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Triton

posted on 29/7/08 at 09:43 PM Reply With Quote
ooopps

http://gizmodo.com/5030589/megatorpedo-sinks-destroyer-in-one-hit





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David Jenkins

posted on 30/7/08 at 07:54 AM Reply With Quote
Not really an 'oops' - it was a redundant warship!

Scary though...

[Edited on 30/7/08 by David Jenkins]






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scotty g

posted on 30/7/08 at 08:10 AM Reply With Quote
OMG, that is one bally awsome peice of weaponry, once it broke in half the rear section just vanished under water!
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Peteff

posted on 30/7/08 at 09:28 AM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Not really an 'oops' - it was a redundant warship!

Scary though...


It was probably £2,000,000 at today's scrap prices





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I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.

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Triton

posted on 30/7/08 at 10:09 AM Reply With Quote
The world has gone potty......





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Mr Whippy

posted on 30/7/08 at 12:29 PM Reply With Quote
Are not all warships redundant now? Against weapons like that do they have any real purpose? I doubt even an aircraft carrier could take a hit like that, subs are most powerful weapons on the planet.





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David Jenkins

posted on 30/7/08 at 12:35 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
subs are most powerful weapons on the planet.


Except they can be tracked by satellite and/or fixed sea-bed sonar installations, and relatively easy to knock out with a helicopter and sub-seeking underwater missiles (torpedos that can go downwards).






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Mr Whippy

posted on 30/7/08 at 01:36 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
quote:
Originally posted by Mr Whippy
subs are most powerful weapons on the planet.


Except they can be tracked by satellite and/or fixed sea-bed sonar installations, and relatively easy to knock out with a helicopter and sub-seeking underwater missiles (torpedos that can go downwards).


Their quite tricky to actually find when down deep, satellites can only detect them when near the surface. They'll always be counter measures but given they have 3/4 of the planet surface to hide, subs do go missing never to be found again it’s an awful large area to pick them out. Hide under the ice sheet and no one will find it but they can still launch around 200 nuke warheads per sub in a matter of minutes. What else comes even close to that fire power and stealth.





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scotty g

posted on 30/7/08 at 03:19 PM Reply With Quote
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What else comes even close to that fire power and stealth.



Tansformers!

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Mr Whippy

posted on 30/7/08 at 03:39 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by scotty g
quote:

What else comes even close to that fire power and stealth.



Tansformers!


ah silly me...





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chrsgrain

posted on 30/7/08 at 08:30 PM Reply With Quote
Looks like the film was cut (a bit) and it really depends if they shut all the watertight doors and hatches.... It will still sink if you do, but hopefully a bit slower than that!

Chris





Spoing! - the sound of an irony meter breaking...

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David Jenkins

posted on 30/7/08 at 08:47 PM Reply With Quote
I'm not so sure - the ship folded like a banana when the torpedo went off. I'd be surprised if the internal structure wasn't ripped apart at that point.

I read somewhere recently that they don't try to hit the ship any more, they just try to explode underneath it and let the pressure wave do the damage.






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Simon

posted on 2/8/08 at 06:45 PM Reply With Quote
Good to see they're still polluting the oceans completely unnecessarily!

Impressive bang though!

ATB

Simon

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martyn_16v

posted on 3/8/08 at 07:53 PM Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Some fool on that other site
We're sharing this technology with Australia?!!! That's just great.


I'd be far happier if it was just in Australian hands, they've got a better record when it comes to actually shooting the enemy instead of their friends






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focijohn

posted on 8/8/08 at 05:32 PM Reply With Quote
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What else comes even close to that fire power and stealth.





Chuck Norris





Anyone going slower than you is an idiot. Anyone going faster than you is a maniac.
Too many targets but too few bullets.

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