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Revenge of the Drones: target drone hits side of a Navy’s guided missile cruiser

November 21, 2013 David Cenciotti

On Nov. 16, a Northrop Grumman BQM-74 target drone hit guided missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) punching a three to four foot hone in the side of the warship. The mishap occurred at 01.25 local […]