tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post4465265060977721122..comments2024-03-28T16:40:20.681-04:00Comments on Just An Earth-Bound Misfit, I : LCS: "Teething Problems" or Piece of Shit?Comrade Misfithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-9907877396753098332012-01-23T20:39:56.308-05:002012-01-23T20:39:56.308-05:00The "why" is easy: Without the Navy, the...The "why" is easy: Without the Navy, there would not even be an American shipbuilding industry. Avondale, Newport News, Bath Iron Works, Pascagoula, all of them would have become beachfront condos decades ago without the Navy to buy from them.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7924773307171301256.post-4559115267147221532012-01-23T19:08:21.859-05:002012-01-23T19:08:21.859-05:00You read about how the LCS's mine detector gea...You read about how the LCS's mine detector gear doesn't actually, well, detect mines, right? Which sorta means they're useless in waters like around Iran where there's bound to be oodles of mines, but that's the sort of waters they were supposed to be designed to be used in. What, exactly, *can* these turkeys do? Other than suck up money like a trophy escort at a Republican convention, that is?<br /><br />- Badtux the Baffled PenguinBadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com