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New U.S. DD(X) destroyer sails ahead
Reuters via Yahoo ^ | Jim Wolf

Posted on 11/23/2005 3:10:05 PM PST by Pharmboy

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Sounds good to me...
1 posted on 11/23/2005 3:10:05 PM PST by Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy

If this ship lives up to its billing, its going to be "superfreaky", like the F117 was to aircraft. This thing will be a new and unique design which will make it very stealthy and also use rail-guns.


2 posted on 11/23/2005 3:12:13 PM PST by jbwbubba
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Ooooh...oooooh...rail guns. I wish they'd let me have one here in NJ.


3 posted on 11/23/2005 3:14:40 PM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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To: jbwbubba
and also use rail-guns.

That will be Superfreaky!

4 posted on 11/23/2005 3:16:09 PM PST by operation clinton cleanup
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How you like her?


5 posted on 11/23/2005 3:16:18 PM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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To: jbwbubba

Excellent. We're going to need to strengthen the fleet for the day when we go at it against the Chinaman.

More Carriers, more Submarines, more Surface Combatants.

Nothing brings a bigger smile to my face than the thought of a thousand burning Chinese ships floating to the bottom, full of trapped and dying heathens made aware, at the last moment, of the true price of challenging American power.

Admittedly, I almost prefer the idea of Japan kicking China's ass alongside the United States, simply for the added irony.


6 posted on 11/23/2005 3:16:25 PM PST by furquhart (Gingrich '08)
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To: Pharmboy

My question is this...." What did Hurricane Katrina do to the ship yards in mississippi?" can they build a ship there?


7 posted on 11/23/2005 3:17:16 PM PST by Walkingfeather
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It'd be sweet if she could submerge.

I've always wondered how hard it would be to build an aircraft carrier that could submerge. Imagine the looks on the enemy's face...


8 posted on 11/23/2005 3:17:52 PM PST by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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Ping!


9 posted on 11/23/2005 3:19:46 PM PST by SW6906 (5 things you can't have too much of: sex, money, firewood, guns and ammunition.)
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I've always wondered how hard it would be to build an aircraft carrier that could submerge. Imagine the looks on the enemy's face...

...not to mention the looks on the pilot's face as he tries to land. LOL!

11 posted on 11/23/2005 3:25:39 PM PST by Pharmboy (The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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Better yet, an aircraft carrier that could fly.

USS Akron (ZRS-4)

12 posted on 11/23/2005 3:33:24 PM PST by Polybius
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To: Certain_Doom
Better yet, an aircraft carrier that could fly.


13 posted on 11/23/2005 3:34:15 PM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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bump


14 posted on 11/23/2005 3:39:15 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Pharmboy
Looks like the Merrimack the Monitor's foe from the Civil war.
15 posted on 11/23/2005 3:40:15 PM PST by carumba
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To: Pharmboy
He estimated the value of the eight ships at $20 billion.

Nuclear subs would be cheaper. Just slap a 6" gun on the deck like the WWII boats.

16 posted on 11/23/2005 3:40:42 PM PST by PAR35
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Why do that? If the Chinese ever tried a large scale invasion across the Pacific, tactical nukes would be a far more efficient way to stop their fleet. In the middle of the ocean you also don't have to worry about pesky fallout and lingering radiation after the fact.

Ships like this should only be a second line of defense, to take down the few lucky ships that make it though our nuclear barrage unscathed.


17 posted on 11/23/2005 3:44:45 PM PST by Arthalion
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Funny you should mention it:

From the March 20, 2005 Honolulu Star-Bulletin:

UH team locates huge Japanese sub

Researchers discover the wreckage of a giant underwater aircraft carrier scuttled after WWII

http://starbulletin.com/2005/03/20/news/story1.html

18 posted on 11/23/2005 3:45:09 PM PST by SmithL (There are a lot of people that hate Bush more than they hate terrorists)
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To: spetznaz

You took the picture right outta my head! :)


19 posted on 11/23/2005 3:45:11 PM PST by The Duke
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To: Pharmboy
The pointed Bow kind of reminds me of the Confederate Ironclad "Virginia".


20 posted on 11/23/2005 3:45:34 PM PST by Wiggins
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