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Originally Posted by NatCh
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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In the dim and distant past worked at Gould in the test department on the Mark 48 - affectionately knows as the green weenie. If you watch the explosion it is midship, blowing water from underneath the ship. A ship isn't designed to support itself only on the bow & stern.