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Sunday, July 29, 2012
Gotcha! HMCS Victoria torpedoes US navy ship
Two weeks ago the Royal Canadian Navy achieved something that, as recently as a year ago, many thought impossible: One of its submarines fired a fully armed torpedo.
Not only that, it hit the mark and sank a decommissioned U.S. navy ship in less than 15 minutes.
The submarine was HMCS Victoria and it fired a heavyweight MK48 torpedo as part of RIMPAC naval exercises off the island of Kauai, Hawaii.
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Tuna boats all over the world will shudder with fear at the..."Power"..of the Canadian Navy....snicker...
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