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1 posted on 08/01/2014 11:00:09 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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Which genius came up with the idea of only one gun on a naval vessel? Do you know how many guns were on a Fletcher-class destroyer?


2 posted on 08/01/2014 11:04:06 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself.)
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These things make it look to the unmilitary eye as if a country has a robust coastal defense. They will not survive combat. They are peacetime decorations.


3 posted on 08/01/2014 11:10:28 AM PDT by arthurus (Read Hazlitt's Economics In One Lesson ONLINE http://steshaw.org/economics-in-one-lesson/)
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5 posted on 08/01/2014 11:55:20 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: sukhoi-30mki
The 3000 tonne Gowind chosen by Malaysia is much more heavily armed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Generation_Patrol_Vessel

Frankly, I'm rather impressed, at least on paper, with the Franco-Italian Fremm.
7 posted on 08/08/2014 10:43:56 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers.")
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