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Russian frigate narrowly avoids blasting ITSELF in failed weapon test as cruise missile spins in the air before exploding in the sea just yards from the vessel
Daily Mail UK ^
| Will Stewart
Posted on 04/29/2021 6:42:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The video was uploaded to a Russian site showing the failed launch.
In the video, the missile is seen launching from the ship, but within moments spins out of control before pointing dangerously back towards the vessel.
Fortunately for the crew, the missile appears to break up-mid and falls in multiple pieces down into the sea, yards away from the frigate.
But a few seconds after the missile vanishes below the water, some large flashes are shown beneath the surface, and the water is shown bubbling from the heat.
It is unclear what could have happened had the missile fallen back onto the warship, but from the video it looks like the ship was a matter of yards from disaster.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fail; frigate; missile; navy; russian
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:42:55 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: Army Air Corps
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:45:03 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
To: BenLurkin
3
posted on
04/29/2021 6:45:03 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: BenLurkin
Thank You for the thread!
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:45:24 PM PDT
by
KC_Lion
To: BenLurkin
it is unclear what could have happened had the missile fallen back onto the warship
Really?
5
posted on
04/29/2021 6:46:32 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:48:36 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: mylife
The early models of the Soviet equivalent of the Stinger missile had two problems:
1. If they were operated on a sunny day, they would attempt to shoot down the sun.
2. if they went off course, they would lock on the tube that the missile was shot from, which was still very hot. Unfortunately, this was usually still on the shoulder of the person who fired the missile.
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:49:48 PM PDT
by
The Antiyuppie
(When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
To: BenLurkin
Somebody’s going to Siberia.
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:49:53 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: BenLurkin
Betcha that ship had a poop deck afterwards.
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:51:14 PM PDT
by
McGruff
To: BenLurkin
That wasn’t a ‘failed weapons test’ —it was more of a ‘failed-weapon test’. The test successfully revealed a problem.
To: KC_Lion
How does one say, “Uh, we meant to do that!” in Russian?
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:52:51 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: McGruff
Yeah, every deck was the poop deck. ;)
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:53:58 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:54:13 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:54:42 PM PDT
by
Noumenon
(The Second Amendment exists primarily to deal with those who just won't take no for an answer. KTF)
To: BenLurkin
Russian who launched the missile: “What?! Oh, frigate!”
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:57:48 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(End vote fraud, harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
To: BenLurkin
VAMPIRE! VAMPIRE! VAMPIRE!
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posted on
04/29/2021 6:58:40 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there is no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. P144:1)
To: BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Once it has left the launcher, Mr. Missile is no longer your friend.
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posted on
04/29/2021 7:01:59 PM PDT
by
Steely Tom
([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
To: BenLurkin
Our stuff works first time, every time.
Theirs and China’s work some to most of the time.
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posted on
04/29/2021 7:05:06 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: BenLurkin
Think thats impressive, wait til the hypersonic one does that...
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posted on
04/29/2021 7:05:31 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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