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They also periodically use live munitions on decommissioned ships, sinking them, for the purposes of validating all sorts of stuff. https://www.pacaf.af.mil/Ne

They also periodically use live munitions on decommissioned ships, sinking them, for the purposes of validating all sorts of stuff. https://www.pacaf.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/4529308/us-airmen-and-sailors-conduct-b-2-lrasm-live-fire-sinking-exercise/ https://www.pacaf.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/452930... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Juneau_(LPD-10) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Juneau_(LPD-10)

hankbond 3mo ago
So, tactical ocean trash?
- rho138 3mo ago
  Almost every decom’d vessel that gets blown up for RIMPAC is turned into an artificial reef.
- pfdietz 3mo ago
  Steel in the ocean disappears in a century or two. Look at all the rusticles draping off the wreck of Titanic. Bacteria are eating the metal and making slime.