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1982 Harpoon missile misfire incident
1982 Danish naval accident
The 1982 Harpoon missile misfire incident, in Danish dubbed hovsa-missilet ('The Whoopsie Missile'),[1] was an unintentional discharge of a live Harpoon missile by Danish frigate HDMS Peder Skram during a training maneuver in the Kattegat on 6 September 1982.[2] The missile traveled 34 kilometers at low altitude, severing several power lines before eventually striking a group of trees and exploding. The fireball and subsequent shockwave destroyed four nearby unoccupied summer cottages and caused minor damage to a further 130 buildings in the area. There were no injuries.