Disagree.
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Very sad (the pix of the other building with the collapsed roof on top of the other Buran sibling is equally as sad).
IDK, but the black line looks to me as more like an artifact of the photo or attached trim on the luggage cart. Like your observation on the strange placement of the left hands though.
“See something, say something”—that’s a concept that is a little thin over here.
How do we know that this isn’t already the case?
Am I the only one who thinks that the NK video voice-overs sound as if the tape is running backwards?
“No war crimes to see here. Move along now please.”
Like these malcontents?
John Ringo would be so proud.
“Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time...”
Especially when you let the manufacturer do the testing for you...
Or pull it out altogether for some type of VLS system replacement...
Think of the BB hulls as just that; a HULL. Now start with a clean slate on the design board; new power plants (nuclear), weapons systems (updated VLS, guided munitions, railguns, close-in and long-range air defense, etc), information gathering (whatever AEGIS has been upgraded to lately, UAVs, satellite data uplinks,…
As envisioned in their 1940’s role as the ultimate naval “heavy hitter” then, yes, the BB’s are obsolete. But if they are viewed as a 21st Century “weapons platform”, not so much.