Subj : Re: War or Planefuls of
To   : WARD DOSSCHE
From : BOB ACKLEY
Date : Wed Jun 26 2019 03:47 pm

> DS> Japan said it was a missle, the ship was a Japanese flagged 
ship.  Since
> DS> then, others have produced some evidence claiming that it was in 
fact a
> DS> limpet mine.  I don't know -- and am not sure if it matters.
>  
> A missile and a mine leave a totally different signature.
>  
> It seems however the intent was not to sink the vessels but to create 
trouble
> because if it was the intention to sink them, then this was a pis-
poor attempt.

One would also use a much bigger charge and place it *below* the water 
line
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