Those wacky Iranian's at it again....

[WillBrink]

The initial report yesterday was an "shipboard accident." I figured the monkeys blew it up, trying to hammer a fuse into a torpedo.

They really should just stay on land. Not that they're too super there either, but water operations are not for them.

[Slater]

Denmark had a similar "oops" incident back in 1982, although there were no casualties (from Wiki):


On 6 September 1982, a Danish frigate, the HDMS Peder Skram, accidentally fired a Harpoon missile during maneuvers in the Kattegat. The missile traveled 34 kilometers at low level, severing several power lines before striking some trees after which it exploded. The fireball and subsequent shock wave destroyed four unoccupied summer cottages and damaged a further 130 buildings in the immediate vicinity. No human injury was reported.

A navy investigation into the matter concluded that a technical malfunction was the cause of the launch as it happened without the launch key being activated. The missile system had undergone maintenance and was in the process of being checked by an expert from the navy material command, who was later charged and convicted for negligence, though most charges were later dropped following a second investigation. McDonnell Douglas, the manufacturer of the missile later paid the Danish government compensation, which covered all the damage made by the missile.

[yoni]

The Persian people are great people for the most part and want to over thrown the mullahs.

I find no joy over the deaths of those sailors, but I am not crying either.

On a happy note, now that it has been published in the news of the region, Israeli F35 aircraft are flying over Iran pretty much all the time. G-D Bless the USA for building such a great plane and selling it to Israel which made it even better. When they go munitions free, I will be very happy if we take out the nuke threat.

[Slater]

Israel is a "special case" with regard to the F-35. IIRC, they're the only F-35 user that is allowed to install their own home-grown electronics.

[yoni]

On all American aircraft Israel puts in our own electronics. Also side mirrors.