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Wreck of Australian Warship HMAS Sydney Found?

Posted by kdawson on from the frieght-and-salvage dept.

Mendy writes "Tim Ankers, a British archaeologist, claims to have found the wreck of the HMAS Sydney, lost with all hands in the Indian Ocean during World War II. He says that he's done this from the comfort of his home using software he wrote called Merlindown, which can analyze satellite photographs at different wavelengths to 'peer 75 meters into the earth and 16,000 meters beneath the seas.'"

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  1. Whhhaaaaa? Aussies had a Navy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    Whhhaaaaa? Aussies had a Navy?

  2. Re:Whhhaaaaa? Aussies had a Navy? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    schmuck: "I'm a Canuck"

    Hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha, not even good enough to be a US state. When Arkansas can kick your ass you have a lot to lie about.

  3. Still subjects of the Queen by scooter.higher · · Score: 0, Troll

    The Queen is still Head of State (or Monarch if you prefer) for Australia and Canada. So no, Australia doesn't have a navy so much as the Queen has naval forces in Australia. Why do you think the names of all the ships begin with "HM"?

    In the World Factbook, scroll down to "Executive branch" on these pages:
    Australia
    Canada

    The same information could easily be found in other places, pick your source of preference.

    Of course you could argue that Canada gained it's independence in 1982, but the fact remains that it is still a Commonwealth Realm.

    There. All of that and not one reference to Homer Simpson's comment about "America junior."

    --
    Ramen
  4. USpOnge by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    work that you departures of 0ther members in parties, but here

  5. Re:Whhhaaaaa? Aussies had a Navy? by encoderer · · Score: -1, Troll

    1. In 1812 America was 36 years old. Need I say more?

    2. We have 700,000,000 barrels of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It's called <i>Strategic</i> for a reason. <br>
    3. We don't need to <b>hold</b> your massive country. <b>Every One</b> of your major cities is within 200 miles of the US border, with the exception of Edmonton which is only 150 miles further north. Quebec, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Windsor, Winnipeg, Calgary and Vancouver are practically a stones-throw from the United States.
    4. You don't have very many people, really. There are ten times more Americans on this continent than Canadians.

  6. Re:If an "amateur" can do this ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    In particular, we should have been able to determine where Saddam's supposed hidden facilities were -- or that they were nonexistent -- and we should also be able to determine with a high degree of accuracy, the exact location of the Iranian nuclear weapons production facilities.


    We can. We did. Delta force and SAS agents made camp fires on the roofs of the factories for months. We've got web cams inside the iranian one right now. What's your point? It looks like you are confusing the existance of such facilities with politics of disclosure.