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Old 9th Nov 2016, 15:29
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To both of you, the Blue Danubes were on Jurby Range. I do know they were not live but were shapes. I suspect these were ballistic stores without any electronic package. Up until the range closed it was cleared for practice bombs up to 10,000lbs. Periodically fishermen petition the MOD to clear the range as their nets snag.

At Luce Bay the weapons were Yellow Sun 2 shapes. These probably had access panels and control knobs etc but no electronics. They were dropped in trials to prove the pop up attack procedures. To say the results were interesting is an understatement. Overshoots in the region of 3,500 yards were common until some crews started using the automate ballistics.
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