В США проводится беспрецедентная программа испытания боевого применения оружия на списанных кораблях. За последние 6 лет таким образом отправили на дно 79 кораблей!
Интересная критическая статья в Washington Post
Over the past six years, 79 condemned Navy ships have been towed out to sea and destroyed by Air Force bombs, submarine-launched torpedoes or hails of gunfire. These exercises have eaten away at America's inventory of still-useful retired warships.
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Going Down With the Ships
By Craig Hooper
Monday, March 5, 2007; Page A15
Over the past six years, 79 condemned Navy ships have been towed out to sea and destroyed by Air Force bombs, submarine-launched torpedoes or hails of gunfire. These exercises, long considered the most cost-effective way to dispose of unwanted naval vessels, have eaten away at America's inventory of still-useful retired warships. Soon every vessel capable of serving in America's reserve combat fleet could vanish, leaving an overextended Navy with no viable backup forces. This unwise drawdown goes against Navy tradition.
Интересно в СССР когда такое делали?
Фото тонущей "Америки" ( если не считать кругов на воде) так и не появилось. Интересно собрать фото