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2021-01-06 at 11:05 PM UTC in I'm finally living in a condominium...
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2021-01-06 at 10:56 PM UTC in I'm finally living in a condominium...LOL is that actually her
I assumed you just found someone who looked similar but the response was weird -
2021-01-06 at 10:53 PM UTC in Maiku Pensu you have dishonored the great state of Indiana and the American peopledon't want him to be president anymore?
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2021-01-06 at 1:07 PM UTC in You can be a dignified homeless
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2021-01-06 at 1:02 PM UTC in Random image thread
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2021-01-06 at 11:43 AM UTC in I truly have come to realize you're all a bunch of
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2021-01-06 at 9:36 AM UTC in I truly have come to realize you're all a bunch offucking lol@latin
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2021-01-06 at 9:34 AM UTC in Whats up with your Navy, UK?they're nothing special, US has had them since at least the 70s
they were meant as a riot control device up until they realised what cancer was -
2021-01-06 at 5:47 AM UTC in Whats up with your Navy, UK?
Originally posted by Bugz Back to the "Not used for anti-air. that is exactly what this ships Captain stated it was used for.
where did you hear this? because the design spec for the 'zumwalt' railguns are huge long-range artillery; if they were meant for air defence they'd be much smaller and more efficient -
2021-01-06 at 3:59 AM UTC in Whats up with your Navy, UK?they're fucking huge and their mounts aren't designed to move fast, only precisely. it's like firing howitzers at birds
I guess if you could predict the path of the missile you could trigger the railgun when the projectile crossed the barrel but modern missiles make that turbo difficult and you only have one shot.
the future of anti-missile defence is probably laser or the good old wall-of-CIWS defence but neither is anywhere near reliable at the moment. -
2021-01-06 at 3:54 AM UTC in I'm finally living in a condominium...I imagine OP broke into someone's apartment and is posting from their computer
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2021-01-06 at 3:52 AM UTC in Whats up with your Navy, UK?no, the railguns aren't an anti-air weapon; they're not designed for that.
true it won't have explosive munitions that can detonate but it will have two nuclear reactors on board. -
2021-01-06 at 2:47 AM UTC in Whats up with your Navy, UK?
Originally posted by Bugz Dont you still need the large Z class battle ships to carry the new Electric Rail Guns?
what is the purpose of electric railguns? they're effectively extra-long range artillery that can attack beyond line-of-sight and do nothing to counter these new types of weapons.
in terms of effectiveness the ships need TWO nuclear reactors to move and charge guns at the same time, and they need to carry enough rails to change every 10-15 shots (the forces on them when fired do massive damage to structure and conductivity) meaning they need to carry nearly as many munitions as a regular battleship -
2021-01-06 at 2:26 AM UTC in Whats up with your Navy, UK?
Originally posted by lanny is an alcoholic cocksucker that funds his addiction by sucking the cock of anyone who will provide him alcohol and estrogen treatments it is impossible to remove surface ships/craft. they will be vital. the traditional large-displacement warships are obsolete.
I think the current trend toward smaller, faster ships is the only way to go but keeping them supplied as a blue-water force is going to be a major problem. they're effective enough as a defensive force as most countries are currently using them but any sort of long distance supply hub is going to be vulnerable to the same problems as expensive strike fleets -
2021-01-06 at 2:23 AM UTC in Whats up with your Navy, UK?
Originally posted by rabbitweed First you say surface fleets are over, then in your last sentence you say they are going to be used differently.
So… they're not over? Would that maybe be a more accurate statement?
don't be a shit
surface fleets as they currently exist are no longer effective. primarily they're used to project power over long distances; aircraft carriers are used as mobile centres for air superiority, missile frigates act as extra-long range artillery and the rest of the group protects and supplies them.
against peer militaries they've been a risky cost for decades considering there are effective counter-weapons that are available at a fraction of the cost - even Iranians, under the most brutal sanctions and embargoes in the world, have been able to fly small drones close enough to land on the deck. With the advent of hypersonic missiles and development of drone warfare that doesn't require high-tech command lines, even third-world countries can buy a few hypersonic ASBMs and semi-reliably kill a carrier for like 1/100th of the price.
the last part was considering that there may still be a use for surface craft in a different role - perhaps purely supportive; acting as naval supply lines while keeping out of range of threats, but even that becomes an unreliable option as new deployment vectors emerge and it'd require a complete restructuring of naval doctrine. -
2021-01-06 at 1:27 AM UTC in Whats up with your Navy, UK?
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2021-01-06 at 12:45 AM UTC in infinityshockmore like Anton LaGay
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2021-01-06 at 12:40 AM UTC in I want all my supporters out on Jan 6th in Washington DC!
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2021-01-06 at 12:40 AM UTC in Wtf it snows in South africa and failstrailia during summer?did you just now learn that seasons aren't the same across the world
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2021-01-06 at 12:25 AM UTC in I want all my supporters out on Jan 6th in Washington DC!
