Bloodhound Loose - RIMPAC 16

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Channel: NZ Defence Force · 2016 · News & Politics

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Bloodhound Loose: NATO Codeword meaning "I have launched an ASW torpedo in this area".
Watch the video of one of the Orion crews go about the business at EX RIMPAC16.

There were a total of four bloodhounds loose in the waters off Hawaii as an NZDF taskforce practiced its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) skills with a live firing exercise. Two RNZAF P-3K2 Orions, an RNZAF Seasprite and HMNZS TE KAHA joined forces to track an underwater target and release their weapons.

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