"Missing a torpedo?" Topic

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Editor in Chief Bill	04 Oct 2017 6:42 p.m. PST
Explosive ordnance experts from the Royal Thai Navy base in Phang Nga this afternoon confirmed that the object found on Nai Yang Beach yesterday (Oct 3) is in fact a torpedo, potentially almost a century old. link
Vigilant	05 Oct 2017 12:07 a.m. PST
Reminds me of the Bob Newhart sketch about the policeman who finds a torpedo on the beach.
TMPWargamerabbit	05 Oct 2017 7:12 a.m. PST
I like the photos of several bomb tech walking on the actual "they hope its a dud" torpedo.
Editor in Chief Bill	05 Oct 2017 6:59 p.m. PST
The torpedo discovered half-buried in the sand at Phuket's Nai Yang Beach will remain there for at least one more day, Royal Thai Navy experts have confirmed after holding a meeting today (Oct 5) to discuss what to do with the ageing warhead, believed to be possibly 100 years old. link
Lion in the Stars	07 Oct 2017 8:22 p.m. PST
Shape-wise, it looks like a pre-WW2 torpedo. Newer torpedoes are much more cylindrical. You couldn't pay me enough to walk next to a torpedo that old. Nitrocellulose (aka guncotton!) is hideously sensitive on a good day.

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