On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 07:38:50 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 6/18/17 12:40 PM, wrote:


On 6/18/2017 10:37 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 08:20:45 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

. I
would have thought a modern warship would be able to sustain a heavy hit
like it took without being so seriously damaged.

The days of the armor clad dreadnought are gone. Ships are light and
fast. Like Richard says, this was a sports car getting hit by a semi.
It is amazing it did not sustain more damage.
There was still something strange going on here to have this kind of
crash. The plot I saw showed some unusual maneuvers but it was unclear
if that was before or after the accident.


Well, I'm not a metallurgist and I don't play one on the internets (!),
but it seems to me that in the age of missiles, a lightly built warship
is an invitation to disaster.

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A well placed missle can destroy a heavily built battleship just as
easily as a lightly built destroyer. A good defense against missles
and small, fast surface craft is key for any kind of warship these
days. Look at what an outboard powered skiff did to the USS Cole as
an example of that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Cole_bombing