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Look who dropped in for a visit.
I'll try to get down close to it tomorrow on the way back from the dogs walk. http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1093626.html |
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On Dec 2, 6:01*pm, "Don White" wrote:
Look who dropped in for a visit. I'll try to get down close to it tomorrow on the way back from the dogs walk.http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1093626.html State of the art battle ship. Odd seeing something like that with no crew and no 8 and 16 inchers.. |
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Tim wrote:
On Dec 2, 6:01 pm, "Don White" wrote: Look who dropped in for a visit. I'll try to get down close to it tomorrow on the way back from the dogs walk.http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1093626.html State of the art battle ship. Odd seeing something like that with no crew and no 8 and 16 inchers.. The launch was interesting: http://www.lmlcsteam.com/video/LCS-christening.wmv Transiting St. Lawrence Seaway http://www.abay.com/alexandriabaynynews1022.htm I hope to hell the hull ain't aluminum. |
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Boater wrote:
Tim wrote: On Dec 2, 6:01 pm, "Don White" wrote: Look who dropped in for a visit. I'll try to get down close to it tomorrow on the way back from the dogs walk.http://thechronicleherald.ca/Metro/1093626.html State of the art battle ship. Odd seeing something like that with no crew and no 8 and 16 inchers.. The launch was interesting: http://www.lmlcsteam.com/video/LCS-christening.wmv Transiting St. Lawrence Seaway http://www.abay.com/alexandriabaynynews1022.htm I hope to hell the hull ain't aluminum. I really like Alexandria Bay. I enjoyed the tour of Boldt Castle, it is an interesting place. If you are ever in the area, take the boat ride and make sure your boat is under 40 ft in length. There is a guy who has his house in Canada and a bridge, 20 to 30 feet long to an Island he also owns that is in the US. |
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On Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:35:42 -0500, Boater wrote:
I hope to hell the hull ain't aluminum. The hull is steel. The superstructure is aluminum. http://wapedia.mobi/en/USS_Freedom_(LCS-1) I hope it's stealth characteristics make it more seaworthy than some of what I have read about the stealth destroyer. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/0..._the_bigg.html There is also a competing LCS, the USS Independence. http://wapedia.mobi/en/USS_Independence_(LCS-2) |
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"Boater" wrote in message ... So...only the superstructure will easily catch fire when hit by an incendiary...well, that's a step up. In the old days of lesser defensive technology, warships were built with a "When in doubt, make it stout" philosophy. Now-a-days the idea is not to get hit in the first place. We have a very technology based (and reliant) military today from equipment for ground troops to ships and airplanes. Critics aside, for the most part it works, minimizes risks and saves lives when compared to the old, brute force methodologies. Eisboch |
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On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 07:55:30 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... So...only the superstructure will easily catch fire when hit by an incendiary...well, that's a step up. In the old days of lesser defensive technology, warships were built with a "When in doubt, make it stout" philosophy. Now-a-days the idea is not to get hit in the first place. We have a very technology based (and reliant) military today from equipment for ground troops to ships and airplanes. Critics aside, for the most part it works, minimizes risks and saves lives when compared to the old, brute force methodologies. Speaking from the strict personal viewpoint of a grunt, the more armor I can put between me and the folks shooting at me, the better I like it. And as we found out via IEDs, that is exactly the case in which light, unarmored Hummers were getting smacked around really good resulting in those humungeous troop transports built by Navistar/International. There is something to be said for quick strike, rapid deployment reaction forces and the blitzkrieg approach to war, but there is no substitute for brute strength be it boots on the ground or four inches of tempered steel when the human waste hits the Mark Four Rotating Cooling Device. If you get my drift. :) |
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Eisboch wrote:
"Boater" wrote in message ... So...only the superstructure will easily catch fire when hit by an incendiary...well, that's a step up. In the old days of lesser defensive technology, warships were built with a "When in doubt, make it stout" philosophy. Now-a-days the idea is not to get hit in the first place. We have a very technology based (and reliant) military today from equipment for ground troops to ships and airplanes. Critics aside, for the most part it works, minimizes risks and saves lives when compared to the old, brute force methodologies. Eisboch I appreciate the theory of not getting hit, and I am sure those who have high-powered, supersonic, anti-ship missiles do, too. I think an aluminum superstructure is a mistake on a capital warship. |
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Boater wrote:
Eisboch wrote: "Boater" wrote in message ... So...only the superstructure will easily catch fire when hit by an incendiary...well, that's a step up. In the old days of lesser defensive technology, warships were built with a "When in doubt, make it stout" philosophy. Now-a-days the idea is not to get hit in the first place. We have a very technology based (and reliant) military today from equipment for ground troops to ships and airplanes. Critics aside, for the most part it works, minimizes risks and saves lives when compared to the old, brute force methodologies. Eisboch I appreciate the theory of not getting hit, and I am sure those who have high-powered, supersonic, anti-ship missiles do, too. I think an aluminum superstructure is a mistake on a capital warship. Have you ever seen them cut the superstructure away, lift it off to get to the engineering equipment below to replace the gas turbines? You cant do it any other way. Also, an all aluminum superstructure will allow an object to penetrate one side and hopefully traverse the entire superstructure and exit the other side. With steel the object may penetrate one side and bounce around the interior and cause more damage. |
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