Given that littoral conflicts generally and the strait of Hormuz specifically have been a known issue for decades and given that the USN has designed and built 2.5 classes of surface combatants to address these threats. Is it safe to say that more resources would quickly yield capable hulls?
I blame the Irish.
Still a little salty about RC-SW though.
As much as I would prefer to not hand it to the USMC, they’re absolutely the most ruthlessly forward looking service.
When ur little shit talk post reignites the social media service rivalries
Han Solo saying "It's the ship that made the Straits of Hormuz in 12 parsecs"
Pretty crazy how important the blockade of a trade route is right now
Pete, I want you to know that as the missiles fall I am going to get off one final Fat Leonard joke before being engulfed in flames.
Hey look, if it’s still 2025 where you’re at you gotta tell everyone not to attack Iran. Shit is getting crazy.
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Malacca and the Bosporus/Dardanelles have been fairly important throughout human history.
That’s right
Unfortunately the scar healed really well and is basically invisible now.
Ah well.
It got pretty sporty.
Whenever @sharonk.bsky.social reposts me and I get inundated.
Sorry Phil.
No, it sure would be nice to have a Navy that knew what it wanted and pursued that starting in either 1992 or 2003. Or 2012ish.
The new Trump class battleship will solve these problems.
Well at least now we know our Naval capability gaps and can adjust priorities accordingly. I’m sure this will shake out in the next decade,,,,right?
Massive spinal epidural abscess leading to systemic sepsis.
I was a big fan of the Red Sea mission last year. Hell yeah, wet warfighters, that’s what you should be doing.
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And I don’t know whether a thirty percent increase in the Navy’s budget at the expense of the Army starting in 2009 would have been wise or would have solved these problems.
I don’t know that twenty years of abortive ship procurement combined with searching for a mission following a decade of naval supremacy proves anyone right.
Yeah it sucks trying to accomplish nebulous objectives.
Not so fucking fun being the DO is it.
I have spent the last decade arguing with Naval officers on social media who have said that they hate, haaaaate playing second fiddle to the Army during the GWOT.
Your time to shine pendejo.
Got caked up before deciding to recover by getting caked up.
Smoke. Show.
