No aviation content, but some interesting pics.
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No aviation content, but some interesting pics.
Of interest to military types. If not found interesting, proceed directly to F-35 thread to resuscitate yourself with aviation content.
Navy destroyer damaged by test missile explosion - CNNPolitics.com
Navy destroyer damaged by test missile explosion - CNNPolitics.com
Rare, but not that unusual. of the 400+ Bloodhound Mk 1 and Mk 2's that were fired from Woomera and Aberporth between 1958 and 1986, at least 4 suffered boost motor explosions at some point during the first 2-3 seconds of flight. When they were phased out of service, the 1200 odd live boost motors that were going spare were taken to Orfordness (according to a bloke I know who was involved in the operation), bolted down and fired. According to my source two of the motors exploded instead of playing horizontal roman candle.
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Here is a link to a video of the RN having a misfire of the Sea Dart system, not quite as plan...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JFDu-2aMfg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JFDu-2aMfg
This document has some detail on why the Sea Dart firing was a failure. 12 year old (Life Ex) Chow rocket boost motor suffered a propellant / insulation bonding failure.
http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/about/peo...quirements.pdf
http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/about/peo...quirements.pdf