Yes, seriously you sanctimonious twat.

Oh do fuck off

There is no point trying to explain it to a non-smoker.

Because nicotine gum tastes like shit and burns the back of your throat.

That swing arm is very useful if you are trying to get down a drag strip. Most liter bikes get into the high-9s once you stretch them out and shackle down the front end. Not something I would like to roll a mountain pass on but there is most certainly a use for them.

There are only a couple LCCs left. Blue Ridge who serves 7th fleet and Mount Whitney over in the 6th fleet (Mediterranean) both forward deployed. They are basically big ass radio’s for all intents, they really don’t offer much over a Carrier or even a Cruiser tactically.

The USN wouldn’t be the one to initiate a shooting war with a China either. You can dispute territory claims all you want. Attacking manned military emplacements....be them on recognized territory or not....is an act of war.

You are missing the point, the South China sea is one of the busiest shipping regions on the planet. There are a LOT of ships that move back and forth.

More admirals haha

I can’t ride feet forward for more than an hour or so before it feels like someone jack hammering my tailbone. Naked sportbikes I can ride all day every day.

Super Dukes have never been on a fast developement cycle, the 990 went from 2005 to 2014, not sure what you were expecting there.

A comment of the day out of Lanesplitter? Two. Wheels. Good!

She was forward deployed for 7 years, that pennant gets a star for every 9 months away from the mainland. They have a lot of them.

image by Rick Wyatt, 13 October 2000

Yeah that rogue wave would have have to be over 60 feet tall to reach the flight deck on a Nimtz class carrier. You are talking a once in a century event in calm seas. Rest assured they clear the deck when the sea state gets crazy (though not as much as I you likely think).

Crossplane R1, that is how they sound, almost like a V8.

Crossplane R1, that is how they sound, almost like a V8.

Umm no.

No warship built in the last century loses navigational capability when the bridge is hit. There are numerous places that the throttle and rudders can be controlled from.

Varies by loadout and missile type. Its damn fast (faster than those 5 inch guns actually) but the issue isn’t how much you can dump out, the issue is what you can illuminate. The SM2 is a semi-active missile the SPY-1 Radar actually drives the bird through mid-course, but the missile actually homes on a specific…