Warship fires on village 'by mistake'
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The Russian navy has admitted that one of its anti-submarine ships fired at a village by mistake,
The navy said no-one was injured when a small anti-submarine ship opened fire on a village in the Vyborg region of St Petersburg.
"On the 28 May, a small anti-submarine ship from the Baltic fleet was working on a host of exercises in the gulf of Finland, including artillery fire at aerial targets," RIA quoted a navy spokesman as saying.
"No-one was injured."
Russia's navy has been plagued by a series of mishaps since the collapse of the Soviet Union, including the Kursk submarine disaster in 2000 in which 118 sailors died.
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Ben, no that's the vodka, same effect
What was the village doing in Russian territorial waters anyway? That's what I'd like to know.
The comrade had too little blood in his alcohol.
In mother Russia, Submarine stays still and land moves...
Yeah, but did they at least hit it?
They fired on a village by mistake AND still missed LOL... They need to take lessons from the Yanks..... now they know how to do Friendly Fire ;-)
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Artilery fire at areial target? wonder if they thought about where warheads go if they miss? not rocket science is it...