The Near Death Nature of Near Shore Operations

[kham]

I Knew Sal wouldn't let us down

FULLBORE Friday
And appropriately, the single most heroic action in the history of the USN. And the LEAST written and talked about in film

[nachtjaeger]

Worse than obsolete- they're going to strip the reusable engines from the shuttles and put them on disposable boosters.

Is it just me, or is this the nautical equivalent of SLS?
SLS= Senate, um Space Launch System- Except that SLS will be more useful, if you're a fucking imbecile and like money wasted on an obsolete-
Oh wait; at least nobody will be shooting at SLS (except Friends Of The Earth and Greenpeace, and they are a problem easily solved with significant amounts of 7.62).

[kham]

Think they have 6 in storage from STS 134 and 135. But that's neither here nor there. They can't seem to stop re-inventing the wheel .

[kham]

You know, one might accuse me of overdoing it, making up stuff
But...

from gCaptain..
The hits just keep on coming...
One wonders about the structural integrity of a vessel that take damage like this from a tug, and.... oh who the fuck am I kidding?? Karma is 10 years overdue on these shitboxes. And absent anyone DYING, well, SUCK IT UP