Aircraft carrier shock test - GIF

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Oct 2, 2021, 08:14 AM
Altair

Aircraft carrier shock test - GIF

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.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...892#post152638
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...264#post180963
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...184#post153798
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...466#post127716
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...295#post116282
Oct 2, 2021, 02:21 PM
jimfols

More things should require shock tests. Like premarital.
Oct 2, 2021, 05:41 PM
nova_robotics

I know a guy who goes fishing like that.
Oct 2, 2021, 06:31 PM
batchit

I'd be queuing up to get all the fish that floats to the surface.
Oct 2, 2021, 10:55 PM
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?