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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?)
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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?!?)
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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 (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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