28 out of 43 means you're cruising towards the territory of x00% inflated-data dude.

if you'd mentioned you were defining "submarine-collision" to include damage you'd settle at small-claims over a ripped net which the sub doesn't flinch at, i think most would have a problem accepting it and the 43 number. failing to mention it was certainly convenient to your interests though.

who do you think i might be? just because you lose an argument doesn't mean there's a conspiracy-afloat dude. let it go, you'll win plenty more and lose plenty more in life, you just started at a disadvantage on this one and stretched some data out of laziness. i sit around looking for misrepresentations and distortions in documents and data all day, do it enough and you recognize it fast. i'm not infallible, but i care about the veracity and applicability of what you put in front of me. I've got an MALD from the fletcher school of law and diplomacy, half or more of the classes there are security-related.

c62's a primary-resource on this and i'll listen to whatever he has to say. i've got some fundamental-understanding of the topic and don't have to rely on google. the problem with google is you're going to get a bunch of repeated news stories lacking in scope, detail and followup, a bunch of biased sources like the op-ed you used, a bunch of sites lacking the credibility needed to be accepted by the un, academia, ngo's, ho's, bitches or whoever you submitted it to. then out of the top-25 returns, maybe 2-3 are worth looking at, but you'd need to spend some time there .

commercial fishing's one of the most dangerous jobs, submarines are about as much of a threat to fishermen as lightning or white sharks are to us.

the subs seem about as fazed by "colliding" with fishing nets as a rhino would be if you put a napkin on it's nose and towing a snagged tugboat a bit then breaking the line seems to be closer to hooking a killer-whale on a flyrod with your hands crazy-glued to the rod-the tugs are going to go for a ride, the giant thing with a nuclear-powerplant isn't going to suffer.