To: mkjessup
I think it is that “I am a civil war ironclad” look.
20 posted on
12/07/2015 7:37:19 PM PST by
Little Ray
(How did I end up in this hand basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
To: Little Ray
That could be it, although the more they pack sophisticated electronic systems into the ships, one on top of the other, you wonder about redundancy and although it is fiction, there IS that moment of catastrophic failure always lurking, as captured in this memorable video clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW_hGOFukMQ
23 posted on
12/07/2015 7:41:36 PM PST by
mkjessup
(Islam is the ENEMY of all civilized people. Obama is a Muslim. What's that tell ya?!?)
To: Little Ray
And some of those early ironclad conepts were not successful. The USS Keokuk comes to mind...
28 posted on
12/07/2015 7:49:15 PM PST by
BenLurkin
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