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Ardennes posted:A purely air invasion would be a bit tricky (and the US navy isn’t going to the Caspian). We'll just get Elon to dig a canal connecting the Black Sea to the Caspian
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The Oldest Man posted:oh right it shoots mithril-cased ammo forged in the bulletdeeps Lmao
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Lostconfused posted:Central Asia is probably the next big hot spot yeah. Not content to simply aggravate Russia or China one at a time, the US is going to stick its dick right between them to piss off both at once.
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Fell Mood posted:Not content to simply aggravate Russia or China one at a time, the US is going to stick its dick right between them to piss off both at once. Oh gently caress yeah aggravate it
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Slavvy posted:Now that's not entirely fair Going to be funny when that's what gets issued for actual combat use and the theoretical benefits of replacing the rifle and all the ammo in the army inventory vanishes in a puff of shareholder value
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/DefenseOne/status/1674209819815755777?t=4x2XhNVRyICP_IbtYn4QtA&s=19 is this is like how some government computer systems still run on COBOL and the only people that know that programming language are either long retired or dead?
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gradenko_2000 posted:https://twitter.com/DefenseOne/status/1674209819815755777?t=4x2XhNVRyICP_IbtYn4QtA&s=19 i like what this says about management
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  Study of the 'Emden' or 'Nürnberg, German light cruisers, at Scapa Flow after being refloated in 1919
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Ship looks disgusting--nipples protruding--rusted blue hull before returning to port. Very very disrespectful.
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Slavvy posted:That is totally normal and fine actually https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/06/navsea-comments-on-rusty-u-s-navy-ships-and-new-paint-coatings/
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Cao Ni Ma posted:https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/06/navsea-comments-on-rusty-u-s-navy-ships-and-new-paint-coatings/
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Didn’t think it be into it, but the next Armored Core game looks to be extremely my poo poo.
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Cao Ni Ma posted:https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/06/navsea-comments-on-rusty-u-s-navy-ships-and-new-paint-coatings/ quote:Critics of rusty brown-streaked U.S. Navy ships point out that the high-operational tempo of the U.S. Navy, and the backlog of shipyard maintenance, has led to a worn and battered appearance of Navy ships returning from deployments. One solution the interviewed Navy officers suggest is that the U.S. Navy needs to build more new ships to replace the old ships in order to patrol the world’s oceans more efficiently and effectively. Not only is it totally normal and fine, we in fact need more ships
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Cao Ni Ma posted:https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2023/06/navsea-comments-on-rusty-u-s-navy-ships-and-new-paint-coatings/ The ads on that site rule  Slavvy posted:Not only is it totally normal and fine, we in fact need more ships I love it. The cheap frigates the surface navy hated had aluminum superstructures and so didn't rust nearly as easily too. 
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Slavvy posted:Not only is it totally normal and fine, we in fact need more ships they do let out the real reason in there. increased time between shipyard periods, because the tank coating has been particularly effective. that’s a reasonable explanation.
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Slavvy posted:Not only is it totally normal and fine, we in fact need more ships Also the new ships should have extra thick hulls to survive the normal collisions with commercial shipping.
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Bar Crow posted:Also the new ships should have extra thick hulls to survive the normal collisions with commercial shipping. On that note, if you like long-form reads, this was a great article about the USS Fitzgerald incident that I read a while back: FIGHT THE SHIP: Death and valor on a warship doomed by its own Navy.
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Slavvy posted:Not only is it totally normal and fine, we in fact need more ships not /more/ ships, the ships just have to be single use like a razor blade, bing bong so simple
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Hubbert posted:On that note, if you like long-form reads, this was a great article about the USS Fitzgerald incident that I read a while back: quote:The Fitzgerald’s captain selected an untested team to steer the ship at night. He ordered the crew to speed through shipping lanes filled with cargo ships and fishing vessels to free up time to train his sailors the next day. At the time of the collision, he was asleep in his cabin. thats for schoolgirls. now here is a route with some chest hair /goes to bed
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Frosted Flake posted:The ads on that site rule does the "combat proven" refer to the azeri-armenian war?
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Cerebral Bore posted:that is an exaggeration. some of those systems were actually run on FORTRAN
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Bar Ran Dun posted:they do let out the real reason in there. increased time between shipyard periods, because the tank coating has been particularly effective. Yeah I can see how effective it is
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Delta-Wye posted:thats for schoolgirls. now here is a route with some chest hair /goes to bed "my sailors are all exhausted and we dont have enough time for training" "i know how to get ahead of schedule..." this is quite literally what happens when you collide (ha) neoliberal cost cutting with military "do it somehow no matter what" attitude e: also the type of person who gets promoted in this environment is taking these kinds of risks every single day to keep up with the expectations of their senior leaders. every day you take a risk like this and people dont die, you get rewarded.
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Slavvy posted:That is totally normal and fine actually The woke rear end EPA is what it is. https://twitter.com/prepbassetport/status/1674270874470596609?t=h9Mwrf54dUAVs11xYvp73w&s=19
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Slavvy posted:Yeah I can see how effective it is it’s inside the ship inside the tanks. that’s one of the big things that happens in shipyards. The steel in the tanks (for ballast and fuel) gets evaluated visually (think go inside in the dark and look for pinholes of light) and ultrasonically. Then if it needs it, it gets replaced. that type of rust you see is something that happens on commercial vessels taking anywhere from 3-8 years to develop. it’s not particularly indicative of the hull condition. so if they are pushing 15-20 between shipyards that’s quite normal.
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The Oldest Man posted:"my sailors are all exhausted and we dont have enough time for training" This is what's called being an audacious go getter in the vein of guderian
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The hulls on the ships aren't going to collapse on themselves, but longer and longer periods between drydocking periods does mean not only rusted paint, but there may be other parts of the ship, including critical systems, that haven't seen the maintenance they need. So it is significant even if the ship is structurally fine.
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Ardennes posted:The hulls on the ships aren't going to collapse on themselves, but longer and longer periods between drydocking periods does mean not only rusted paint, but there may be other parts of the ship, including critical systems, that haven't seen the maintenance they need. are you in the pocket of Big Rust or something
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Huragok posted:are you in the pocket of Big Rust or something It is what it is, man.
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Ardennes posted:The hulls on the ships aren't going to collapse on themselves, but longer and longer periods between drydocking periods does mean not only rusted paint, but there may be other parts of the ship, including critical systems, that haven't seen the maintenance they need. The suckle really points out how key systems just weren't working from lack of maintenence, unserstaffing, and lack of knowledge or systems.
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Ardennes posted:The hulls on the ships aren't going to collapse on themselves, but longer and longer periods between drydocking periods does mean not only rusted paint, but there may be other parts of the ship, including critical systems, that haven't seen the maintenance they need. it’s not a abnormal thing anymore. they do underwater hull inspections instead of dock periods on commercial vessels regularly. there is an upper limit to how long they can go. If there were to a be a critical system with a problem that could only be fixed in dry dock that would mean a dry dock period. I’ll write about how that works for you on the commercial side tomorrow and how the military differs.
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