US Navy tests warship's metal with megablast

[Klaralven]

The US Navy has started a series of tests on its newest and most advanced aircraft carrier by detonating powerful explosions to determine whether the ship is ready for war.

The first of the tests, which are known as Full Ship Shock Trials, occurred Friday when the Navy set off a giant explosive event near the USS Gerald R. Ford, according to a statement.

Images and video footage showed an enormous burst of water shoot from the ocean as a result of what US media called a 40,000-pound (18,144-kilogram) explosion.

The US Geological Survey said the explosion, which occurred in the Atlantic Ocean off the Florida coast, registered as a 3.9 magnitude earthquake.

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210621-us-navy-tests-warship-s-metal-with-megablast

That'll make the whale's ears ring!

[Brother Buzz]

1. Pfft, if it can survive an underwater nuclear explosion, it's good to go

[IcyPeas]

2. How much sea life does this kill or maim?

[Dial H For Hero]

3. I'm sure many fish died.

And…?

[Chainfire]

8. It is the fishes sacrifice for freedom.

If they had names we could put them on a wall.

[Dial H For Hero]

9. And what of the plankton? Won't somebody think of them? Millions dead...

[marble falls]

4. What ever do you mean? We never got no complaints from the fishes.

[NickB79]

5. What exactly does this prove, anyway?

The biggest serious threat to a carrier today is a Chinese or Russian hypersonic cruise missile. And this explosion doesn't replicate that kind of strike.

[maxrandb]

6. The greatest threat to the ships is an attack on their IT Systems

Seriously, we'd be hard pressed to launch and recover aircraft, navigate, fire weapons, or feed the crew if they took down the ships intranet

[Happy Hoosier]

7. It mainly reveals poor welds.

This kind if test rapidly reveals welds with poor penetration.

It can also identify major structural members with hidden flaws.