British warship fires dummy torpedo into nuclear naval base

Reuters ^ | March 14, 2014

[artichokegrower]

A British warship accidentally launched an inert torpedo during a training exercise on Wednesday, sending a dummy weapon crashing into a wharf at a naval base in southern England used by nuclear submarines.

[MasterGunner01]

Typo: Mk 11 launcher vice Mk 13. Mk 13 launcher is for the Standard SM-1 missile.

[MUDDOG]

Capt. Binghampton sank a truck on the beach with a topedo from PT-73.

[Hatteras]

[dfwgator]

[DakotaRed]

And here we thought it was only in the movies?

http://youtu.be/N2ttd48u0J0

[Tallguy]

Relax! I won’t fire one unless he fires one...

Firing One, Aye aye sir!

[Secret Agent Man]

someone got a new career cleaning toilets.

[faucetman]

“A British warship accidentally launched an inert torpedo during a training exercise on Wednesday, sending a dummy weapon crashing into a wharf at a naval base in southern England used by nuclear submarines.”

Let me apply this headline to the US.

An American warship accidentally launched a surface to air missile during a training exercise on Wednesday, sending a live weapon crashing into a commercial airliner off the coast Long Island.

[Rockpile]

Recall the US aircraft carrier that shot the Sidewinder (?) into the Turkish destroyer and killed their Captain and four other crew.

[Jet Jaguar]

Whoops.

Active duty ping.

[TADSLOS]

Was the sub painted pink?

[Mark17]

“Career limiting move” ...

More like career ENDING move.

[GeronL]

True

[GeronL]

They have a few, I hear even Canada has one or two for show

[hattend]

Good Movie!

[ThunderSleeps]

Yeah, the “limit” may be about as long as it takes them to process your discharge papers.

[Mark17]

Yeah, the “limit” may be about as long as it takes them to process your discharge papers.

Yes, that is true. I admit I know nothing about firing torpedoes, but would I be correct in assuming that either the Captain pushes the button, or someone standing right next to him does?