Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MechAg94 on April 05, 2021, 08:48:49 PM
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A possible military explosive device washed ashore on a Florida beach
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/04/us/naval-mine-washes-ashore-on-florida-beach/index.html
The device, believed to be a sea mine, washed ashore in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea, a small beachfront town just north of Fort Lauderdale, Broward Sheriff's Office spokesperson Carey Codd said in a news release.
Naval mines are explosive devices left underwater to damage ships or submarines.
A sheriff's deputy discovered the device while on patrol around 2:30 a.m., after which deputies secured the area and closed off a small section of the beach.
What sort of explosive is "inert"?
(https://media.nbcmiami.com/2021/04/040421-naval-mine-lauderdale-by-the-sea.jpg?quality=85&strip=all&resize=850%2C478)
Possible Naval Explosive Device Found Washed Ashore in Lauderdale-by-the-Sea
https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/possible-naval-explosive-device-found-washed-ashore-in-lauderdale-by-the-sea/2420782/
So if you found this, would you report it or drag it home as a souvenir?
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Into the shed! =D
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It's mine!
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Well, in all fairness even though the mine (old Mark 6 contact mine which has not been in the US active arsenal since the late 60s/early 70s) it *could* possibly have a small charge in it for a flare or smoke. Inert just means it doesn't have a main charge. If I had found it it would have been in my backyard sitting right next to the Skeeter drone I would have picked up a couple of weeks ago. ;)
bob
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There's probably Space Shuttle pieces decorating folks' places as well.
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Well it doesn't look like a bail. That is what they are used to washing up.
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Well, in all fairness even though the mine (old Mark 6 contact mine which has not been in the US active arsenal since the late 60s/early 70s) it *could* possibly have a small charge in it for a flare or smoke. Inert just means it doesn't have a main charge. If I had found it it would have been in my backyard sitting right next to the Skeeter drone I would have picked up a couple of weeks ago. ;)
bob
Yes, I forgot the most deadly weapon in the navy was that little reduced size training bomb because the marking charge has quite the count of ordie thumbs and faces.
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Too bad it has "INERT" stenciled on it in giant letters. Would have made a nice yard ornament.
Brad
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Too bad it has "INERT" stenciled on it in giant letters. Would have made a nice yard ornament.
Brad
Paint is cheap enough. =D
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Too bad it has "INERT" stenciled on it in giant letters. Would have made a nice yard ornament.
Brad
Put it in your front yard then leave a stack of rings near the fence. Invite people to play ring toss.
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Into the shed! =D
Ahbey dah guhr ohum asure!
He says "touch his Hot Fuzz and he'll have you up on charges!"
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Ahbey dah guhr ohum asure!
He says "touch his Hot Fuzz and he'll have you up on charges!"
Nahh, zzlohtajnkk.
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Now that you mention it, you would need to install a loud ticker in it that would start when someone hit one of the spines with something.
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Beat me to it.... :)