[103613] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Dubai impound ships suspected in cable damage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeff Shultz)
Tue Apr 8 20:20:23 2008
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:10:21 -0700
From: Jeff Shultz <jeffshultz@wvi.com>
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <47FC065D.8040200@ai.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
Deepak Jain wrote:
>
> There is no reason to assume these are civilian satellites. Any one of a
> number of affected or interested countries could have provided the
> imagery (or ship information) to Reliance. Its not saying *who* analyzed
> the images. ;)
>
> Then again, how are ship's captains supposed to know *where* they are
> allowed to drop anchor? Is there a "Call before you drop" anchor service
> similar to "call before you dig?"
>
> Deepak
Anchorages are normally VERY clearly marked on maritime navigation charts.
--
Jeff Shultz
