"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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