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   From: blame@yahoo.com   
      
   On 25 Dec 2025, NoBody  posted some   
   news:dqjqkklgqkri6moit2hv7jra0aeboanpna@4ax.com:   
      
   > On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 09:53:49 -0500 (EST), bks@panix.com (Bradley K.   
   > Sherman) wrote:   
   >   
   >> |   
   >> | On December 22, President Trump announced a new class of   
   >> | "battleships" that will be 100 times more powerful than   
   >> | previous battleships and larger than any other surface   
   >> | combatant on the oceans. The ship's purported   
   >> | characteristics are so extraordinary that the announcement   
   >> | will surely spark immense discussion. However, there is   
   >> | little need for said discussion because this ship will   
   >> | never sail. It will take years to design, cost $9 billion   
   >> | each to build, and contravene the Navy's new concept of   
   >> | operations, which envisions distributed firepower. A future   
   >> | administration will cancel the program before the first   
   >> | ship hits the water.   
   >> | ...   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>    --bks   
   >   
   > Says a group of "analysts" who have no actual involvement in the   
   > military.   
      
   "analists"   
      
   Trump and Hegseth are busy getting rid of as many of those as they can.   
      
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