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To: tlozo

The navy should take heed and remove the plugs from the 16” guns on those old battleships and get them seaworthy again. You never know when dumb technology is going to be needed again.


16 posted on 07/18/2019 4:51:40 AM PDT by Sgt_Schultze (When your business model depends on slave labor, you're always going to need more slaves.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze

Along with the Missouri (et al )you had better fit them, bristling with phalanx systems and other protection devices Big ships like these make excellent targets for hi tech missiles at 2-3x Mach 1.


21 posted on 07/18/2019 5:01:17 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Sgt_Schultze
The navy should take heed and remove the plugs from the 16” guns on those old battleships and get them seaworthy again

Screw that.

Build the Montana class.


58 posted on 07/18/2019 6:33:18 AM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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