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Reply #45 on: March 07, 2020, 12:02:21 PM
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/32352/photos-surface-of-the-armys-crazy-1000-mile-range-supergun-concept-heres-what-we-know

I didn't see this post, because on that day I was on my way to attend a meeting chaired by MG George (head of CCDC, and the person featured in the article).

Funding for SLRC is part of my portfolio.  When it was at Dahlgren (about 40 miles away), I had hoped to get down to see it, but could never get down there.  I believe that it's now on its way to Yuma, or it may already be there.  I'm hoping to get out to see a test shot sometime this year.

Very cool, man.  :bigthumb:

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Reply #46 on: March 07, 2020, 03:39:37 PM
At one point in Vietnam, the navy looked at building a new monitor based on the British monitor s, Erebus and Terror.
The need for a heavy gunfire support platform was recognized.  An Iowa BB was thought to be Overkill, would have huge manpower needs, and be too costly.
Another option was a helicopter transportable gun like the railguns of WWI.  These would be moved to a firebase after a sturdy base was constructed/poured for each piece.
For various reasons, a BB was tried.  At. Least one admiral held out for a monitor using a spare turret for Nevada class with two 12 or 14 inch guns.

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"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #47 on: June 10, 2020, 04:41:11 PM

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Reply #48 on: June 10, 2020, 08:24:24 PM

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Reply #49 on: June 10, 2020, 11:01:14 PM
I didn't see them actually kill the oil well with the gun. But... if it's the Russians, it must be true, right?

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Reply #50 on: June 11, 2020, 08:05:16 AM
Hey, the US Air Force back in the 30s bombed a lava flow in Hawaii.  When the eruption stopped three days later, they claimed the bombing stopped Kilawai.

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #51 on: June 18, 2020, 04:11:47 PM
https://news.yahoo.com/why-u-armys-precision-strike-152600146.html

Interesting that they never mention the Pershing missiles as precision guided options that predate the ones in the article by over a decade

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Reply #52 on: May 21, 2021, 07:20:31 AM

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Reply #53 on: May 21, 2021, 07:31:16 AM
There has to be a joke in there somewhere.

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Reply #54 on: May 21, 2021, 07:47:49 AM
Was that at Fort Drury Lane?

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Reply #55 on: May 21, 2021, 05:24:25 PM
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...eight counts of administering a noxious substance...

So the cupcakes weren't very good?

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Reply #56 on: July 25, 2022, 06:34:24 PM

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


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Reply #57 on: July 25, 2022, 07:45:57 PM
In a purely Sean Connery from SNL I had that down as eugene lees lover and wondered where we were going



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Reply #58 on: July 25, 2022, 08:03:30 PM
In a purely Sean Connery from SNL I had that down as eugene lees lover and wondered where we were going

Ditto
I still haven't clicked on that link

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Reply #59 on: July 25, 2022, 08:42:20 PM
Seems legit - no rainbow artillery pawn