Posted on Jan 13, 2018
Iowa-Class Battleship: The Warship the Navy Wishes It Could Bring Back from the Dead
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Bring out ye dead!!! I'm the Battleships
Missouri, Wisconsin and Iowa and I am not dead yet and I'm feeling much better!!!!
Like they used to say on Candid Camera:"wouldn't it be funny" if we took all the $165 billion cost overrun on the F-35 and put it toward the three battleships, we would at least have three battleships that we know work. Sure, they could be torpedoed and possibly sunk, but they would still work unlike the F-35 A and B.
Missouri, Wisconsin and Iowa and I am not dead yet and I'm feeling much better!!!!
Like they used to say on Candid Camera:"wouldn't it be funny" if we took all the $165 billion cost overrun on the F-35 and put it toward the three battleships, we would at least have three battleships that we know work. Sure, they could be torpedoed and possibly sunk, but they would still work unlike the F-35 A and B.
Iowa-Class Battleship: The Warship the Navy Wishes It Could Bring Back from the Dead
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LTC (Join to see) thanks for the share/read my friend. The Wisconsin is in Norfolk, VA. I will go and see it this summer.
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General Norman Schwazkopf On Saddam Hussein
RIP to a true American hero, the last of the truly great blood and guts generals.
Yeah the battleships convinced Saddam Hussein that this is where the invasion was going to come from and not from the West with General Schwarzkopf and his army on the move.
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Battleship Movie "Final Battle scene" HD
Battleship Movie "Final Battle scene" HD Universal Pictures. If Like this video, do not forget to click the "Like / thumbs up" and "Subscribe".
Battleship pornography. Is that a 16 inch gun in your pocket or you just happy to see me? I know there's a lot of Hollywood exaggeration in this Battleship scene. Even as an army guy, how are the hell is it going to get powder bags and 16 inch high explosive shells? I know after being on the USS North Carolina, they have quite a few 16 inch armor-piercing shells as part of the main gun turret display. Still, it's great science fiction. I remember being in disgust seeing 16 inch spare barrels being cut up for scrap by the US Navy contractors. With no spare barrels, the lifespan of these guns is very limited.
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https://youtu.be/3nWC3VQqUGs
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PO2 Robert Aitchison - I thought so. I wonder if the Long Beach Naval weapons Station still has any 16 " HE shells left or powder? Does gunpowder go unstable after 75 years?
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Yes, Seal Beach! I don't know why I thought of Long Beach but yes it is Seal Beach. I actually was there 2 years ago for weapons qualification. They have about a three-story High sandbagged area where you can qualify for a 25m for the 9mm range. Thank you for correcting me that was a brain fart. LOL
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LTC (Join to see) Wasn't Cost Effective at the End of WWII wasn't in Korea, wasn't in Vietnam, Wasn't in Beirut, Wasn't in Desert Storm. Yes I Love them Passionately, Yes I'm a Romantic, Yes they are Intimidating. Saw the Missouri, New Jersey every day I went to Work for 5 Years in Bremerton where they spent most of their Illustrious Careers in the White Fleet, The Ghost Fleet, Retired/Inactivated Fleet. I can think of Plenty of Things Better to Spend a Million Dollars a Day On and Better Use of Time for a Crew of a 1K Sailors. Same Reason My Beloved Nuclear Cruisers were Retired, Cost Per Day to Operate and a Crew of 600. Smaller, Faster, Cheaper. Nature of the Game.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC (Join to see) - Speaking of Iran, They have Done an Excellent Job of Maintaining Several Ships and 2 P-3s We Left there with the Shah's Government. Having Spied on them for My Last Two Big Hurahs, I Learned a Healthy Respect for them as the Kings of Bubble Gum and Paper Clip Repairs.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
LTC (Join to see) - As Far as COMSEC and OPSEC the Iranians always Sucked and I Could Take them Out the Minute they had an Evil Thought, Let Alone Try and Carry It Out.
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I remember the Arab and Persian engineering students were one crazy group of guys at Cal State Fullerton. If they can reengineering the F4 Phantom and keep the F-14 flying, they can do an excellent job keeping their existing Hardware working. I was only 60 miles east of the
Iran border when I was Afghanistan and I'm sure the forward operating base was probably flown over by our reconnaissance F4 Phantom. Just think of all the hand-me-down planes they received from the Saddam Hussein era Iraqi Air Force in 1991.
https://warisboring.com/this-is-how-iran-maintains-its-bizarre-air-force/
Iran border when I was Afghanistan and I'm sure the forward operating base was probably flown over by our reconnaissance F4 Phantom. Just think of all the hand-me-down planes they received from the Saddam Hussein era Iraqi Air Force in 1991.
https://warisboring.com/this-is-how-iran-maintains-its-bizarre-air-force/
This Is How Iran Maintains Its Bizarre Air Force
Iran is an air power, relying on large numbers of heavily-armed warplanes to deter hostile neighbors and try to keep at bay the ships, stealth fighters and spy planes of the United States. But Iran is also an isolated and embargoed state, barred from legally acquiring new airframes, parts and...
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LTC (Join to see) - Always Beware the Kings of Mix and Match, Iran and India always Deserve a Degree of Respect.
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In the early stages of WWII, LTC (Join to see) the Battleship which had been lord of the seas as a man-of-war dreadnaught was eclipsed by the aircraft carrier which had significantly extended range thanks to dive bombers.
The dreadnaught battleships had thick hulls and armored topsides but their range of engagement was limited to their main guns.
Now we have cruisers with cruise missiles which can reach out and deliver tremendous destruction on over the horizon targets with relative impunity when we have air superiority and sub-surface superiority.
Thanks for mentioning me SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL.
The battleships were noble in their day and defended the seas for many decades. I prefer to see them retired and hope that the floating museums will long serve to remind people of their contributions of the sailors who manned them and the war records of each.
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The dreadnaught battleships had thick hulls and armored topsides but their range of engagement was limited to their main guns.
Now we have cruisers with cruise missiles which can reach out and deliver tremendous destruction on over the horizon targets with relative impunity when we have air superiority and sub-surface superiority.
Thanks for mentioning me SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL.
The battleships were noble in their day and defended the seas for many decades. I prefer to see them retired and hope that the floating museums will long serve to remind people of their contributions of the sailors who manned them and the war records of each.
PO1 John Miller PO1 William "Chip" Nagel PO2 (Join to see) PO3 Steven Sherrill COL Mikel J. Burroughs LTC Stephen C. LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. Capt Seid Waddell Capt Tom Brown CW5 (Join to see) SGM David W. Carr LOM, DMSM MP SGT MSG Andrew White SFC William Farrell SSgt Robert Marx SGT John " Mac " McConnell SP5 Mark Kuzinski SrA Christopher Wright Cpl Joshua Caldwell
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