Thursday, July 26, 2012

Burp...

Sorry... :-)


Too much GOOD food today!  Met up with Navy One for lunch (seafood fix), and met friends for dinner (Chinese fix).  Now I need a wheelbarrow to cart my ass off...


In other news, it appears the Aussies got to do another SINKEX during the last big exercise, so the little country that can fired a Mk-48 torpedo and sunk a fairly large ex-Navy ship with one 'round'... It hit under the bridge, broke the keel, and both halves sank in 40 minutes...


Now THAT is what you call firepower! :-)  Off to bed, early go in the morning (WAY too early actually)... Sigh...



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6 comments:

  1. eiaftinfoJuly 26, 2012 at 11:45 PM

    Seafood and Chinese - MMMMMmmmmm. I would be jealous if I hadn't stuffed myself with fresh Iowa sweetcorn and melon. Hopin' Mrs. B. will carry me to bed!

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  2. PaxfordJuly 27, 2012 at 5:41 AM

    Awwww... jealous! I never get to have lunch with two handsome guys these days

    btw.. the otherside of that news story on SINKEX... It was a Collins class sub... whoops! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-25/leaky-submarine/4154556

    Pax

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  3. EverettJuly 27, 2012 at 7:44 PM

    When I was flying the DASH drones off a tincan DD-864 The torps were stored in the space next to the hangar. They always told us the MK48's were nukes and the regular explosives were in the '46's.

    I guess they removed the nukie guts huh?

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  4. Broken AndyJuly 28, 2012 at 8:58 AM

    Nuke torpedos? That sounds like a bad idea.

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  5. Old NFOJuly 28, 2012 at 9:24 AM

    eia- I could do with corn and melon too! :-)

    Pax- Yep, Collins folks KNOW what they are doing!

    Ev- MK-48's don't need nukes! They do a good enough job without them!

    Andy- It is!!! :-)

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  6. Dirt SailorJuly 29, 2012 at 1:04 AM

    The first time I explained just how a MK 48 worked to a civilian, they decided to believe me- until I.pulled up the video from the last SINKEX.

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