Ship porn
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bcuster
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and she's back. a brief cruise out to the Virginia Capes and back! still trying to iron the creases out, i guess...
bcuster
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A massive unfinished cruise ship is likely to be sold for scrap because no one wants to buy it
Global Dream II has been left incomplete after Genting Hong Kong, which owns its shipbuilder, declared bankruptcy.
www.businessinsider.com
T & P
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What are your thoughts on the relative realism of Top Gun Maverick as a former carrier serviceman, out of curiosity? Is the overall portrayal of carrier operations reasonably accurate, or laughable and unrealistic?
I read somewhere that the production team worked with Lockheed in the design of the fictional stealth plane (so much so that the Chinese allegedly altered the course of one of their satellites to take a closer look at it!), so it sounds as if the filmmakers were trying to be as realistic as possible.
bcuster
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I thought the portrayal of carrier flight operations was spot on.
It can be intense, LOUD, hot and quite frightening... working on the flight deck during flight operations (which i did not do) is like a chaotic ballet dance...
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Is it true that in trials she reached 50 knots or is that hyperbole ?
(i know its a secret but if you cant trust people on a UK anarchist message board who can you trust. My pen pal, Commander Xi Tang will be interested too...)
bcuster
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30 plus is the fastest I ever saw; maybe she did better when i wasn’t on watch…
David Clapson
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It's quite a feather in the cap for any nation which can achieve it safely, in all weathers, with reliable jet fighters and bombers in effective numbers, with a useful range and weapons load. It took the Royal Navy and US Navy decades to get there, and lots of aircrew died in peacetime mishaps. (I knew a Fleet Air Arm pilot who was one of only two survivors in his intake. He'd ditched on the approach twice, and watched the ship pass over his aircraft before he could get out.) If a nation has to build its own aircraft and engines and landing aids and catapults and so on (because the West won't sell them to you)....it's such a huge mountain for your industries to climb. The USSR never managed it. But China seems to have got there. Anyone know how they're doing?
bcuster
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China completes third aircraft carrier, first with a catapult launch system
China has launched its third aircraft carrier and the first to feature a catapult aircraft launch system. The ship designed and built in China was christened as “Fujian” named after the Chinese province opposite Taiwan, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. According to Defense News...
bcuster
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USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered
The US Navy ship sank off the Philippines during a ferocious WWII battle with the Japanese fleet.
www.bbc.com
kebabking
Not a Girly Swot, but I like them....
I'd say that building the ships is only half the task - I think that if they pour time and resources into it, like they have their carrier construction program, and don't flinch at the casualty rate, they will get a result, but they are not going to be going toe to toe with a US Carrier Strike Group any time soon.
I think in 5 years they'll look scary, but it will be 10 before they are ready for war with the USN - but then, of course the USN isn't standing still either...
David Clapson
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Their current jets aren't up to much, they've got a shortage of pilots, they're new to catapults..this new ship will be for training, not ops.
bcuster
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Great discussion here; and, speaking of the Chinese Navy:
www.businessinsider.com
To me, the Chinese destroyer looks identical to the US Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer:
Take a look at China's biggest destroyer, a $920 million cruiser that's said to be the 2nd most powerful in the world after the USS Zumwalt
The warships, which are also known as Renhai-class cruisers, are the most advanced warships China has ever made.
www.businessinsider.com
To me, the Chinese destroyer looks identical to the US Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer:
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Books, not bombs
Incredible
BBC News - USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered
BBC News - USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered
USS Samuel B Roberts: World's deepest shipwreck discovered
The US Navy ship "Sammy B" sank off the Philippines in a ferocious WWII battle with the Japanese.
www.bbc.co.uk
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
The US (and U.K.) has been in perpetual war since the 1930’s. China hasn’t. They can copy all the patents they like, won’t do ‘em much good if they choose to mix it with the world’s proper psychos….
ice-is-forming
I was born naked, shameless & fucking outrageous..
It's a life time ago since I last saw the tall ships. I remember watching a record breaking Russian one sail out of Chatham dock yard in the late 90s.
Not quite ships, but I love our local harbor, it's got it all.. from million $$ yachts, catamarans, trawlers, tall ships, and houseboats.
Not quite ships, but I love our local harbor, it's got it all.. from million $$ yachts, catamarans, trawlers, tall ships, and houseboats.
pseudonarcissus
fluttering and dancing
Peru still wants it back…that’s why Chile keeps it way down in the south. There was a tsunami a few years ago where, fortunately, Huescar was I damaged..pretty much every other ship was destroyed. I might be visiting Talcahuano again in a few weeks
Bezos’ $500m superyacht stuck after firm decides against dismantling historic bridge
The 421ft Y721 sailing yacht is being built by Oceanco in Rotterdam
www.independent.co.uk
bcuster
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Rule Britannia!Britain rules the waves I see
David Clapson
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We used to be America and China put together!
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Bezos’ $500m superyacht stuck after firm decides against dismantling historic bridge
The 421ft Y721 sailing yacht is being built by Oceanco in Rotterdam
If they drill a load of holes in the bottom of the boat that should lower it enough to get under the bridge
bcuster
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Perhaps even more dominant than that...
David Clapson
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I googled 'why was Britain's navy so good', and got this book review The Rise of the British Empire From Its Navy's Point of View (Published 2004). Intriguing stuff, which I don't think came up in history lessons at school. The short answer is that, being an island, we didn't need a standing army, so we were able to buy more ships than anyone else.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Also note that domination of the waves trailed off badly once a large, standing army was needed in the First World War. Obviously Empire declining afterwards played a huge part, but it all started with the need/want to project power onto the Continent. Even in the Napoleonic Wars, the British Army was relatively speaking tiny.
