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(...) Well, Spain *does* have warships. They even have an Aircraft Carrier! Honest! (...) Dunno about them, but cod fishers are known to have almost started wars both in Newfoundland and in Iceland. You should know... ;-) Pedro (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: "Canadians. With guns. And a warship. What is this world coming to?"
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(...) Or codfish poachers from Europe in general... ;-) Pedro (who loves norwegian codfish for dinner) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: "Canadians. With guns. And a warship. What is this world coming to?"
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(...) ...which points to a far greater improbability than Canadian warships (which are actually not that uncommon historically)--*Spanish* warships. Not bloody likely! (Also: Are salmon poachers really that well-armed?) LFB (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: "Canadians. With guns. And a warship. What is this world coming to?"
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(...) Not only that, but inaccurate. We do have 4 FFG's serving with OP Apollo (Vancouver is not in the gulf...she is with the John C Stennis CVBG). However, there is also a DDG and a AOR from Canada in the gulf right now as well (6 ships total). (...) (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | Re: "Canadians. With guns. And a warship. What is this world coming to?"
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(...) most advanced frigate types in the world. We primarily use them to shoot salmon poachers from Spain though. Calum (23 years ago, 9-Feb-02, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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