[RomanSoldier19]

[Secret Agent Man]

And when these things take out a foriegn cargo ship...

[McGruff]

I have nightmares of a US Aircraft Carrier on fire in a war with China.

I hope I'm wrong.

[sten]

my world is tech. this scenario, and more, i was describing to darpa in 2010

we’re way behind on this one

[philman_36]

The 89-metre (292-foot) ship would be operational by year-end with a top speed of 18 knots... They're not even up to our WWII speeds.

The Midway class carriers of WWII did 33 knots as well.

In fact, the output increase, thanks to improvements in the turbines and boilers, out-reached the steam increase by some margin, show in the progresses made there. According to this, the Midway class were able to reach still their designed fleet speed of 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph).
Snip...Compared to the previous Essex, they measured 901 ft or 274.3m long at the waterline and or 968 feets 295 m overall. 292 ft - 18 knots - China, 2022
901 ft - 33 knots - USA, 1945

Your image is appropriate.

[daniel1212]

Which may partly be in response to the advanced WOKE capabilities boasted by the developing liberalnation "Wokelitary," from,

allowing transgenders to serve in the military,

with Army mandatory training now including training Army personnel to know what to do in such scenarios as when a soldier who was "assigned" a biological gender at birth says he/she identifies as another gender, and lives as such in off-duty hours, but is not requesting to be treated as such while on duty, versus if such later requests to be identified as according to their chosen gender during duty hours, and/or experiences increased distress relating to his/her gender identity;

and ensuring free gender reassignment surgery for active military personnel,

and with The Pentagon Forming a Diversity and Inclusion Office,

and the Air Force being with WOKEism in creating 'LGBTQ' and 'Indigenous Nations Equality' Focus Groups,

and also authorizing the use of gender pronouns in signature blocks,

while the Army arms itself with a woke recruitment ad featuring lesbians at a gay wedding and an LGBTQ pride march,

and the CIA funds a 'cisgender millennial with anxiety disorder' campaign, and with the

Marines and Navy as well as the Air Force and Army posting messages on social media supporting gay pride and Pride Month,

while the Navy leads the way in naming a military ship after gay rights leader Harvey Milk, and (now) with a transgender veteran christening it,

along with the Navy's first all gay U.S. Navy helicopter crew,

to lower fitness standards for women

while nearly half of female soldiers are still failing the new Army Fitness Test,

yet calling for Increased Diversity and More Women in Combat,

and changing its song to be gender-neutral,

and Forcing Marines to Make Boot Camp Coed,

and feeding cadets cultural Marxist propaganda about gender and masculinity therein,

to its new diversity and inclusion operation from West Point

and for its Special Operations Command ,

while showing a rapid response readiness to engage in online combat with the likes of Tucker Carson and other such enemies

thus nuking Jesus-themed candies on an Air Force bases as well as the Pentagon ordering a company to stop making faith-based Dog Tags,

and prohibiting service members from “liking” or reposting "extremist" views on social media (depending on all the circumstances involved) as part of its prohibition against actively engaging in extremist activities,

yet allowing turbans and hijabs in the Air Force,

while working to rid the military of “extremism”

such as the head of the US Space Force unit being fired and put under investigation for criticizing Critical Race Theory

And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens. (Ezra 9:6)

[grey_whiskers]

If Biden cannot accept the fact that Taiwan, Hong Kong, Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia are all integral parts of China, his they/them army will have to face the might of the PLA. pic.twitter.com/yrUI6BNXvS— khan (@SameeraKhan) June 10, 2022

[Catholic and Conservative]

Related story from 2 days ago:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4070264/posts?page=1

In 2019, US warships off the coast of California were swarmed by drones from a Hong Kong-registered cargo ship, the MV Bass Strait.

Additional information about the drone incidents here: https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/drone-swarms-that-harassed-navy-ships-demystified-in-new-documents

[kevin_in_so_cal]

FWIW, I haven't seen this posted yet. From 2019.

“It operates like a flashlight,” says THOR Program Manager Amber Anderson. “It spreads out when the operator hits the button and anything within that cone will be taken down. It engages in the blink of an eye. It’s built to negate swarms of drones; we want to drop many of them at one time without a single leaker getting through.”