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Post subject: Re: Battleship Design FunPosted: February 24th, 2012, 5:57 am
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As I implied in my other post, this class of naval rifle would easily qualify a vessel as a "super-battleship" if guns are used as the sole measuring criterion.


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Post subject: Re: Battleship Design FunPosted: February 25th, 2012, 10:16 am
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Haven't we tromped over this topic time and again? Seriously the battleship is dead, an outmoded concept. You might as well talk about a modern suit of knight's armour, a laser-guided trebuchet, stealth Zeppelin bombers, modern sailing warships. Technology moves forward, methods of waging war and delivering destruction improve. What was once cutting edge becomes obsolete junk. Just as Sopwith Camels ain't coming back the battleship isn't going to either.

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Post subject: Re: Battleship Design FunPosted: February 25th, 2012, 12:00 pm
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Hood wrote:
stealth Zeppelin bombers.
Being worked on somewhere in the USA for some reason.


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Post subject: Re: Battleship Design FunPosted: February 25th, 2012, 12:08 pm
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....not sure if trolling or serious...

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Post subject: Re: Battleship Design FunPosted: February 25th, 2012, 12:16 pm
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APDAF wrote:
Hood wrote:
stealth Zeppelin bombers.
Being worked on somewhere in the USA for some reason.
Why do you insist on opening your mouth and proving that you don't know what you're talking about?

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Post subject: Re: Battleship Design FunPosted: February 25th, 2012, 12:21 pm
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It was on the BBC world service at about 3:30 GMT a week ago I think.

All I know is that they are being worked on in the US somewhere.


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Post subject: Re: Battleship Design FunPosted: February 25th, 2012, 1:16 pm
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He's talking about this.
Hardly a bomber.

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Post subject: Re: Battleship Design FunPosted: February 25th, 2012, 2:49 pm
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No not that one.

it was at least 300'' long.


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Post subject: Re: Battleship Design FunPosted: February 25th, 2012, 4:48 pm
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That's the only stealth blimp around as of today

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Post subject: Re: Battleship Design FunPosted: February 25th, 2012, 5:01 pm
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God's Blood :x Can't you guys even stay on topic for once? Is there an attention deficit problem here. So yes, Hood is quite correct. If ever the Battleship ever had any support, it died the day the Prince of Wales was dispatched; therafter it could only survive with air cover, and for all the hype the last generation of Battleships hardly proved themselves in combat, being too expenisve to risk: Nuff said.


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