I think comparing it to the Cuban Missile Crisis might be a tad sensational.

Tour a burn unit to see what a literally ruined life looks like.

I'm referring to this one. Unless you were there and have confirmed info there were no drugs?

Especially if they’re 1500 feet below ground. I don’t see that working well.

Since one can reasonably expect fairly coarse lateral corrections during initial acceleration, those must be some vents!

hey kotaku. what is this new shitty video player you got. its playing your video and it buffers like shit. not every reader has google internet here. keep using youtube so your readers can choose their own video quality....

The key systems needed to keep the ship in the fight (command, navigation, and gunnery) are what Tyler noted as being protected by this structure. You could say it turns the battle around simply by enabling the ship to continue effective resistance after what would have been a disabling or fatal hit for other ships.

Here are some pictures I took from my own trip to the Missouri at Pearl Harbor a few years ago. The vault-like navigation bridge was one of the things that struck me as well; you really can’t believe how solid it is until you see it yourself:

I disagree. He’s adding to the knowledge of the public. With much more credible information than the stuff already out there.

Sweet! Managed to snap this back in 98 I believe in Thailand during the annual Cobra Gold exercise, back when I was with ACU-1.

My oldest brother works on these as an AE in Norfolk and I got to see them. Boyyyyy are they huge. (Part of the tail is folded.)

Actually they did incredibly well. Very useful both in Chechnya and Afghanistan. Helos will always have losses in an area saturated with MANPADS and other AA. They’re big, slow moving, low altitude targets. In fact, it was the incredible efficacy of Soviet gunships that prompted the US to start sending those valiant…

calm down comrade

Thorough, respected and COMPELLING. I’d read his grocery lists.

I’ve read everything he’s written since his first article here. And I remember commenting on one of his first articles that he should cite his sources. I eventually stopped commenting on the articles. This is one of the first times I can remember that he verbatim copied something.

I’m really glad that editor’s note was added after this was published. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be obvious that the entire post was copied verbatim from the facebook page that wouldn’t have been referenced without the editor’s note.