Ship porn

[bcuster]

photo looks like it was taken moments ago:

 

[T & P]

photo looks like it was taken moments ago:

I guess it doesn’t matter that much with F-35s, but judging by the ramp I guess she is not equipped with catapults?

I was reading an article recently about China’s new carrier, which for the first time will have them. I wasn’t previously aware that the catapult launch system seemly is so technologically complex, or that very few Navies around the world have them. I mean, if a country’s indigenous navy is capable of building an aircraft carrier, which I’m sure requires a formidable expertise, designing a catapult launch system doesn’t seem that much of a stretch to a layman?

 

[pseudonarcissus]

I once spent a lot of time on the abandoned WW2 era USS ORLECK. it was quite spooky with dummies in naval uniform in some places, and a few skeletons in bunks after a Boy Scout halloween sleepover...heart-stopping when you are not expecting them and you only;y have a flashlight.

 

[A380]

 

[pseudonarcissus]

It had a cool drone

I once spent a lot of time on the abandoned WW2 era USS ORLECK. it was quite spooky with dummies in naval uniform in some places, and a few skeletons in bunks after a Boy Scout halloween sleepover...heart-stopping when you are not expecting them and you only;y have a flashlight.

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it had a cool drone

 

[pseudonarcissus]

It had a cool drone

it had a cool drone
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that carried torpedoes

 

[A380]

Not a great picture. But it’s at the end of my Road.

 

[A380]

 

[A380]

 

[danny la rouge]

Not a great picture. But it’s at the end of my Road.


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I disagree. That is a great picture.

 

[pseudonarcissus]

I disagree. That is a great picture.

A380 as a kid at the end of his road..

 

[bcuster]

impressive images from both sides of the Atlantic

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Not a great picture. But it’s at the end of my Road.


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Can't quite put my finger on it, but Bedfordshire seems somehow different to how I remember it...

 

[A380]

Can't quite put my finger on it, but Bedfordshire seems somehow different to how I remember it...

Coastal erosion got really bad this year…

 

[bcuster]

 

[bcuster]

Caked in algae:

Vanguard Submarine Arrives Home Absolutely Caked In Algae

The Royal Navy nuclear ballistic missile boat looked like a sea monster that had emerged from a long slumber at the bottom of the ocean.

www.yahoo.com

This I did not know:
Since 1998, the Royal Navy’s SSBNs have provided the U.K.’s sole nuclear weapons capability.

 

[High Voltage]

Not just this boat but ALL big boats, none of them look stable, I know they are, but they all look like they are so massively top heavy and would easily topple over. Take this one for instance, it's even got lots of little ships holding it up... madness

 

[bcuster]

Not just this boat but ALL big boats, none of them look stable, I know they are, but they all look like they are so massively top heavy and would easily topple over. Take this one for instance, it's even got lots of little ships holding it up... madness

I love her nice, clean, sandblasted and repainted bottom.

 

[Chz]

TK-208, Typhoon class submarine under construction in 1978. Multiple pressure hulls and missile silos quite evident. I always knew they had basically three pressure hulls inside the main hull, but it's not quite as I pictured it.



(insert Hunt for Red October joke here)

 

[bcuster]

The green submarine has caught the fancy of yahoo:

No fresh air for six months – the reality of life on a nuclear submarine

They’re sometimes known as sun-dodgers: that group of men and women who spend long spells of time underwater on Navy submarines.

www.yahoo.com

 

[T & P]

Caked in algae:

Vanguard Submarine Arrives Home Absolutely Caked In Algae

The Royal Navy nuclear ballistic missile boat looked like a sea monster that had emerged from a long slumber at the bottom of the ocean.

www.yahoo.com

This I did not know:
Since 1998, the Royal Navy’s SSBNs have provided the U.K.’s sole nuclear weapons capability.

Your link yesterday took me in turn to another article about the UK's nuclear deterrence subs that was talking about the Letters of Last Resort. I hand't previously known about this, and found it fascinating

[When a new Prime Minister is elected, they pen] four identical letters in their own hand writing outlining instructions on what to do if a nuclear exchange has occurred and the British government, including the Prime Minister and a designated second person, has been killed or incapacitated. Under the worst of circumstances, the Letter of Last Resort would stand as the last act of Her Majesty’s Government.

There are a handful of known instructions the Prime Minister can choose from when penning their Letters of Last Resort, and a combination of them can also be stated. These commands include retaliate, don’t retaliate, use your own judgement, put yourself under the command of the US Navy if it still exists, or go to the same in Australia. Clearly the secrecy surrounding the letters is key as without knowledge of what the fail-safe second-strike commands are, the nuclear deterrent remains credible.

If a Prime Minister’s command is to not retaliate, it may be because they have gamed out that if the letter is opened, the nuclear deterrent has already failed. Thus raining down more destruction will only result in more lives lost and lower chances that Earth can recover from the heavy radiation, fallout and nuclear winter that may follow.

Letters Of Last Resort Are Post Apocalyptic Orders For UK Vanguard Sub Crews

The Prime Minister writes hand-penned orders to Royal Navy ballistic missile submarine captains explaining what to do following a sneak nuclear attack that wipes out the United Kingdom government.

www.thedrive.com

 

[Chz]

When it came time to write it, Campbell said it was the only time in 1997 that Blair actually stopped grinning like a loon for a few minutes

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Your link yesterday took me in turn to another article about the UK's nuclear deterrence subs that was talking about the Letters of Last Resort. I hand't previously known about this, and found it fascinating

Letters Of Last Resort Are Post Apocalyptic Orders For UK Vanguard Sub Crews

The Prime Minister writes hand-penned orders to Royal Navy ballistic missile submarine captains explaining what to do following a sneak nuclear attack that wipes out the United Kingdom government.

www.thedrive.com

Wonder if Liz Truss got round to penning 4 letters..?

 

[Chz]

Wonder if Liz Truss got round to penning 4 letters..?

What would she put in them? "LOL, nuke France"?

 

[T & P]

What would she put in them? "LOL, nuke France"?

They would have had no commands whatsoever for the captains about the way they should act, and instead just complained that ‘My economic reform policies would have worked if they’d been allowed enough time’.

 

[dessiato]

Apologies for pic quality. The red ship is currently being completed on the other side of the estuary. The shipyard specialises in green ships. The other pic is of a ship moored on the quayside being loaded with eucalyptus wood.

 

[gosub]

Wonder if Liz Truss got round to penning 4 letters..?

Did remark at time that was hard to see how they could have been operationally deployed

 

[gosub]

What would she put in them? "LOL, nuke France"?

A selfie and a link to her twitter page.

 

[dessiato]

WW2 victualing boat, VIC 32, on Caledonian Canal

 

[bcuster]

How the US Navy Spent Billions on the “Little Crappy Ship” (LCS)

WASHINGTON --- In July 2016, warships from more than two dozen nations gathered off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California to join the United...

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