07-24-2008, 11:02 AM | #1 |
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You couldn't make this up...
This speaks for itself...let the comments begin...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7523147.stm |
07-24-2008, 11:09 AM | #2 |
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That's actually fairly common practice, to use old ships to test naval munitions on. You can't really tell how a weapon will perform unless you actually use it.
The most remarkable thing to me is that they felt it needed to be reported on. The footage of the explosion was pretty cool though -- broke it right in half! |
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But that's kinda the whole point of submarines, GeoffC, to kill the other guy when they're not looking. War is a nasty business, any way you slice it. I think they also cut some of the sinking time out of the footage, which made it look even faster.
Besides, I think that was only a frigate (and an old one, at that), it'd take at least two of those torps to kill a carrier. |
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Ahhhh ... not so much an EPA problem. Those old ships make fine reefs for fishies.
Cool video!! |
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also take into consideration, when they do these kinds of tests, they generally don't close the various hatches that are required to be closed during General Quarters. I'm not saying that the outcome would have been different, but simply would have taken longer.
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