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To: Red Badger

One bad wire caused the entire ship to lose power? That boggles the mind.


2 posted on 11/19/2025 7:12:47 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Same thing happens when a ship lost coffee.


3 posted on 11/19/2025 7:20:12 AM PST by Cold Heart
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Quite.


14 posted on 11/19/2025 7:48:05 AM PST by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“One bad wire caused the entire ship to lose power? That boggles the mind.”

Nope.


17 posted on 11/19/2025 7:50:01 AM PST by TexasGator (1./.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

We are supposed to believe that there is no backup. One wire took out every system, manual and backup to steer this ship, not plausible


18 posted on 11/19/2025 7:50:47 AM PST by Skwor
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

It absolutely does not. 22 years Navy. It really can and does happen.


19 posted on 11/19/2025 8:02:17 AM PST by 3RIVRS
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Suppose that one wire provided power to a controller, motor, or helm-to-rudder communications. Rudders are too big and require too much force to be positioned by muscle power..


20 posted on 11/19/2025 8:05:05 AM PST by GingisK
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Read the article. It was a cascading failure. I’ve seen it multiple times.


21 posted on 11/19/2025 8:15:52 AM PST by 3RIVRS
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

“One bad wire caused the entire ship to lose power? That boggles the mind.”

Why? One bad wire in a city or a brown out and the parts of the whole city goes down. Ship X 10 = all kinds of problems. Happens on the west coast daily.

wy69


22 posted on 11/19/2025 8:23:51 AM PST by whitney69 (")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

I think the explanation is BS. OR, it is typical urinalist simplification.

Not that I don’t trust the government.... but I don’t.


24 posted on 11/19/2025 9:35:42 AM PST by Organic Panic ('Was I molested. I think so' - Ashley Biden in response to her father joining her in the shower.)
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