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[–] [email protected] 126 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

so THATS where the budget went

[–] [email protected] 83 points 1 year ago (3 children)

"FIRE ALL PORT SIDE GUNS!"

does barrel roll

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Spins so fast it generates the energy needed to power the entire ship.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

The spin creates a tsunami to deliver even more damage.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's why it has a dozen anchors on each side of the hull. proper preparation prevents piss poor projectiling.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why navies stopped using broadsides and went to turrets about 150 years ago. Well, it's one of the reasons anyway. Turrets also worked a lot better once you shifted to steam power and didn't have to worry so much about rigging. Additionally, you could mount a much bigger gun on a turret than you could using broadsides on the sides of a wooden sailing ship.

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[–] [email protected] 78 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just mind the small thermal exhaust port for the reactor

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If someone shoves a proton torpedo up my anus i'd probably blow up as well to be fair

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Let the record show this

[–] mindbleach 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Healthcare? 🙅

This? 👀

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

They probably have a med bay

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

So looking at a map.of New Yorks bays and ignoring depth and bridges I'm going to assume this is about 2 miles long or 10,560ft. I have no evidence and just eyeballed it.

Meaning if you can overcome the skin friction it has a hull speed of about 160mph...without planing.

Modern carriers have a hull speed in the neighborhood of 45mph (though officially the top speed is like 35mph) and normally cruise at 25-30mph so the slow pokes can keep up.

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not sure about the quality of the welding near the waterline.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean we don't have an issue with super-super super super super firing turrets with no apron turrets or near main secondaries?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This ship is the entire Fleet-in-Being doctrine.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's the new nuclear deterrent. Someone starts acting up and you just rotate the boat slightly in its port to face their direction. The parental angry raised eyebrow of national defense.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of my tax dollars are going towards greebling.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

The mass shortage of model kits is the real tragedy.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A little pokey around the ribs.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not enough guns, and where are the runways?

[–] [email protected] 67 points 1 year ago

I believe the forward turret fires F35s as ammo

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

The age of the battleship has returned!

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

YES MORE DAKKA

[–] mindbleach 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

The new Star-Destroyer class

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And the away boats are Guam, Puerto Rico, DC. Et al.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Although yes, it's ridiculous, I'd really love a higher-resolution version to zoom in on. 😁

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

The USS 'Murica

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

*USS Executor has entered the Mediterranean

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Under total weight I tons, you put “Yes.”

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

I mean, it's fine, but couldn't it do with more guns?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

… I unironically want this, now

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Sooo much power! Limitless power! I feel it in my loins! It's like a 50 piece Voltron of freedom!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Budget & award contact to the private sector first, figure out credibility of defense later.

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