18 thoughts on “Tired of election angst? How about the United States Navy being almost too damn good”
Well, that's better than what I was going to post to get over election angst; which was basically that Erdogan is digging himself a big hole in Turkey and wondering about when the shit is gonna go down there.
Yeah, the USS Zumwalt was commissioned in Mobtown during | Fleet Week 2016 | in mid October. I was headed over the Key Bridge that Monday morning, looked over and there she was, she was headed out of the Inner Harbor.She's seriously weird looking in person, and – that low contrast neutral grey color the Zumwalt is painted? It's even tough to see with the human eye, let alone radar. It's one of the spookiest ships I've ever seen.
Robert appears, juggling three hand grenades. As he enters
a door labeled “Engine Room”…
ROBERT: The engine’s running rough. Think I’ll tune it up.
A FEW MINUTES LATER
Robert emerges from the engine room, now juggling two hand grenades. He seems to remember something. Stops juggling and looks at the two grenades.
ROBERT: Didn’t I have three a minute ago?
A violent explosion rocks the ship, the Latino crew panicking. Smoke is pouring from the engine room doorway.
A FEW MINUTES LATER
Quark, Jose, and High Pockets watch from a skiff as the ship sinks. The Old Indian is with them,frozen his squat by the boat’s outboard engine. They’ve saved the physics texts and notebooks too.
Well, that's better than what I was going to post to get over election angst; which was basically that Erdogan is digging himself a big hole in Turkey and wondering about when the shit is gonna go down there.
Yeah, the USS Zumwalt was commissioned in Mobtown during | Fleet Week 2016 | in mid October. I was headed over the Key Bridge that Monday morning, looked over and there she was, she was headed out of the Inner Harbor.She's seriously weird looking in person, and – that low contrast neutral grey color the Zumwalt is painted? It's even tough to see with the human eye, let alone radar. It's one of the spookiest ships I've ever seen.
"That 50' fishing boat is staying in the channel for some reason…"
She thought my mighty sword was a pen knife, too.
From the comments in Gawker:
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Not to worry people, just a training exercise.
That is so cool that you actually saw it.
Saw… saw what?
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Googling "Stealth boat" generates a lot of interesting images that seem to have a tangential relationship, at best, to stealth boats.
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It's called the "Zumwaldt Class", which implies that there should be several, but there's only one and there will likely only ever be one.
"Not as many horses and bayonets, either."
"Zumwaldt Class of 2016 reunion"
"Named Best in Class by JD Power and Associates"
A struggle of class against class is a *what* struggle?
|Sonar contact, Captain! Port quarter! Close aboard. American, Los Angeles class!|
|Full speed ahead, Mr. Boatswain, full speed ahead!|
|The only thing you can do is go dead, shut down and make like a hole in the water.|
Heh. Saved.
SCREENPLAY EXCERPT _ COSMIC BANDITOS
ON THE FREIGHTER
Robert appears, juggling three hand grenades. As he enters
a door labeled “Engine Room”…
ROBERT: The engine’s running rough. Think I’ll tune it up.
A FEW MINUTES LATER
Robert emerges from the engine room, now juggling two hand grenades. He seems to remember something. Stops juggling and looks at the two grenades.
ROBERT: Didn’t I have three a minute ago?
A violent explosion rocks the ship, the Latino crew panicking. Smoke is pouring from the engine room doorway.
A FEW MINUTES LATER
Quark, Jose, and High Pockets watch from a skiff as the ship sinks. The Old Indian is with them,frozen his squat by the boat’s outboard engine. They’ve saved the physics texts and notebooks too.
Jim and Robert are in another lifeboat.
JIM: Goddamn, Robert…
ROBERT: It was an accident.