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USAF's Quicksink weapon tears a ship in half in seconds

• slau 2y ago
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  • Rinzler89 2y ago
    What am I missing from your comment?
    • gerikson 2y ago
      A huge luxury sailing yacht "Bayesian" with a couple of very rich people on board sank recently in a storm.
      • Vecr 2y ago
        Did they try to use Bayesian search theory to look for it? That's how you find sunk ships and submarines, right?
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• kirmerzlikin 2y ago
  "More importantly, its intended targets are unaccompanied ships that may be carrying contraband" I wonder what kind of contraband the ship has to carry to warrant the use of a bomb to tear said ship in half
  • tatersolid 2y ago
    Weapons of war. The Houthis are getting missiles from Iran via smuggling ships, probably quite similar to the ship in the video.
• ynniv 2y ago
  Looks like a JDAM with IR and radar final guidance. The attack is also interesting: instead of hitting the ship it aims a little to the side and explodes underwater: https://www.twz.com/new-look-at-air-forces-ship-killing-smart-bomb-in-action-seeker-details-revealed https://www.twz.com/new-look-at-air-forces-ship-killing-smar... Apparently the term for this is UNDEX: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_explosion https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_explosion
• pfdietz 2y ago
  That ship had a gross tonnage of ~5700 tons.