tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post2975842729603002230..comments2023-09-18T06:11:49.382-05:00Comments on No Fear of the Future: You sunk my littoral combat trimaran!Jayme Lynn Blaschkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-65060057927960092962012-04-12T11:41:23.757-05:002012-04-12T11:41:23.757-05:00Coming soon! info on the return of the big gun sh...Coming soon! info on the return of the big gun ship .... see Rail Gun - more bang for the buck than any carrier in the close fight! <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1q_rRicAwI <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RailgunAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-43603316782176757812012-04-06T17:36:48.129-05:002012-04-06T17:36:48.129-05:00To be fair, the last battleships were retired beca...To be fair, the last battleships were retired because of operational costs rather than lack of use. The Iowa Class battleships that participated in the original Desert Storm and combat patrols off the coast of Lebanon were extremely effective in demolishing shoreline defenses and launching absurd numbers of Tomahawk cruise missiles at inland targets. Their WWII era armor also made them practically invulnerable to Exocet and Silkworm missiles that posed such a threat to smaller ships. That said, operational costs ultimately won out over such narrow mission specs. <br /><br />To be perfectly clear, I also cringe when I see the <i>Battleship</i> trailer. I mean, I've gone through it frame-by-frame and see absolutely no indication they've got a cake large enough to fit Erika Eleniak anywhere...Jayme Lynn Blaschkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02919766841748858790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5329139329489259389.post-80645433244346686492012-04-06T15:32:52.313-05:002012-04-06T15:32:52.313-05:00Two points. First, I'm totally guilty of joini...Two points. First, I'm totally guilty of joining in the futuristic corvette-class warship gee-whiz fanclub, and I have the military-SF publication to prove it:<br />http://apodispublishing.com/fusion/pages/17_gyre.htm<br /><br />Second, there are currently no battleships in service anywhere on the planet. They were all replaced by the aircraft carrier and destroyer escort modality. So every time I see the <i>Battleship</i> trailer I cringe. Might as well make a movie where we fight Saddam with battle-locomotives.Matthew Beyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312136548086025690noreply@blogger.com