[nython]

> The plan called for the Navy to sneak a nuclear-powered submarine, nearly two football fields long, into the waters off North Korea and then deploy a small team of SEALs in two mini-subs, each about the size of a killer whale

The lengths some people willing to go just not to use the metric system

[neilv]

People died under troubling circumstances. Hopefully the strange quirks of the news org's writing style don't derail discussion.

[marcosdumay]

A football field is close to 100m, independently of whether people manage the balls with their feet or with their hands.

[fnordpiglet]

And killer whales are about the size of mini subs whether people steer them with their feet or hands too!

[ProAm]

100 yds :)

[marcosdumay]

1 yard is ~0.9 m

[ProAm]

1 foot is 0.3048 m