Japan Coast Guard ship mistakenly fires live ammunition at Okinawa Pref. island

9 comments

1. Oops!

2. Did someone say William D. Porter?

3. Damnit Taro

4. The gunner probably loaded blanks, but unbeknownst to him, shachou corrected this error before the Big Boss arrived to carry out the inspection. Big surprise.

5. some one made a oopsy

6. There might be another kind of firing to follow.

7. With how strict the JDF is with ammunition I am actually shocked this happened. They have to account for it like 3 times before it even gets loaded.

8. Some serious whoopsie but not as bad as that French soldier back in 2008 who shot live FAMAS rounds at the audience during a military demonstration, thinking he was shooting blanks.

9. One of the four basic rules of shooting things is to be sure of your target and **what’s beyond it**. Failure at multiple levels here.