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I bet it was like a kicked ants nest after that...
[url= http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/defence/10697895/Navy-warship-accidentally-fires-torpedo-at-nucleur-dockyard.html ]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/industry/defence/10697895/Navy-warship-accidentally-fires-torpedo-at-nucleur-dockyard.html[/url]
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HMS Argyll was moored at Devonport Naval base in Plymouth when the 9ft missile suddenly shot out of its starboard side during a training drill.
Workers watched in disbelief as the tube-shaped projectile flew 200 yards through the air before blasting a hole in a security fence and slamming into a storage container.
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"During a training exercise, an inert Test Variant Torpedo unexpectedly jettisoned onto the wharf."
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unexpectedly jettisoned onto the wharf
who hasn't?
We can all get over-excited by a passing tug.
you do that on my watch and you'll get tossed overboard
*cleans watch*
I bet when that went off it scattered seamen all over the place.
[i]"It's carried on going before hitting a storage container. If anyone was inside it they would have a had a nasty shock - the whole side of the container was stoved in. [/i]
I don't doubt a little bit of poo would've come out 😕
Harry wins.
Thankyouverymuch. You've been a great crowd.
Now there's a dishonorable discharge if ever I saw one.
You'd think, however, first thing I knew about it was when it appeared in the local rag the next day!
Now there's a dishonorable discharge if ever I saw one.
*chortles*