tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19661405.post2748452916883067879..comments2023-10-20T09:13:15.862-04:00Comments on Swedish Meatballs Confidential (pNSFW): War Nerd's USS Sitting DuckM1http://www.blogger.com/profile/05394503964463278951noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19661405.post-54572048590613577872008-02-01T17:56:00.000-05:002008-02-01T17:56:00.000-05:00Busted - we don't do typo-hunts at SMC - all here ...Busted - we don't do typo-hunts at SMC - all here were breast fed.<BR/><BR/>Ralph Hitchens: Thanks for pitching in with the nuance. Sometimes we deem engaging in hyperbolic polemic as more fun than engaging in our regular exercises of hyper-redundant accuracy - especially when our fav the War Nerd holds the skanky quill.<BR/><BR/>If you're sitting on anything more subtantive than admirable assumptions on the topic, please do share - at least that which threatens not the opsec of anything ours.M1https://www.blogger.com/profile/05394503964463278951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19661405.post-23625633899342578302008-02-01T16:04:00.000-05:002008-02-01T16:04:00.000-05:00Rant all you want, but I didn't see anything in th...Rant all you want, but I didn't see anything in those press reports to indicate that the lessons of MC2000 were not learned. Nobody's saying squat about what the USN warships' defensive posture was, and the swabbies have no reason to advertise it. So far as I know, the highlight of the event was some fool broadcasting what sounded like a threat on VHF common, but garbage talk on common is apparently not uncommon in the Gulf and cooler heads prevailed. I suspect our boys were reasonably confident that the Iranians were just posturing, and the latter probably had no desire to go one toke over the line. You can pat yerself on the back for your dazzling prescience, but to me it all sounded like a big nada.Ralph Hitchenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07405787771198956545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19661405.post-41081924645523285962008-02-01T01:45:00.000-05:002008-02-01T01:45:00.000-05:00Like the man said, Every ship is a mine sweeper, o...Like the man said, Every ship is a mine sweeper, once.<BR/><BR/>I remember hearing about that excersize and the hot shots getting their asses handed to them<BR/>Doesn't surprise me one bit they have done bupkiss to counter that strategy.<BR/>Inertia.<BR/>I have never been in the military, I am just a mechanic on the West Coast but I'll tell ya what, dickin' around in the bathtub with non manueverable behemoths like carrier groups is insanity.<BR/><BR/>BTW, I am ignoring my spell check so don't hold it against me.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15695733883033137146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19661405.post-33356665314775964182008-01-31T16:47:00.000-05:002008-01-31T16:47:00.000-05:00I never posted it on my blog (21 pages, longer tha...I never posted it on my blog (21 pages, longer than I like writing blog posts), but if you want a copy just send me an email.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05953649845499754508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19661405.post-81164655293810071232008-01-31T16:11:00.000-05:002008-01-31T16:11:00.000-05:00Well there you have it.(Hi Adrian!)btw, that balan...Well there you have it.<BR/><BR/>(Hi Adrian!)<BR/><BR/>btw, that balance: be it posted to ye blog`?M1https://www.blogger.com/profile/05394503964463278951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19661405.post-24071046927772859312008-01-31T13:10:00.000-05:002008-01-31T13:10:00.000-05:00The game the guy next to you was playing was proba...The game the guy next to you was playing was probably Counterstrike: Source.<BR/><BR/>One of the weaknesses of the US Navy, especially in the Persian Gulf, is mines - the US Navy bought lots of destroyers, frigates, and submarines, but doesn't have a lot of minesweepers or minesweeping helicopters. I remember that being an issue in the Persian Gulf war and it was an issue about a year ago when I did a military balance between the US and Iran in the Persian Gulf.Adrianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05953649845499754508noreply@blogger.com