Chilean sub pop's the hatch in Acapulco Mexico [Archive]

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I-25

08-28-07, 11:09 PM

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/ap/20070829/img/pwl-mexico-chilean-submarin-411a30cfe42d0.html

Swede

08-29-07, 12:04 AM

Is it just me, or does that picture look a bit... fake?

bookworm_020

08-29-07, 12:19 AM

It looks fake to me. Would a sub commander take his sub that close to shore? I don't think so. Then again, there may be some nice looking women on the beach that the binoculars don't do justice to!:hmm:

diver

08-29-07, 02:06 AM

the pic does look fake. But on the other hand the Chilean Navy are a crazy bunch of life-loving maniacs.

VonHammer

08-29-07, 08:06 AM

it seems like somebody spent some time in photoshop.

AntEater

08-29-07, 10:17 AM

Looking at google earth, it seems the port of Acapulco is in a river estuary, so that by going there, you surely would pass quite close to a beach.

Same situation as going into Rostock. You passed Warnemünde Beach on one side with only around 50-100 meters distance to the beach.
Of course all hands and all binoculars were watching to starboard while approaching the Warnow estuary and navy ships develop a noticable list to starboard going in and port going out.
I wonder what resolutions the new electro-optical scanning systems can archieve at that distances.

:ping::rotfl:

On the other hand, Acapulco, isnt exactly on a straight course for San Diego anyway, being almost in Baja California, so the visit might have been exactly for that purpose.

I-25

08-29-07, 11:23 AM

actually it ain't fake. On the mexican news there was a report on it with video n' all.

heres the report from a mexican news paper
http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=319937

Lafferty

08-29-07, 09:42 PM

thats what happens when you drink and sail a sub.

Swede

08-30-07, 01:30 AM

actually it ain't fake. On the mexican news there was a report on it with video n' all.

heres the report from a mexican news paper
http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=319937

Well if the mexican news report it, its gotta be true:yep:

micky1up

08-30-07, 01:45 AM

i remember sitting off the british virgin isles in 95 on HMS valiant but not closer than a couple of miles ,some very nice yachts came out to see us with topless females made our little trip a dream ;)

Jimbuna

08-30-07, 04:27 AM