https://x.com/johnkonrad/status/1838524069794451951
It’s not looking good. I’ve been told by a shipowner the Navy does not have a spare oiler to deploy and is scrambling to find a commercial oil tanker to refuel the Abraham Lincoln carrier group.
— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) September 24, 2024
Updates over at gCaptain forum: https://t.co/nNG6uSYGJJ https://t.co/wGP2GTYyAw pic.twitter.com/ec2oN3CpSf
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Don't worry, the US shipbuilding industry will save the day
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1600 ships/yr isn't as bad as I thought.
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!marseyartists it's come to my attention that the only marsey that expresses relief is
While undoubtedly a great marsey it is nonetheless not mainline marsey
Please use art drawing stuff to make a real relieved
May I suggest modifying expression on
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I started a line of marseyfied emojis a while ago but it wasnt really popular
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Where are you getting 1600 ships/yr?
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700+600+300+5 = 1600
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Thanks to strict Buy American requirements, you should only count 5 per year
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Overindexed on Army and SOF.
Underindexed on Navy and Air Force.
Generals seething and coping that they aren't getting more budgets for ships and planes.
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I read something a while ago that republicans in red states basically strangled the navy in favor of ground forces because they all wanted defense spending in their districts and there arent any really coastal republicans.
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Sorta. Shipbuilding is just expensive and polluting and Coastal Democrats just didn't want military stuff because they're all secret commies.
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Yeah these are Chinese shipyard workers leaving their shift. There's no way the US could keep up paying these guys $70-$100k salary building 1000 ships a year.
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We spend money on
admirals but not on having refueling ships for our aircraft carriers
@CEO_of_misogyny say this as a feminist ally.
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We're also wildly low on mid-air fueling planes and AWACs.
The window of opportunity for China in successfully taking Taiwan is closing.
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The only one stopping china from invading Taiwan at this point is chinas inability to move soldiers a short distance via water or air.
Putting the
in spookie
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They can move troops to Taiwan. They can just use the naval militia aka the fishermen boats. They'll just lose half of the Army in the journey.
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They don't even care about the losses, it's that all the civilian Chinese boats across the world will be regarded as naval vessels after that
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war in the 21st century is way lamer than what I imagined as a kid
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Real IJN Taiho hours.
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that's embarrassing
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you believe in made up dogshit from a delusional p-dophile jew hating male feminist warlord who couldnt read. slow clap for your sanity.
Snapshots:
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