As a kid in California, I was taken by the name.... Point Mugu...
thinking it's where everyone wore coke bottle glasses.
LA Times
11/17/13
Drone hits Navy ship, 2 sailors hurt; officials seek cause
Quote:
Officials are trying to determine why a drone being used as part of
a Navy training exercise malfunctioned off the Ventura County coast Saturday.
Two sailors suffered minor burns in the incident, the Navy said in a statement.<snip>
The sailors aboard the USS Chancellorsville were using the drone
to test the ship's radar-tracking system, something done on a regular basis.
The drone, a 13-foot-long aircraft with a wingspan of nearly 6 feet,
was being controlled from Point Mugu.
Around 1:25 p.m., the drone slammed into the port side of the ship,
a guided missile cruiser with a crew of about 300.
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