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New U.S. DD(X) destroyer sails ahead
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| Jim Wolf
Posted on 11/23/2005 3:10:05 PM PST by Pharmboy
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Sounds good to me...
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:10:05 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
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.
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:12:13 PM PST
by
jbwbubba
To: jbwbubba
Ooooh...oooooh...rail guns. I wish they'd let me have one here in NJ.
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:14:40 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: jbwbubba
and also use rail-guns. That will be Superfreaky!
To: All
How you like her?
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:16:18 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
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.
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:16:25 PM PST
by
furquhart
(Gingrich '08)
To: Pharmboy
My question is this...." What did Hurricane Katrina do to the ship yards in mississippi?" can they build a ship there?
To: Pharmboy
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...
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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)
To: namsman
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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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To: RandallFlagg
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!
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:25:39 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: Certain_Doom
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:33:24 PM PST
by
Polybius
To: Certain_Doom
Better yet, an aircraft carrier that could fly.
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:34:15 PM PST
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: Pharmboy
Looks like the Merrimack the Monitor's foe from the Civil war.
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:40:15 PM PST
by
carumba
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.
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:40:42 PM PST
by
PAR35
To: furquhart
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.
To: RandallFlagg; Pharmboy
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
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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)
To: spetznaz
You took the picture right outta my head! :)
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:45:11 PM PST
by
The Duke
To: Pharmboy
The pointed Bow kind of reminds me of the Confederate Ironclad "Virginia".
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posted on
11/23/2005 3:45:34 PM PST
by
Wiggins
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