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Wednesday, June 27, 2018
 
VIDEO: Missile Explodes During German Frigate Training Exercise; Incident Similar to 2015 U.S. Navy Explosion
VIDEO: Missile Explodes During German Frigate Training Exercise; Incident Similar to 2015 U.S. Navy Explosion
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FGS Sachsen (F 219) [...] attempted to fire a Standard Missile (SM) 2 Block IIIA as part of the exercise [...] Two German sailors suffered minor injuries. [...] The incident is similar to a 2015 missile explosion over the U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) during a training exercise off of Virginia. During the attempted launch on July 18, a similar SM-2 Block IIIA exploded shortly after launch from the destroyer. The explosion resulted in no injuries and only about a $100,000 in damages to the ship. [...] Based on the investigation following the 2015 explosion, “SM-2s with the older Mk 104 Mod 2 Dual Thrust Rocket Motors (DTRM) manufactured by the defunct Thiokol Corporation (now part of Orbital ATK) before 1992 — which also manufactured the shuttle programs SRBs — have been placed on the ‘Wartime Use Only’ list,”
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https://news.usni.org/2018/06/27/video-missile-explodes-german-frigate-training-exercise-incident-similar-2015-u-s-navy-explosion
https://news.usni.org/2018/06/27/video-missile-explodes-german-frigate-training-exercise-incident-similar-2015-u-s-navy-explosion

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