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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OT Re: Rainbow Warrior
The Rainbow warrior was scheduled to enter a French
nuclear restricted area, and to interfere with nuclear testings. Greenpeace had
been doing those criminal acts for years, and France meant to stop it for
national security reasons.
a team a combat divers put 2 limpet bombs against
the hull in the middle of the night.
one was to cause limited damages to scare the crew
off the ship. the second one with a delay of 10 mn was to sink the ship. no
intend to kill here.
unfortunately one of the crew , the
photographer, returned on board to pick up his gear when the second bomb
went off.
2 commanding officers on shore got caught and
the whole operation was uncovered.
That s one operation. How many others, how many
countries do the exact same thing no matter what the color of their flag,
secretly and being undetected.
No country in the world would let such
organizations mess up with their national defense.
Environment issues were just an excuse, their true
objective was to interfere with a nuclear testing which would allow France to
validate a testing process that does not need real high grade
detonations.
Whales and other ocean protection programs are more
of a legimitate causes.
Herve Jaubert
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 9:13
AM
Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] OT Re: Rainbow
Warrior
My understanding was that the Rainbow Warrior was
trespassing
in French Territorial Waters to interfere with French nuclear
testing
just prior to the French botched job on it. Point being that
the Rainbow
Warrior may well have performed criminal acts.
A good
point was raised about early French work on submarines.
Didn't they fund
Robert Fulton with his submarine?
Wasn't le Plongeur one of the first
submarines to use an engine
powered by compressed air?
Also as mentioned
the scuba and what about Costeaus diving
saucer?
Larry Murray