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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Two American fighter jets dropped four unarmed bombs into Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park last week when a training exercise went wrong, the U.S. Navy said, angering environmentalists.
The two AV-8B Harrier jets launched from aircraft carrier USS Bonhomme Richard each jettisoned an inert practice bomb and an unarmed laser-guided explosive bomb into the World Heritage-listed marine park off the coast of Queensland state on Tuesday, the U.S. 7th Fleet said in a statement Saturday.
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
... A Los Angeles class Submarine surfacing under a Greenpeace ship and breaking it's keel?
Originally posted by Wrabbit2000
I have a stupid question. The Great Barrier Reef isn't *THAT* great for size in relation to a jet fighter is it??? Couldn't they have easily 'cut' the reef across it's width to drop the load out in open water and not *ON* the reef itself??
he Great Barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system[1][2] composed of over 2,900 individual reefs[3] and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres (1,600 mi) over an area of approximately 344,400 square kilometres (133,000 sq mi).[4][5] The reef is located in the Coral Sea, off the coast of Queensland, Australia.