【12人被捕的三種可能,兼尋果洲群島目擊者】
(Engish version below)
12港人失蹤一個月,音訊全無。家屬和律師們除了盡力確定他們如今身處何方,同樣重要的是想方法了解他們失蹤的經過。
根據各方消息,12人是在8月23日早上七點至九點多這段期間,一起於香港東面水域失蹤的。
郭卓堅引述的「目擊者」指,12人是於該日早上八點多九點,於香港水域內果洲群島東南面的「一尺排」(或稱「一尺石」)停船期間,被一艘高速駛至的白色中國海警船越境逮捕。
中國海警則指,12人是於當日早上九點多,於北緯21°54'00'',東經114°53'00''的中國水域毗鄰區被捕。
兩點相差約66公里,即35.6海浬。
先假設兩個講法都正確,有一個可能是中國海警先在香港水域內控制12人,再把他們帶到中國水域毗鄰區遊一圈,以掩飾越境執法的事實,再帶到深圳扣留。
但是,根據維基百科「中國海警」條目,近40艘中國海警船中,航速最快的是行25節的2901號,即時速46.3公里。就算用最高速航行,也要近個半小時才能行完66公里。如果按郭引述的「目擊者」說的時間地點,即海警和12人於早上九點仍在「一尺排」,則似乎不能如海警公布那樣,於九點多出現在所指的中國水域毗鄰區。
第二個可能是,中國海警在「一尺排」控制12人後,直接就帶回深圳,根本未有在所說的時間和地點駛到毗鄰區,提供資料只為轉移視線。
第三個可能是,郭引述的「目擊者」說謊,中國海警沒有越境在「一尺排」拉人,而是在中國水域及毗鄰區成功追截12人。
要向真相前進一步並非不可能,一係證明郭卓堅錯,一係證明中國海警錯。要證明郭卓堅錯很簡單,海事處只需公開8月23日早上果洲群島「一尺排」附近的雷達紀錄,指出並沒有他聲稱的船隻活動即可。這亦是家屬早前到警察總部報案的要求。
在此也呼籲目擊者和知情人士繼續報料。
中國海警船條目:https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E6%B5%B7%E8%AD%A6%E8%88%B9
[3 possibilities re: the arrest of 12 HK youths, looking for witnesses to the arrest near Ninepin Islands]
12 Hong Kong people disappeared a month ago and there has been no news since. In addition to trying their best to determine where they are now, the family members and lawyers are also importantly trying to understand the details of their disappearance.
According to various sources, the 12 people disappeared in Hong Kong’s eastern waters during the period between 7 am and 9 am on August 23.
A witness quoted by KWOK Cheuk-kin stated that the 12 people were arrested in Hong Kong waters south east of Ninepin Islands at "One Foot Row" also known as "One Foot Rock" after 8am and closer to 9am. A white Chinese Coast Guard boat approached at high speed crossing into Hong Kong waters to make the arrest.
According to the Chinese Coast Guard, 12 people were arrested in Chinese waters adjacent to Hong Kong at 21°54'00'' north latitude and 114°53'00'' east longitude at around nine o'clock that morning.
The difference between the two points is about 66 kilometers or 35.6 nautical miles.
Assuming that both statements are correct, one possibility is that the Chinese Coast Guard first escorted the 12 people from Hong Kong waters to the adjacent area in Chinese waters in order to conceal the fact that they were enforcing the law across the border, and then they were taken to Shenzhen for detention.
However, according to the Wikipedia "China Coast Guard" entry, among the nearly 40 Chinese Coast Guard ships, the fastest is No. 2901 with 25 knots or 46.3 km/h. Even at the highest speed, it would take nearly half an hour to cover 66 kilometers. If according to the time and place stated by the "witnesses" cited by Mr KWOK, that is, the maritime police and 12 people were still in the "One-Foot Rock" at nine o'clock in the morning, it seems that they cannot have been at the point stated by the Chinese Coast Guard in Chinese Waters at 9am.
The second possibility is that after detaining the 12 people at "One-Foot Row" the Chinese Coast Guard brought them back directly to Shenzhen. They did not go to the claimed adjacent area in Chinese waters and this formation was provided to divert attention.
The third possibility is that the witnesses cited by KWOK lied and the Chinese Coast Guard did not cross the border to arrest the people near "One-Foot Row" but successfully pursued and caught the 12 people in Chinese waters.
It is not impossible to find the truth. One possibility proves that KWOK Cheuk-kin is wrong and the other proves that China Coast Guard is wrong. To prove KWOK Cheuk-kin is wrong is simple, the Marine Department only needs to publish the radar records near "One-Foot Row" off the Ninepin Islands on the morning of August 23, stating that there was no vessel activity as he claimed. This was also the request of the family when they reported to the Police Headquarters earlier.
I also call on witnesses and people familiar with the matter to come forward.
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這款大家應該都很熟,原為二戰運輸機C-47原,在1960年代越戰期間,改裝成空中砲艇「AC-47」,代號「幽靈」(Spooky),綽號被稱「噴火神龍」(Puff, the Magic Dragon,出自1963年發表的美國流行歌曲〈魔法龍帕夫〉)
美軍在C-47的兩個窗開口上,以及所有左側的貨艙門上安裝3挺M134機槍(Minigun),其主要功能是為地面部隊實行近距空中支援,可以提供綿密的火網支援,有效火力覆蓋約為一個平均直徑47.5公尺的微橢圓面,由於在越南戰場上得到實戰驗證,獲得駐越美軍的尊敬與仰賴,這也是美軍首個空中砲艇的始祖
#VietnamReviited
The Douglas AC-47 Spooky (also nicknamed "Puff, the Magic Dragon") was the first in a series of gunships developed by the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War. It was designed to provide more firepower than light and medium ground-attack aircraft in certain situations when ground forces called for close air support.
In August 1964, years of fixed-wing gunship experimentation reached a new peak with Project Tailchaser under the direction of Capt. John C. Simons. This test involved the conversion of a single Convair C-131B to be capable of firing a single GAU-2/A Minigun at a downward angle out of the left side of the aircraft. Even crude grease pencil crosshairs were quickly discovered to enable a pilot flying in a pylon turn to hit a stationary area target with relative accuracy and ease. The Armament Development and Test Center tested the craft at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, but lack of funding soon suspended the tests. In 1964, Capt. Ron W. Terry returned from temporary duty in Vietnam as part of an Air Force Systems Command team reviewing all aspects of air operations in counter-insurgency warfare, where he had noted the usefulness of C-47s and C-123s orbiting as flare ships during night attacks on fortified hamlets. He received permission to conduct a live-fire test using the C-131 and revived the side-firing gunship program.
By October, Capt. Terry's team under Project Gunship provided a C-47D, which was converted to a similar standard as the Project Tailchaser aircraft and armed with three miniguns, which were initially mounted on locally fabricated mounts—essentially strapped gun pods intended for fixed-wing aircraft (SUU-11/A) onto a mount allowing them to be fired remotely out the port side. Captain Terry and a testing team arrived at Bien Hoa Air Base, South Vietnam, on 2 December 1964, with equipment needed to modify two C-47s. The first test aircraft (43-48579, a C-47B-5-DK mail courier converted to C-47D standard by removal of its superchargers) was ready by 11 December, the second by 15 December, and both were allocated to the 1st Air Commando Squadron for combat testing. The newly dubbed "FC-47" often operated under the radio call sign "Puff". Its primary mission involved protecting villages, hamlets, and personnel from mass attacks by VC guerrilla units.
Puff's first significant success occurred on the night of 23–24 December 1964. An FC-47 arrived over the Special Forces outpost at Tranh Yend in the Mekong Delta just 37 minutes after an air support request, fired 4,500 rounds of ammunition, and broke the Viet Cong attack. The FC-47 was then called to support a second outpost at Trung Hung, about 20 miles (32 km) away. The aircraft again blunted the VC attack and forced a retreat. Between 15 and 26 December, all the FC-47's 16 combat sorties were successful. On 8 February 1965, an FC-47 flying over the Bong Son area of Vietnam’s Central Highlands demonstrated its capabilities in the process of blunting a Viet Cong offensive. For over four hours, it fired 20,500 rounds into a Viet Cong hilltop position, killing an estimated 300 Viet Cong troops.
The early gunship trials were so successful, the second aircraft was returned to the United States early in 1965 to provide crew training. In July 1965, Headquarters USAF ordered TAC to establish an AC-47 squadron. By November 1965, a total of five aircraft were operating with the 4th Air Commando Squadron, activated in August as the first operational unit, and by the end of 1965, a total of 26 had been converted. Training Detachment 8, 1st Air Commando Wing, was subsequently established at Forbes AFB, Kansas. In Operation Big Shoot, the 4th ACS in Vietnam grew to 20 AC-47s (16 aircraft plus four reserves for attrition).
The 4th ACS deployed to Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Vietnam, on 14 November 1965. Now using the call sign "Spooky", each of its three 7.62 mm miniguns could selectively fire either 50 or 100 rounds per second. It can be seen in action here. Cruising in an overhead left-hand orbit at 120 knots air speed at an altitude of 3,000 feet (910 m), the gunship could put a bullet or glowing red tracer (every fifth round) bullet into every square yard of a football field-sized target in potentially less than 10 seconds. And, as long as its 45-flare and 24,000-round basic load of ammunition held out, it could do this intermittently while loitering over the target for hours.
In May 1966, the squadron moved north to Nha Trang Air Base to join the newly activated 14th Air Commando Wing. The 3rd Air Commando Squadron was activated at Nha Trang on 5 April 1968 as a second AC-47 squadron, with both squadrons redesignated as Special Operations Squadrons on 1 August 1968. Flights of both squadrons were stationed at bases throughout South Vietnam, and one flight of the 4th SOS served at Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base with the 432nd Tactical Reconnaissance Wing. The superb work of the two AC-47 squadrons, each with 16 AC-47s flown by aircrews younger than the aircraft they flew, was undoubtedly a key contributor to the award of the Presidential Unit Citation to the 14th Air Commando Wing in June 1968.
One of the most publicized battles of the Vietnam War was the siege of Khe Sanh in early 1968, known as "Operation Niagara". More than 24,000 tactical and 2700 B-52 strikes dropped 110,000 tons of ordnance in attacks that averaged over 300 sorties per day. During the two and a half months of combat in that tiny area, fighters were in the air day and night. At night, AC-47 gunships kept up a constant chatter of fire against enemy troops. During darkness, AC-47 gunships provided illumination against enemy troops.
The AC-47D gunship should not be confused with a small number of C-47s which were fitted with electronic equipment in the 1950s. Prior to 1962, these aircraft were designated AC-47D. When a new designation system was adopted in 1962, these became EC-47Ds. The original gunships had been designated FC-47D by the United States Air Force, but with protests from fighter pilots, this designation was changed to AC-47D during 1965. Of the 53 aircraft converted to AC-47 configuration, 41 served in Vietnam and 19 were lost to all causes, 12 in combat. Combat reports indicate that no village or hamlet under Spooky Squadron protection was ever lost, and a plethora of reports from civilians and military personnel were made about AC-47s coming to the rescue and saving their lives.
As the United States began Project Gunship II and Project Gunship III, many of the remaining AC-47Ds were transferred to the Vietnam Air Force, the Royal Lao Air Force, and to Cambodia's Khmer Air Force, after Prince Norodom Sihanouk was deposed in a coup by General Lon Nol.
A1C John L. Levitow, an AC-47 loadmaster with the 3rd SOS, received the Medal of Honor for saving his aircraft, Spooky 71, from destruction on 24 February 1969 during a fire support mission at Long Binh. The aircraft was struck by an 82-mm mortar round that inflicted 3,500 shrapnel holes, wounding Levitow 40 times, but he used his body to jettison an armed magnesium flare, which ignited shortly after Levitow ejected it from the aircraft, allowing the AC-47 to return to base. #Phoenix
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印度自製重型魚雷Varunastra HWT (Heavy Weight Torpedo),已經實裝在軍艦和潛水艦為水下攻擊武器,重達1500公斤,長度7~8公尺,直徑533公釐,操作範圍40公里,深度最大範圍400公尺,時速40海浬,採主被動聲納系統操作
#Made_In_India
VARUNASTRA Heavy-weight Torpedo
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The Varunastra is an Indian advanced heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo, developed by Naval Science and Technological Laboratory of the DRDO for the Indian Navy. It is the only torpedo in the world to have a GPS-based locating aid.
Varunastra has conformal array transducer which enables it look at wider angles than most common torpedoes. It also has an advanced autonomous guidance algorithms with low drift navigational aids, insensitive warhead which can operate in various combat scenarios.Varunastra torpedo is capable of targeting quiet and stealthy submarines, both in deep and littoral waters in intense counter measure environment.
Specifications:
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Weight : 1,500 kg (3,300 lb)
Length : 7 to 8 metres (23 to 26 ft)
Diameter : 533 mm (21.0 in)
Warhead : High explosive
Warhead weight : 250 kg (550 lb)
Engine : Electric
Operational range : 40 km (25 mi)
Maximum depth : 400 metres (1,300 ft)
Speed: 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)
Guidance system :Wire-guided, active-passive acoustic homing
Launch platform : Ships , Submarines
source : wiki
Image credits : DRDO
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