Just want to say their radar sucks. Seems a WW2 sub could do better than these idiots.
And yes I say idiots because it is people like them that have turned whaling into a nationalism thing.
However, This business of accepting being terrorized on the high seas is likely to come to an end soon. Either the Japanese military has stashed a commando force on one of the whale boats or they are preparing to lob a weapon at it. In my opinion.
Why else do you think Japan is acting so weirdly? No reports of flash grenades or more fantasy assassination attempts.
My guess is the crew of the hostile ship will either be captured and taken back to Japan for trial and the Irwin scuttled. Or they are waiting for the right moment to blow them out of the water.
And what will happen? They will die or rot in jail but so will whaling. The fleet goes out in defiance because it is costing several times more to go out than they get from supposed profits selling the whale meat. When it goes back to just Greenpeace taking pictures I suspect they will just shut down.
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