So I was just reading up on this ship and Im a little confused. She had a $57 million refit completed in 2012 and it was supposed to extend the service life of the ship 6-8 years. that would mean 2018-2020. The article makes it sound like its been chugging along on bailing wire and spit since the 70's. Doesn’t…
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Nope, not at all. Icebreakers’ hulls have little in common with the shape and structure of any other military or commercial vessels. Small, light duty breakers needed to keep harbor channels open are a bit more common, but the medium and heavy icebreakers the Coast Guard needs are highly specialized vessels.
i just re-read the article about russia’s icebreakers. their shiny new nuke-powered one cost $1.74 BILLION!
Haters will say its fake.
So.. I’m assuming there were no safety measures in place, and THAT’S the reason for the fine? If I were him, I would have had it anchored to a truck, limitations to height, an EMS standing by, and a signed waiver. But that’s just me, I guess?
The original lawn chair balloon guy and still a hero.
“There was nothing fantastic, fun or exhilarating about it,” Judge Bruce Frasier said.
It’s only $19,833 in USD so no problem! Look at this picture he took, though... holy crap:
Gizmodo.com is not a reliable source
How do you suppose the open sea lanes required for that were guaranteed?
Subs aren’t keepin up with a carrier at speed, the ships don’t go straight they are constantly turning and doubling back. The carrier CAP will take out the air recon planes or the guided missile destroyers Aegis systems will. A carrier is a tiny object in a vast sea. It also has jamming abilities and point defense…
They move quite fast, satellites are shit for constant target tracking as they don’t stay overhead, unless geostationary... which are too distant to provide the necessary resolution. Carriers are turning at forty miles per hour.
The bombers need to be refueled. The pilots need rest. The missiles need to be reloaded.
By that (lack of) logic, no US carrier fought a battle in WWII either…
But once a carrier is there it can react much more quickly than Kansas.
Unless you count the planes that they launched. You know, their entire function...
The largest threats to the American military are not exactly next door... Carriers give the US a strategic advantage. Are carriers “easier” to take down these days? Perhaps
“Easy to sink.” People who don’t know what they are talking about shouldn’t write articles pretending to know what they are talking about.