splashhopper Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. — Authorities in Florida say a commercial fisherman reeled in a live missile in the Gulf of Mexico and kept it on his boat for 10 days. The sheriff’s office in Pinellas County says the boat’s captain, Rodney Salomon, hooked the air-to-air guided missile 80 kilometres off the Panhandle town of Panama City. The U.S. air force and navy use Gulf waters off the Panhandle for weapons training. Salomon had the missile aboard his boat for 10 days before returning Monday to port in Madeira Beach, near St. Petersburg. A bomb squad was called in from MacDill Air Force Base and dismantled the missile in an empty parking lot. The bomb squad said the missile was very corroded from floating in salt water for a long time. They said it was live and in a very unstable state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUSTER Posted June 9, 2009 Report Share Posted June 9, 2009 Holy moly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbaquial Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 WHOA!! THATS NUTS!! Were there any pictures? :| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigugli Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Happens almost every week along the English Channel and the North Sea. They also have to worry about poison gas canisters. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/24/1074732654196.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pike slayer Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 i guess fishing with dynamite isnt always that easy especially when it doesnt go off! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhenrygsr Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 What an explosive catch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 Nice catch. Anybody get a weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kensei Posted June 10, 2009 Report Share Posted June 10, 2009 found the pic http://www.thesun.co.uk/outta luck/homepage/news/...ng-missile.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave524 Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 I understand that the Dunnville Airport was a WWII training facility and that the marsh was used for bombing practice with the possibility of a few pieces of unexploded ordanace existing buried there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 Dunnville? You sure that wasn't a nuclear test site? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twocoda Posted June 11, 2009 Report Share Posted June 11, 2009 And to think we cant even use lead splitshot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now