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Ouch! The Mk48 Torpedo at Work.
Written by F Keith Burrage   
Thursday, 11 September 2008 20:46

If you still hanker after your lost youth and life in a Blue suit, this short video might give you food for thought. On 14th Jun 1999 the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) carried out a test firing of  a Mk48 wire-guided torpedo from the Collins Class submarine HMAS Farncomb in the Indian Ocean 90 km west of Perth, Western Australia.

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