Aircraft carrier shock test - GIF

[Altair]

USS Gerald R. Ford being subjected to a shock test using a 40,000-pound explosive. Shock tests are conducted to validate a warship's ability to withstand harsh battlefield conditions.




Previously:

Underwater rock blasting for dredging - GIF
Sea Control Ship carrier concept - photo
USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier construction - photos
Catapulting a test sled off an aircraft carrier - GIF and video
Parallel parking a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier - GIF

[jimfols]

More things should require shock tests. Like premarital.

[nova_robotics]

I know a guy who goes fishing like that.

[batchit]

I'd be queuing up to get all the fish that floats to the surface.

[Toolmaker51]

Likely, no crew aboard, perhaps a handful of observers. The test, conducted on starboard side, same as where gangplanks for crew boarding. Wonder if they'll notice it's really clean, or plastered with fish guts?