The Daily Star think the Navy’s new five-inch gun is only five inches long

Poke Staff. Updated July 29th, 2016

Clearly someone at The Daily Star’s gun-desk was off sick, as they ran this story that claimed the Navy had paid £183 million for a gun that was only five inches long.

Here's the Daily Star page that thinks the Navy's new five-inch gun is only five inches long (ht @UKDefJournal) pic.twitter.com/T8s66GMmfl

— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) July 29, 2016

The five inch bit actually refers to the calibre, or internal diameter of the barrel, not the length.

Yes, the @Daily_Star has printed this. They seem to have confused the calibre of a new gun with the length of it… pic.twitter.com/76YXdpeJ52

— UK Defence Journal (@UKDefJournal) July 29, 2016

The story has since been corrected and rewritten to make guns sound like a really good thing. Yay!