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- redrock34, on 10/11/2007, -1/+27You sunk my battleship!
- Jezon, on 10/11/2007, -1/+19Okay, can we all agree that it was a ship of some sort and that it was indeed split in two by something that went BOOM!?
- mstrebe, on 10/11/2007, -1/+12@dumrocker101: Why make up details? That's a Canadian Tribal class Frigate.
- Vito82, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9umm, no it's an old unused destroyer used as a target.
- captainpat, on 10/11/2007, -1/+9American? Canadian? It's Australian you Bozo's. HMAS Torrens was a River Class Destroyer Escort. It paid off in 1998 and was sunk as a target by the submarine HMAS Farndomb off Western Australia on 14 June 1999.
- sipsyrup, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8how can you be let down by this?
- digghasnoethics, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Didn't even get the mechanism quite right. Most torpedoes work this way, attempting to break the back of the ship. What they do however is to explode under the keel, first lifting the ship in the middle with the gas bubble. Then the gas in the bubble cools, collapses, and escapes, creating a void that the ship falls into. Its like bending a spoon, flex it one way, flex it the other and hopefully it fractures or breaks in half.
- Stephenishere, on 10/11/2007, -8/+13wtf, i read tornado. That was a let down :(
- codyman, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6eBay
- gutterboy, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6Ahhh curse my internal struggle. I hate war and I think it is a tragic vestige of our past but ***** ***** do i love seeing ***** get blown up.
- indiephoenix, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4Yeah, they are pretty nasty. On top of that, there are numerous countries that have torpedoes that fire faster than ships are able to react and compensate for. Submarines are the true snipers of the seas (Yeah, I kind of wanted an excuse for alliteration.)
- BugMeNot2, on 10/11/2007, -2/+6Torpedoes are serious business.
- rnelsonee, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Well, the torpedo doesn't hit anything - they explode beneath the target. Since water doesn't compress (much), the torpedo does more damage if it detonates underneath the ship, where the force is directed to more parts of the ship, rather than just one point (as it would only do damage locally, as ships are compartmentalized).
- Mullinator, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Just want to point out that this is the exact same effect used by the famous bouncing bombs used by the British in WW2 to destroy the fortified and heavily guarded damns being used to help build the German war machine. They would explode underwater a few meters away from the damns wall because the force created from the void of water being filled in was far more destructive to the damn than if the explosives were placed right against the wall.
- indiephoenix, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2While it's true that a greater payload would increase the amount of damage, most missiles and shells used by other Navies wouldn't leave a ship nearly as incapacitated as this. That's not to mention the disparity in effectiveness of anti-missile defenses versus anti-torpedo defensive measures (anti-missile being better than anti-torp.) Even if a missile/shell hits the bridge, you still have the CIC to coordinate actions while engineering can take control of steering.
Don't get me wrong, a well placed explosive can be quite effective as was proven by the USS Cole incident. I'd still be more worried about subs in the open ocean though. - ADIDAS247, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Thank you for sailing Carnival Cruise Lines, have a nice day
- Cyclonic, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3wow, never realized they were THAT powerful.
- KenMo, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Trolls are dugg down.. Bye Bye
- KenMo, on 10/11/2007, -1/+3Gosh you are so smart. Do you feel superior now?
- tehrob, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1spell check still working?
- DragonGirl724, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1The Destroyer was destroyed...
- Electrosaurus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Thank you! I'm glad someone else pointed this out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Farncomb_(SSG_74) - spudnic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1I think that depends entirely on the size of the missile payload/shell
- spudnic, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1What about in 'weird' then? And 'conscience'? 'Forfeit'?
That I before E saying is the worst ever. There are more exceptions than there are times it's true. - jester55, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1jester wants big boom
- misconfig, on 10/11/2007, -0/+1Brings a entire meaning to the word, destroyer.
- lostsinner, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0And only on weekends
And all throughout May - onnoot, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1It looks like a scale model to me.
- spillingvoid, on 10/11/2007, -2/+1Cool vid but thats actually one on the destroyers we sold to Mexico or some other Alley. IT was probably build in the early 50s and based off from WWII tech and hit with a modern torpedo....Had an awesome effect either way
- stolenisotope1, on 10/11/2007, -3/+2Dude! Where the hell do I buy one of these?
- Radionesiac, on 10/11/2007, -4/+3i like turtpedos
- Dingle, on 10/11/2007, -4/+2Peices?
i before e
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as in neighbor and weigh - indiephoenix, on 10/11/2007, -2/+0This is why submarines and anti-submarine warfare shouldn't be taken lightly. Most ships these days can withstand multiple missiles and/or projectiles but a well place torpedo is fatal. Not much you can do when the keel of a ship is broken.
- bashfulczar, on 10/11/2007, -5/+1You beat me to it.
- Piyh, on 10/11/2007, -7/+3It explodes in two different places.
@52cards, WTF A) Your being racist, and B) They aren't speaking English you douche - hawk0168, on 10/11/2007, -7/+1That, and it probably hit a weapons cache.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -41/+1hahaha, die you stupid americans
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