Navy Deals with Mobo the old fashioned way...

[photodog]

With Gunfire...


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8163249.stm


Just how many 20mm rounds does it take to sink one of these guys??

 

[Anthony]

They did seem to hit the water as much as the boat...

Ants

 

[elton]

I expect they were just having a laugh and using as much ammo as possible. That's what I'd do.

 

[sailorman]

so much 4 global warming & CO2 emission's

Plus pollution of the seas ( how many beer cans worth there ) & the oil left contaminating the Caribbean
They could have sold it or broken it up ashore safely

 

[Kurrawong_Kid]

Probably the ammo had reached its "sell by date" and it gave the Captain an opportunity to get rid of it at no real training cost! Apparently they have to budget their training so that weapons are fired on the last possible date. That might have required an expensive extra trip out to sea. Got to pay for those extra helicopters somehow!

 

[Ubergeekian]

Probably the ammo had reached its "sell by date" and it gave the Captain an opportunity to get rid of it at no real training cost!

What do they do with it otherwise ... give it to the coastguard?