MSDF sub, fishing boat collide off Kagoshima

Sunday 11th January, 06:00 AM JST

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GW at 09:03 AM JST - 11th January

maybe this was the point of the drill to drill/ram into a simulated enemy surface vessel, if so bravo it not(ha ha ha) stupid idiots!!!
hoserfella at 09:43 AM JST - 11th January

will the Japanese crucify the capt. like they did in the American incident? naaaaah.
kwatt at 10:50 AM JST - 11th January

It sounds like a stpuid accident. a MSDF officer was on the fishing boat and the sub hit this boat. I don't get it.
bamboohat at 10:59 AM JST - 11th January

Laurel and Hardy in charge of Japans Navy
kavikahi at 11:00 AM JST - 11th January

Yikes, location miscalculation and communication problems, good thing it was training.
herefornow at 11:01 AM JST - 11th January

hoserfella -- you've got that right. A Japanese sub hitting a Japanese fishing boat is just an accident. A U.S. submarine hitting a Japanese fishing boat is an international incident.
bushlover at 11:47 AM JST - 11th January

Japanese school kids and crew drow but no one here hurt. Think about it mellowdrama ijiots.
mareo2 at 11:58 AM JST - 11th January

I can imagine the Somali pirates capturing all the MSDF warships. Good to be a pacific country, but dont rely so much on the USA power.
some14some at 05:50 PM JST - 11th January

I thought "drill" operations are carried out successfully in Japan. But seems drills may also bring thrills sometimes.
rainbowoinlalaland at 06:46 PM JST - 11th January

whats the excuse this time... idiocy at high sea?? perhaps they were at high tea?
borscht at 08:28 PM JST - 11th January

The Somalian pirates are shaking in their boots, now, let me tell you. If an MSDF officer asks to be on a pirate ship, should they accept or decline?

Re: US submarine sinking Japanese fishing boat: People DIED on that one; no one died here. The last time a MSDF ship KILLED a Japanese fisherman, the Japanese media was up in arms.
The_Marion at 09:16 PM JST - 11th January

I am having trouble trying to accept the fact that a submarine is a defensive entity
sharky1 at 10:08 PM JST - 11th January

This story is so stupid that it has to be true
shiuu at 08:00 AM JST - 12th January

Japanese Navy 2 -- Fishing Boats 0
oreoreda at 11:34 AM JST - 12th January

Look out Somalian pirates! And hopefully jankers all round for the officers and men involved. But I doubt it.