The French navy surrendered a multi-million dollar sonar system when a dolphin, thought to be heavily armed with an automatic mackerel demanded they hand it over.
OK, I made that up.
But the French navy did lose a sonar device worth $3.7 million over the side in rough weather when the captain of the ship decided he knew better than his lieutenant and had it deployed. After the crew stopped rolling around on the deck holding their sides, the ship returned to port and the captain had to answer a couple of questions. From the Minister of Defense. She was not amused.
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