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[-] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 61 points 2 months ago

$13 billion US aircraft carrier taken out by a $3500 RC plane lmao.

[-] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 52 points 2 months ago

I hope this is a lesson for literally the rest of the anti West world. Anyone can send a carrier group home apparently. The US is a paper tiger

[-] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 months ago

Idk if trump admin will be happier if it was crew sabotage or Iranian drones

[-] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 58 points 2 months ago

It's impressive to spend as much as we do on the military and still come up short on resources

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 40 points 2 months ago

Money spent on the military isnt going towards the military.

[-] microfiche@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

learned helplessness almost or smth

[-] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

The Axis Powers, Germany especially, ran into the same problems. Too much reliance on wunderwaffe and ideology poisoning manufacturing causes $250k Tiger tanks to get blown up by $13.5k Shermans/T-34s.

[-] Tormato@hexbear.net 37 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This is making me lose my mind with anger.

Fucking Epstein Class fascists flailing away at anything that moves, like a hammerhead shark.

Still pissed, 70 years later, that a sports squad-size of expatriate rebels on a rickety boat from Mexico against all odds created a people's revolution that threw out all the Yankee economic terrorists who owned all their land and businesses and had been running open market prostitution and gambling rings.

Literally makes me sick to my stomach that that noblest of countries (think of the strides in medicine and education alone they've made - and then selflessly offered to all anywhere who needed, for free!) is so under siege right now and teetering.

Anyone else thinking of going down to at least lend a hand?

[-] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago

Probably 😒

[-] Flyberius@hexbear.net 35 points 2 months ago

Was the Ford hit or was this a poopoo laundry fire related incident?

[-] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

probably both, it was hit though.

[-] PKMKII@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

Hit ‘n’ shit

[-] ClathrateG@hexbear.net 13 points 2 months ago
[-] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago

Shit my bad it was the USS Abraham Lincoln Iran claimed to have hit which is even funnier. So potentially two carriers diminished or deterred. And the Nimitz was due for decommissioned so probably even more vulnerable.

[-] MarxMadness@hexbear.net 28 points 2 months ago

Launched in 1972, the oldest aircraft carrier in the world.

[-] BobDole@hexbear.net 26 points 2 months ago

So, if it was supposed to be decommissioned that likely means it has reduced crew, as the detailers would have started moving them on (the schedules for this are determined years in advance). Also, when a crew knows they’re decommissioning, they get real shitty on maintenance because who cares.

Get ready for Fireshitstorm 2: Caribbean Style

[-] blottica@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago

Yeah it was supposed to be on its final deployment till May but the JFK is not finished yet so they have to extend the deployment another year :hahaha:

[-] MarxMadness@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago

I heard the JFK is only supposed to be in service for 1000 days

[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 25 points 2 months ago

Decommissioned

It's German! It means "The commissioned, the"

[-] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 24 points 2 months ago

Doesn't the US have 7 other aircraft carriers not in maintenance or hit? Why this one?

[-] oliveoil@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Eh, it's expendable. Honestly, I would do the same thing.

[-] AnarchoTankie@hexbear.net 22 points 2 months ago

Red Alert 2 enjoyers be like Holy Shit, they made the Nimitz a real thing???

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago
[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 15 points 2 months ago
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