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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: WWII russian sub story wanted.
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Date: 22 Apr 89 04:30:41 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>This would seem uncomfortable to be a U.S. officer in a
>semi-friendly alies vessel being depthcharged by your own
>people.  

"Friendly fire" is a constant hazard in wartime.  It happens much more
often than people think.  A recent case in point:  each side in the
Falklands War scored at least one "own goal" aircraft kill.

(In WW2 there was a standard joke about the aircraft recognition scheme
supposedly used by AA gunners in Britain.  It had just two categories:
"approaching, presumed hostile" and "receding, presumed friendly".)

                                     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
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