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Kinda looks like a pre WWI Russian battleship
1 posted on 10/18/2013 6:07:36 AM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

The Avrora.


2 posted on 10/18/2013 6:11:48 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: artichokegrower

$3.3 Billion dollars???


3 posted on 10/18/2013 6:12:04 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: artichokegrower
I'm reminded of TR's Great White Fleet.


4 posted on 10/18/2013 6:12:58 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Is John's moustache long enough YET?)
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To: artichokegrower

Low radar cross section, this is a stealth ship.
but 3.3 Billion, wow!


5 posted on 10/18/2013 6:13:40 AM PDT by RadiationRomeo (Step into my mind and glimpse the madness that is me)
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To: artichokegrower; driftdiver
At 14,500 tons, the Zumwalt displaces more than the WWII heavy cruiser Chicago, at 13,600 tons.

Despite the DDG designation, the Zumwalt is a capital ship.

8 posted on 10/18/2013 6:21:22 AM PDT by Jacquerie (An Article V amendment convention is our only hope.)
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To: artichokegrower

ANY ship is better than the Littoral Combat Ships. Those things will be death traps in combat. :-/


9 posted on 10/18/2013 6:21:54 AM PDT by Sporke
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10 posted on 10/18/2013 6:22:52 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: artichokegrower

No anchors or bridge windows visible. Interesting.


12 posted on 10/18/2013 6:28:51 AM PDT by ryan71 (The Partisans)
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To: artichokegrower

Lines so tight and fine you can shave with it.


13 posted on 10/18/2013 6:29:09 AM PDT by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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It looks a little like a giant Civil War ironclad at first glance; so it must be racist.


14 posted on 10/18/2013 6:29:11 AM PDT by Idaho_Cowboy (Ride for the Brand. Joshua 24:15)
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To: artichokegrower

Instead of gun porn, we now have a new category. Ship porn.... : )


16 posted on 10/18/2013 6:33:33 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: artichokegrower

OOPS! Somebody built the hull upside down!.....................


27 posted on 10/18/2013 6:51:51 AM PDT by Red Badger (TANSTAAFL always wins. Always...........................)
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To: artichokegrower

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the LORD.


30 posted on 10/18/2013 7:05:49 AM PDT by bkopto (Obama and Biden are merely symptoms of a more profound, systemic disease in American body politic.)
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To: artichokegrower

What good is the hardware when the CIC is jackass?


31 posted on 10/18/2013 7:07:05 AM PDT by bkopto (Obama and Biden are merely symptoms of a more profound, systemic disease in American body politic.)
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To: artichokegrower

Admiral Zumwalt was somewhere high up in the chain of command when I was serving, half a hundred years ago.


35 posted on 10/18/2013 7:14:35 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: artichokegrower

I was in under Zummy - what a joke he was. An ugly ship seems apropos.

And to think: that tax money could have gone to hire slaves to work on Michelle’s plantation.

‘Course, rotten tomatos for her is also apropos.


42 posted on 10/18/2013 7:59:29 AM PDT by dagogo redux (A whiff of primitive spirits in the air, harbingers of an impending descent into the feral.)
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To: artichokegrower
Good article on the tech in the Zumwalt. Per the article, she goes to see with Captain James Kirk at the helm. Weird.

The Navy’s newest warship is powered by Linux
45 posted on 10/18/2013 9:02:06 AM PDT by Daus
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Just for the psychological effect they should hone that edge down to blade sharpness.


49 posted on 10/18/2013 9:51:06 AM PDT by Rebelbase (Tagline: (optional, printed after your name on post))
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