DD(Rex) Navys newest Destroyer

Weekly Standard ^ | 9/8/05 | Michael Goldfarb

[Bommer]

[tomkat]

Allow me...

(click pic for article)

[A2J]

That is one UGLY ship. I'd be embarassed to be a member of the crew.

[Valin]

Allow me...


NO! :-)

[Question_Assumptions]

While from a practical standpoint, I'm happy the Musashi and Yamato were sunk by American aircraft during the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea and off Japan, respectively, the romantic in me is curious how things would have played out if the Musashi and Yamato had directly engaged the New Jersey and Iowa.

[AndrewB]

Looks like the Merrimac. Excuse me ...CSS Virginia.

[kingu]

With a street price of $4 billion, the Apple iShip is the latest and greatest entry into the mobile music platform. With RIAA anti-piracy active defense equipment, this is one iShip that won't put up with any pirate.

[ExcursionGuy84]

If I was a midshipman on a DD(X)...I'd only care about: Firepower, Survivability (against Nature, Weapons & ordnance) and basic human comforts.

[MarineBrat]

Tests have shown the guns accurate to within two meters at a range of 68 nautical miles.

Wha? There must be some active guidance in the projectile.

[kingu]

[ExcursionGuy84]

That rendering can't be right:

The CSS Virginia/Merrimac had a flat, low-to-the-waterline deck surrounding the sloping superstructure.

[groanup]

check this out

[tomkat]

[SlowBoat407]

Better?

[skinkinthegrass]

..form, follow function...If it proves effective, who cares what it looks like.

[ExcursionGuy84]

Better?

Yeha, Man, thanks a Million & several Federal Loans.

[SlowBoat407]

If it kills its target and protects its crew, its beautiful.

[Grampa Dave]

Thank you, it sure does.

[SlowBoat407]

3rd its = it's

damn!