Posted on Aug 16, 2019
Why the Navy Is More Interested in the 'Ship of Theseus' Than the USS Zumwalt
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The U.S. Navy would prefer older ship designs outfitted with new weapons instead of new designs fitted with new weapons. The service, stung by recent difficulties fielding new hulls such as the destroyer USS Zumwalt, could choose to produce the same type of ship but with progressively more advanced technology, including weapons.
According to Greek mythology, the hero Theseus owned a ship that was slowly replaced, plank by plank, until every part had been replaced. This has led to the “Ship of Theseus” thought experiment that asks the question: if every part of an object is replaced, is the result the same object or an essentially new one?
According to Greek mythology, the hero Theseus owned a ship that was slowly replaced, plank by plank, until every part had been replaced. This has led to the “Ship of Theseus” thought experiment that asks the question: if every part of an object is replaced, is the result the same object or an essentially new one?
Why the Navy Is More Interested in the 'Ship of Theseus' Than the USS Zumwalt
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I am in line with their thinking. But I may not be the best person to say, I would bring back the Iowa class battleships and build the Montana class PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
CPL Dave Hoover Everybody Loves those Old Battle Wagons. They are just that Cost Effective running about a Million Dollars a Day to Operate and Manpower Intensive, Very Large Crew. Same Reason they Decommissioned the Nuclear Cruisers I Served On.
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SPC Angela Burnham
Gotta love the battleships! Nothing like 16 inches of artillery raining down on the beaches to support your landing force. Only problem tbh was their vulnerability to modern missiles. Even aircraft carriers could be made obsolete soon by hypersonic anti-ship missiles.
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CPL Dave Hoover
SPC Angela Burnham that maybe our sobering reality I'm afraid sister. Man, I feel old.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel it’s the Schrodinger’s ship, until something goes bad it is both a POS and not a POS.
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