Ah... The Indo

knucklehead6

Where sensationalism and hyperbole rule the day.

http://www.independent.ie/videos/have-you-seen/russian-military-ship-ploughs-onto-a-crowded-beach-29519501.html

RUSSIAN MILITARY SHIP PLOUGHS ONTO BEACH

Even the daily fail wasn't that bad yesterday.

Still... It is a cool video of a HOVERCRAFT, NOT A SHIP for any Indo sub editors who populate these parts.

Larbre34

But...but did you not see it, arrived at over 1,000 kph it did, shooting lasers at the swimmers in the water with a big Russian bear logo with red lights for eyes on the side :rolleyes:


It was pretty funny to be fair, only the Russians would do it - and by do it I mean a) miss their base by several miles b) press on with the landing regardless of the obviously packed beach!

PS those huge hovercraft are coooooool.

Driveby Dogboy

i never knew they made hovercraft so BIG!!

marketty

Off topic but one of the many things that annoys me about the indo, and other tabloids, is when some gouger who did a few months in the army is up in court and referred to by the paper as 'former soldier...' WTF does that have to do with anything? As if its a bad reflection on the DF, yeah there's a reason he's 'former'. You don't see 'former taxi driver' or 'former block layer' unless its somehow relevant to the case

Hedgemeister

Typical Indo 'journalism.'
If it floats, well, 'tis a ship.
If it's grey, 'tis a military ship.
If it makes big waves, well, 'tis a BIG military ship.
(The saying 'ass from elbow' come to mind)

The Indo never had respect for Irish soldiers, and seem to go way over the top reporting anything negative they can find.

Jawgap

Larbre34 wrote: »

But...but did you not see it, arrived at over 1,000 kph it did, shooting lasers at the swimmers in the water with a big Russian bear logo with red lights for eyes on the side :rolleyes:


It was pretty funny to be fair, only the Russians would do it - and by do it I mean a) miss their base by several miles b) press on with the landing regardless of the obviously packed beach!

PS those huge hovercraft are coooooool.

Don't about it being only the Russians who would press on regardless.......it happens to the best of them

......I somehow doubt the Spanish would be as understanding if the same mistake was made today.

Morpheus

Send in a letter, was just commenting on that, former soldier kills ex wife etc

you never hear

Ex traffic warden stabs mother, kills a dog with a hammer and commits hari kari outside the local supermacs....

tac foley

Driveby Dogboy wrote: »

i never knew they made hovercraft so BIG!!

The ZUBR class predecessor, NATO reporting name AIST, was almost twice as big!

tac