Taiwan Mistakenly Fires Supersonic 'Carrier Killer' Missile Towards China

Agence France-Presse ^ | July 01, 2016

[sukhoi-30mki]

TAIPEI, TAIWAN: A Taiwanese warship mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile towards China on Friday, the navy said, as ties between the island and its once bitter rival deteriorate.

The domestically developed Hsiung-feng III (Brave Wind) missile, with a range of 300 kilometres (around 200 miles), flew about 75 kilometres before plunging into waters off Penghu, a Taiwanese-administered island group in the Taiwan Strait.

[sukhoi-30mki]

Model of a home-grown supersonic Hsiung-feng III (Brave Wind) ship-to-ship missile in Taipei. (File photo)

[stanne]

Whoopsie

[FreedomGuru]

Oopps what that supposed to be the ‘red’ button?

[nickedknack]

“Mistake,” wink, wink, guffaw, chortle.

[Fhios]

300km sounds well within a carrier’s operating range. even within picket range. I wonder if the boats that launch them are speed boats.

[This_far]

Oopps what that supposed to be the ‘red’ button?

NASA lost its $125-million Mars Climate Orbiter because spacecraft engineers failed to convert from English to metric measurements when exchanging vital data before the craft was launched, space agency officials said Thursday.

(probably the same guy who made the red X on Microsofts X update..., guy's got a family to feed, gotta work somewhere)

[wbarmy]

Sad mistake, although it did show the Chinese that there might be a small hiccup with their planned invasion.

Taiwan might be taken, but there will be a lot of sunken ships and downed airplanes before it is over. They will be one expensive conquest.

[NonValueAdded]

The Bedford Incident II

Love, Queffle

[Bullish]

Yeah, we all know how easy it can be to fire off a missile by mistake.

[Larry Lucido]

Did you say press Lunch or Launch?

[Slings and Arrows]

Accident or “accident?”

[Larry Lucido]

“Hey Captain, did you hear that new rap album?”

“Yes, it’s full of raunch!”

“I can’t hear you! It’s full of what?”

“RAUNCH!”

[Slings and Arrows]

LOL!

[gigster]

Oops.

[Ken H]

FORE!

[Ken H]

Thread win!

[glock rocks]

You one sick puppy.

[Tai_Chung]

How would the missile launch kill the skipper?

[wally_bert]

I’m glad someone else remembers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgvYgobd17w

[arthurus]

mistakenly launched a supersonic "aircraft carrier killer" missile towards China on Friday, the navy said, as ties between the island and its once bitter rival deteriorate.

That there was a "mistake" is doubtful.