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besilarius

Artist rendition of the cruiser Quincy during Savo Island.
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

Windigo

Quote from: GDS_Starfury on September 23, 2015, 11:02:01 AM
its easier to move refugees to Europe that way.   :P

ouch!!  LOL.... 
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My wife insists that it says dyslexia but what does she know.

mirth

QuoteRussian Akula class submarine loading torpedo

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

QuoteThe U.S.S. Indiana, her deck lined with Sailors and Marines, as seen from the Golden Gate Bridge, returning from the Pacific (Oct. 6, 1945).

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

All 4 Iowa-class battleships operating together in the Virginia Capes area. (June 7, 1954)





"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

undercovergeek

thats a lot of kaboom all in one row

mirth

QuoteUSS America (CVA-66), foreground, and USS Ranger (CVA-61) underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. Januray 1973.


"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

QuoteInvincible Class HMS Ark Royal in Portsmouth Naval Drydock

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

QuoteFrench SSBN Le Triomphant departs Brest

"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

mirth

QuoteKilo-class B-800 Kaluga submarine returns to the base



Gallery - http://imgur.com/a/u5QpO
"45 minutes of pooping Tribbles being juggled by a drunken Horta would be better than Season 1 of TNG." - SirAndrewD

"you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire" - Bawb

"Can't 'un' until you 'pre', son." - Gus

Staggerwing

The outsides of Russian subs always look like they were made from dented scrap plating. I'm guessing that texture must be  anechoic coating material.
Vituð ér enn - eða hvat?  -Voluspa

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Airborne Rifles

Quote from: Staggerwing on October 11, 2015, 09:03:51 AM
The outsides of Russian subs always look like they were made from dented scrap plating.

Ha! That might not have been far off for their earliest subs.

Mr. Bigglesworth

Quote from: Staggerwing on October 11, 2015, 09:03:51 AM
The outsides of Russian subs always look like they were made from dented scrap plating. I'm guessing that texture must be  anechoic coating material.

Nah, just dented plate, painted. The anechoic stuff looks like rubber tiles. There is a pic of a US sub in the thread iirc that looks like grey rubber tiles. The finish looks flat, whereas the finish on marine paint is glossy.
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; "
- Shakespeare's Henry V, Act III, 1598

besilarius

A collision at sea can ruin your whole day. - Thucydides, 323BC.

Leipzig and Prinz Eugen
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.

besilarius

Not sure, may have posted this before.
Still a great video of automated gunnery.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=155&v=ICifnf63lCs

And for the Gun Club, the Naval Gunnery Factory at the Washington Navy Yard.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epclkzKJvfc
"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out until too late that he's been playing with two queens all along".  Terry Pratchett.

During filming of Airplane, Leslie Nielsen used a whoopee cushion to keep the cast off-balance. Hays said that Nielsen "played that thing like a maestro"

Tallulah Bankhead: "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me."

"When all other trusts fail, turn to Flashman." — Abraham Lincoln.

"I have enjoyed very warm relations with my two husbands."
"With your eyes closed?"
"That helped."  Lauren Bacall

Master Chiefs are sneaky, dastardly, and snarky miscreants who thrive on the tears of Ensigns and belly dancers.   Admiral Gerry Bogan.