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yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts) Mon Nov 18, 2013, 10:21 AM Nov 2013

Navy's Modern Warships (Full Documentary)

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Navy's Modern Warships (Full Documentary) (Original Post) yuiyoshida Nov 2013 OP

Thanks for posting! Kaleva Nov 2013 #1

I hope they found a way to fireproof the Superstructure. PeoViejo Nov 2013 #2

Sort of reminds me of the Monitor & the Merrimac, somehow. bemildred Nov 2013 #3

Quick, someone alert Faux! Navy ship rollout mired by problems. ffr Nov 2013 #4

Kaleva

(36,294 posts)

1. Thanks for posting!

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 11:25 AM

Nov 2013

PeoViejo

(2,178 posts)

2. I hope they found a way to fireproof the Superstructure.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Mon Nov 18, 2013, 11:58 AM

Nov 2013

I was thinking about HMS Sheffield during the Falklands War, She had an alloy Superstructure. An Exocet Missile struck her and set it on fire. The Ship pretty much burned to the Waterline.

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

3. Sort of reminds me of the Monitor & the Merrimac, somehow.

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Mon Nov 18, 2013, 12:08 PM

Nov 2013

ffr

(22,669 posts)

4. Quick, someone alert Faux! Navy ship rollout mired by problems.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2013, 01:45 AM

Nov 2013

Almost as bad as a reality show with all the failures of equipment, guns that don't shoot straight, high pressure rubber hydraulic lines that should be steal braided hoses, and accompanying drama. I'd hate to be on one of these new ships under fire. They better figure out how to make them offensive weapons soon or else they'll just be moving targets.

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