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  1. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    How not to park a ship.
  2. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    In order to do that, a whole lot more Germans than just Hitler would have to come down with stroke. As much as the likes of Speer and Manstein liked to shit on Hitler after war, they were in line with him during the war and many decisions that were heaped onto Hitler after war, were actually...
  3. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    La Valletta harbour?
  4. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    DDG 95 leaving Toulon two days ago.
  5. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    Such events are too trifling for the Bolshevik Broadcasting Corporation, same as when Jutland wrecks were scavenged.
  6. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    Was he incinerated alive by US Marines?
  7. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    A look into 18th century battleship
  8. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    And he has just been acquitted UPDATED: Former Bonhomme Richard Sailor Ryan Sawyer Mays Acquitted of Arson - USNI News
  9. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    The sailor accused of burning down Bonhomme Richard is most likely just a scapegoat A long article but the gist is: - there is no conclusive proof that the fire was arson in the first place - there is no conclusive proof that the scapegoat was in the area where the fire started - there was...
  10. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    If you think they actually get money from USA, then I got a bridge in New York to sell you. They get equipment that is on loan, increasing their monetary debt and much of the founds in Ukraine bills for Ukraine is actually rider stuff that has nothing to do with Ukraine. Also Ukraine has no...
  11. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    And USA can also block the sale of Gripen, as it uses licensed F404 engine, licensing agreement includes American veto option on sales (rather unlikely though).
  12. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    Kind of like when I see people wearing headgear inside building.
  13. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    I don't think pilot and WO got out of this one.
  14. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    I guess the record is still held by Swedish Vasa, which capsized and sank 15 minutes into her first sailing. When his second in command questioned his decision to engage oncoming ships he replied with something like: ''I will be either court martialled or decorated. Fire!'' And the...
  15. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    This wasn't just due to metallurgist, this was also due to the company which owns the steelworks making this steel, as the most likely reason for her falsifying the tests was that they bribed her, so they could get away with lower (thus cheaper) quality work. Bribes of testers and Congress...
  16. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    Well, the front is the sensors (mostly sonar) dome, it's more crunchy and hermetically sealed from the rest of the sub.
  17. PsihoKekec

    Warship Appreciation Thread

    Doing the recruiting themselves, instead of subcontracting it to an agency that chases away potential recruits, might also help.
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