The U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain is seen after a collision, in Singapore waters August 21, 2017. (Reuters-Ahmad Masood)
Yesterday, there was yet another Navy collision with a commercial ship: USS John S. McCain collision
Meanwhile, Angelo Codevilla accuses the Navy of a coverup in its investigation of the collision two months ago of the USS Fitzgerald: Collision report corrupt? (But Codevilla’s charge that Sen. John McCain was responsible for the 1967 USS Forrestal disaster is an urban legend.)
Oh, and there’s speculation that China or Russia may have hacked the Seventh Fleet: Cyberwar in the Pacific?
An independent Congressional inquiry seems clearly warranted.
Click here to go to the previous Founders Broadsheet post (“Sunday’s news (8/20/2017)”)
The CNO’s order of a worldwide operational pause of the US Navy suggests that enemy hacking is being looked into: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyM8aynJHfk