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Australian-made torpedo sinks US warship
* Australian-made torpedo sinks US warship* Warship was due to be retired * Explosive fun part of war games AN Australian submarine has used a new super torpedo to sink an American warship off Hawaii. The Courier-Mail reports HMAS Waller fired the heavyweight Mark 48 torpedo, which the US and Australian navies say is the world's deadliest, during war games this week. Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon said the torpedo had been jointly developed by Australia and the United States and was used in the planned sinking of a retired US warship. "This represents the first new heavyweight torpedo warshot to be fired by either Navy. Just as significant is the fact that the torpedo was assembled in Australia," Mr Fitzgibbon said. Video @ link Posted by: Oztralian 2008-07-25 |
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