Chinese Grey Lady Down

[WLJ]

Maybe

Saw rumors to this effect back in Aug but more is coming out.
Reportedly got caught in their own net system and the O2 system failed.
Conflicting reports on whether this was a nuclear or diesel/electric but the type reported (93) is nuclear powered
Note: This is still unconfirmed as the Chinese are being very tight lipped about it as per their usual policy.

EXCLUSIVE: 55 Chinese sailors are feared dead after nuclear submarine 'gets caught in a trap intended to snare British and US vessels in the Yellow Sea'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12589429/chinese-sailors-trap-yellow-sea.html

[MechAg94]

So it sounds like they didn't have enough redundancy in their air cleaning systems?

Did the submarine get free of the trap?  I was a bit confused by the narrative. 

[JTHunter]

AWwww - -

[HankB]

It's not clear from the stories I've read, but if the Chicoms are placing submarine traps on the high seas - outside their internationally recognized 12 mile limit - and one snags a British or American sub, that would be an act of war. Considering that they claim the whole of the South China Sea - right up to the coastlines of Vietnam, the Philippines, and Malaysia - I wouldn't put it past them. Unless they've bought even more US (and British) officials the way they've bought Biden, things in that case could really spiral out of their control.

[230RN]

Slight sdidetrack:

Is "grey lady" a nickname for submarines?  I looked it up, there are a lot of Wikipedia disambiguations for "grey lady," but none refer to submarines.

Does Wiki need to be updated on this?   Or was "Grey Lady" the actual Chinese name for the boat?

[dogmush]

Slight sdidetrack:

Is "grey lady" a nickname for submarines?  I looked it up, there are a lot of Wikipedia disambiguations for "grey lady," but none refer to submarines.

Does Wiki need to be updated on this?   Or was "Grey Lady" the actual Chinese name for the boat?

I believe it was a reference to the Charlton Heston Movie

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Lady_Down

[WLJ]

Grey Lady is an old nickname for submarines

and

Gray Lady Down is the official U.S. Navy call sign/designation for submarine in distress/rescue operation needed

https://jackluzwrites.livejournal.com/7863.html?

And there was a movie by that name.

[230RN]

EDIT This post refers to WLJ's original response above, where he said he just had Grey Lady in his head since he had just seen the movie:

Ok, so it's another mind-reading example of APS posts.  I can see it as a general reference to submarines now, but that was a stretch for me, so thanks.

"Put your reader's head on your shoulders."'  Winthrop "Winnie" Palmer.

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[WLJ]

EDIT This post refers to WLJ's original response above, where he said he just had Grey Lady in his head since he had just seen the movie:

Ok, so it's another mind-reading example of APS posts.  I can see it as a general reference to submarines now, but that was a stretch for me, so thanks.

"Put your reader's head on your shoulders."'  Winthrop "Winnie" Palmer.

<end of sidetrack>

Sorry that was a case of hitting enter before I was done with my thought train and I had to edit it

[230RN]

Oh, I've done the same things and more.

I have the same thing with the "Enter" key.  To me, it's still a "carriage return-line feed" like on a typewriter.  I constantly hit it to start a new paragraph in Chats and the like, only to find the stuff I just typed got inadvertently sent when all I wanted was to start a new paragraph. 

[JTHunter]

"carriage return-line feed"

  Careful there,  You're showing your age !   

[Doggy Daddy]

"Put your reader's head on your shoulders."'  Winthrop "Winnie" Palmer.

IOW, always talk down to your slowest readers?      (Doggy turns and scampers away.)

[WLJ]

"Put your reader's head on your shoulders."'  Winthrop "Winnie" Palmer.

Okay



Now what?