that they accidentally broadcast on the wrong
> frequency, as was reported in some of the stories

It would only have been funnier if they'd threatened the Kessock Ferry.   Or
the Poole Harbour ferry.

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