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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

the vessel was conducting training operations in preparation for her next deployment, when the flattop suffered an undisclosed mechanical mishap and had to be returned to port with the assistance of multiple tugs.

Is this from the sketch about "the front falling off"?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

๐Ÿคฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The U.S. ~~Navy~~ Looks Like Its in Serious Decline

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

it certainly does

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Lots of money being spent on overhyped projects that either fail to deliver, cheap upgrades that overrun costs so badly they were never the affordable option, and the actual new stuff that works never sees completion.

Where have I seen these patterns before...

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

crapitalism

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Could be just covering for demands for more funding. I want to believe.