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		hunterpayne 76 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I may have found a way to spot U.S. at-sea strikes... Fishermen fly flags of the country in which their boat is registered.

swiftcoder 76 days ago | [–]

Far offshore? Ideally yes. But on the 30km voyage from San Juan de Unare to Trinidad? I hardly expect a small fishing boat to be flying an ensign in that scenario

barbazoo 76 days ago | [–]

There are different kinds of boats. Most of them I'd say don't fly any flags.

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