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April 14, 2014

Artificial Blood & Wound-Closing Sponges
— Ace

The artificial blood cells are made from adult skin or blood cells which have been hacked to become pluripotent stem cells.

They're going to begin human trials in 2016, injecting the artificial blood into patients. They'll be making type O blood cells (the universal donor). Even if the tests go well, they don't expect the artificial blood to displace donated blood in transfusions until 2035.

This is pretty neat too, but in a much lower-tech way. One of the most difficult battlefield wounds to treat is a non-compressible wound -- like a gaping torso wound. You can't stop bleeding by the common method putting pressure on it; someone with such a wound will die in a matter of minutes.

The "Xstat" wound closure system relies on tiny super-absorbent capsules that will suck up moisture and expand. So you inject these little capsules into a wound, and they puff up like sponges, sealing a gaping wound shut. Supposedly they become "sticky" as they get wet and will resist being pushed out of the wound.

On the other side of military tech -- the offensive side -- is, stolen from Hot Air, the US Navy's newest destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, a guided missile destroyer.

The flat, inward-sloping geometry is said by engineers to
give it a radar profile equivalent to Jason Statham

No but the geometry is said to give it the radar profile of a "small fishing boat." The Zumwalt is actually 610 feet long and displaces 15,000 tons.

The futuristic ship is actually skippered by Captain James Kirk. Captain James A. Kirk.

The first of three Zumwalt-class destroyers planned by the Navy, the DDG-1000 is a multiplatform ship able to fight on open water or operate close to shore to support land-based attacks. But it is the shipÂ’s unique Â“stealthÂ” design, size and high-tech equipment that make it different from previous destroyers Â– as well as more than twice as costly to build.
Every aspect of the ZumwaltÂ’s exterior was designed to make the ship harder to detect on radar despite its size. Antennas, radar dishes and communications equipment are either hidden or enclosed in a 900-ton Â“superstructureÂ” that sits atop the ship like a massive gray fortress.
The ZumwaltÂ’s hull is designed to slice through waves with less wake, and Navy officials say the ship will have a fraction of the radar profile of the smaller Arleigh Burke-class DDG 51 destroyers also built at BIW.
Â“You will see her on the horizon long before you detect her on the radar,Â” said Sean Stackley, assistant secretary of the Navy for research, development and acquisition.
The Zumwalt is the largest destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy, with a displacement of 15,000 tons that is nearly twice the size of the Arleigh Burke destroyers. However, the Zumwalt can hit speeds of up to 30 knots, can operate in shallower waters and has more precise weapons than the Arleigh Burkes.

The DoD had originally planned thirty-two ships of this next-gen design, but cost overruns -- and general budget pressure -- has reduced that to a mere three.

It's apparently all-electric. I don't know what that means because it has to get power from somewhere. But, point is, supposedly that will make it a useful platform for testing out electric-powered electromagnetic rail guns, which will be tested in 2016. (Commenters explain that "all-electric" means that moving parts (screws, rudders) are powered by electricity, not, for example, hydraulics. The ship's power comes from burning oil.)

As I'm sure you know, rail guns accelerate metal projectiles to incredible speeds, which I think results in the ability to throw a much smaller projectile and have it hit with the same amount of explosive force. I don't even think you need an explosive head -- once something is moving a couple of thousand mph, it's inherently an explosive device.

More Tech News: We live in a period of miracles and wonders. It turns out that US Airways has unveiled a new plane that can land in a woman's vagina.

So that's pretty good.

I understand that woman was just trying to recreate the album art from the Beastie Boys' License to Ill. A noble effort.

Update: Josh Barro needs you to know that US Airways' tweet of a woman with a toy airplane in her vaj is inaccurate.

Posted by: Ace at 02:37 PM | Comments (229)
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1 I saw Gaping Torso Wound open for The Red Hot Chili Peppers in Coachilla in '04.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 14, 2014 02:39 PM (jucos)

2 Great! Some idiot blew out the margins again!

Posted by: That guy who only comments when someone blows out the margins at April 14, 2014 02:40 PM (Aif/5)

3 It's probably Gas Turbine powered

Posted by: Zakn at April 14, 2014 02:40 PM (zyaZ1)

4 The DoD had originally planned thirty-two ships of this next-gen design, but cost overruns -- and general budget pressure -- has reduced that to a mere three./i] How much was the Stimuseless again?

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 14, 2014 02:41 PM (uStn4)

5 "They'll be making type O blood cells (the universal donor)"

Good news for our family. All 6 of us are O Negative.

Posted by: 2nd Amendment Mother at April 14, 2014 02:41 PM (L4CWX)

6 I saw a private yacht owned by a Russian billionaire that had that same profile. It was a badass yacht. Could launch its own mini sub.

Posted by: navybrat at April 14, 2014 02:41 PM (JgC5a)

7 Nooo!

Posted by: Waterhouse at April 14, 2014 02:41 PM (uStn4)

8
Class of Three:

USS Zumwalt
USS Michael Monsoor
USS Lyndon B. Johnson

The christening for that third one is going to hurt....

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 02:41 PM (kdS6q)

That ship looks like a Battleship Game piece.

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 14, 2014 02:41 PM (jucos)

10 Not in my vag, thanks.

Posted by: Hobbitopoly at April 14, 2014 02:42 PM (080XV)

11 First, and what gives?

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at April 14, 2014 02:42 PM (uhMMS)

12 Oh, a wise guy.

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at April 14, 2014 02:43 PM (uhMMS)

13 If i comment without the post, does it count?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 14, 2014 02:43 PM (IN7k+)

14 Oops! The Integrated Power System (IPS) is, in some ways, similar to the old turbo-electric drive, the addition of PMMs and integration of all electrical power systems gives ten times the power available on current destroyers. It also reduces the ship's thermal and sound signature. The IPS has added to weight growth in the Zumwalt-class destroyer as noted by the GAO.[5] Wikipedia, so don't post that places

Posted by: Zakn at April 14, 2014 02:43 PM (zyaZ1)

15 friend of mine works on the props for the Z and other Ds at the Navy Yard

says it is indeed a Real Badass.

Posted by: Abdullah Abdullah ( don't let me Abos go loose, Lou ) at April 14, 2014 02:44 PM (JyjXt)

16 Love the Austro-Hungarian Navy ram bow. Now we just need a big coat of arms and scrollwork up top/

Posted by: Skookumchuk at April 14, 2014 02:44 PM (OSzB9)

Artificial Blood?

Isn't this how the Zombie Apocalypse begins?

Posted by: wheatie at April 14, 2014 02:44 PM (FWbLS)

18 Isn't this how the Zombie Apocalypse begins? --------- Vaccines!!!11!!!!

Posted by: Jenny McCarthy at April 14, 2014 02:46 PM (Aif/5)

19 Good news for our family - All 6 of us are O Negative. We're not paranoid people, but the thought of all of us being in a serious accident has always been a bit unnerving.

Posted by: 2nd Amendment Mother at April 14, 2014 02:47 PM (L4CWX)

20 Medical tech takes forever. You see something amazing reported in a lab and, at best, it's a decade until consumers get it. And this artificial blood isn't expected to be real for 20 years?

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 02:48 PM (ZPrif)

21 TWA used to offer TWA Tea on flights. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 14, 2014 02:48 PM (Fp7JI)

Maybe all electric means it's done away with hydraulic systems used for things like operating the anchors/rudders/whatever, assuming that those used to be hydraulic. That's what's meant when people call the 787 an all electric airplane.

Posted by: dudenolongerinsantacruz at April 14, 2014 02:48 PM (HtsKA)

23 What's fun and depressing is to read back tech hype news in the 90s or even 2000s about all the wonders that were "ten years away" -- and yet never arrived.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 02:49 PM (ZPrif)

24 If the gaping wound is small enough a tampon works well - used on battlefields quite routinely.

Posted by: Cheri at April 14, 2014 02:49 PM (VDGzf)

25 I think the blood news is good & interesting. The electric ship, yeah I don't see any downside there. Must be one long extension cord

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 14, 2014 02:49 PM (HVff2)

26 That's a barreling.

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at April 14, 2014 02:50 PM (uhMMS)

27 >>>Maybe all electric means it's done away with hydraulic systems used for things like operating the anchors/rudders/whatever, assuming that those used to be hydraulic. That's what's meant when people call the 787 an all electric airplane. ah I figured something like that, but I still want to know what it runs on. Oil I guess.

Posted by: ace at April 14, 2014 02:51 PM (/FnUH)

28 Or not.

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at April 14, 2014 02:51 PM (uhMMS)

29 SPLC too crazy for Eric Holder's FBI but not too crazy for CNN.

Posted by: Adam at April 14, 2014 02:51 PM (Aif/5)

30 Boeing 777's, now with more twat flavor...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 02:51 PM (vHRtU)

31 My understanding is that electric powered means the engines and the power plant providing power to the engines can be separate, allowing a bit more flexibility in the ship design. Like all new systems this one is either brilliant or a boondoogle depending on who you listen to. My main complaint is that stealth for the most part is Sisyphean. It always seems much less expensive to counter than to develop. So, the short-term advantage is beaten in a relatively short time frame. I prefer they would concentrate on speed, firepower, range, and defenses. Those advantages tend to be cheaper to develop.

Posted by: Better Feared than Loved at April 14, 2014 02:51 PM (crkWb)

32 The Blog has become italicized.

Posted by: wheatie at April 14, 2014 02:51 PM (FWbLS)

33 Nuclear generated electric power, I assume.

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at April 14, 2014 02:52 PM (uhMMS)

34 If it is all electric does that mean that the US Navy has to get an all Smug crew?

Posted by: Truck Monkey, Gruntled New Business Owner at April 14, 2014 02:53 PM (jucos)

35 33 Nuclear generated electric power, I assume. Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at April 14, 2014 06:52 PM (uhMMS) With these fricking greenies?

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 14, 2014 02:53 PM (HVff2)

36 >>>It's apparently all-electric. Instead of having gas turbines directly drive the shaft and propel the ship, they drive generators. Ship's drive motors are electric.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 02:53 PM (0q2P7)

37 One cool thing about the DDG-1000 is the gun will shoot guided projectiles. The Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) is GPS/INS guided.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 02:54 PM (ZPrif)

38 Will it get one of those nifty 'Green Energy' decals?

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 14, 2014 02:54 PM (Fp7JI)

39 Why the Hillary TWA twat jokes? I'm sure I'll regret this.

Posted by: Cheri at April 14, 2014 02:54 PM (VDGzf)

40 >>>33 Nuclear generated electric power, I assume. No it's still powered by gas turbines.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 02:54 PM (0q2P7)

41 >>>Will it get one of those nifty 'Green Energy' decals? Since the Navy switched to bio diesel as their ship's turbine fuel, I don't see why not.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 02:55 PM (0q2P7)

42 There's also 5" LRLAP which could be used on the, much more common, DDG-51. DDG-1000s were supposed to replace the DDG-51, but Obama killed it and Navy restarted the DDG-51 program instead.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 02:55 PM (ZPrif)

43
A 15,000 ton destroyer?
That's as much as a WWII Baltimore class heavy cruiser.

Posted by: YIKES! at April 14, 2014 02:56 PM (mETGQ)

44 Ace, here is my understanding of what "all-electric" means. The new ship design includes multiple electricity generators, electric drive motors to spin the props and propel the ship, and redundant buses for routing the electricity. This should produce a more robust ship, which can take more damage before it becomes disabled and helpless. I'm not a ship expert, but consider an engine with a drive shaft connected to a propeller. A hit on any one of those three things takes out the whole system: there is no way to make a "redundant" drive shaft, and each engine is married to just one propeller. With the all-electric system, if you lose a bus cable, you route via a different one; and you don't have a 1:1 relationship between generators and props. And, as long as they were doing this, they designed lots of extra electricity generating capacity, to run railguns, lasers, or any other future high-power systems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_electric_propulsion According to Wikipedia, the Zumwalt class entered a "death spiral" as it went from a planned 42 ships down to three. Not building it might be a good outcome, building it successfully is a good outcome, but sabotaging the program and dragging it down to three ships is not a very good outcome. We've seen this before with the F-22 and other technologies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumwalt-class_destroyer

Posted by: mr_jack at April 14, 2014 02:56 PM (M59SC)

45 It's oil powered. Only the carriers are nuclear powered.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 02:56 PM (ZPrif)

46 >>>With these fricking greenies? Nuclear Power on Cruiser and Destroyer class vessels was abandoned because of excessive lifetime costs of operation.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 02:56 PM (0q2P7)

47 >>>Only the carriers are nuclear powered. O'Rly O_o

Posted by: US Submarine Fleet at April 14, 2014 02:57 PM (0q2P7)

48 Modern cruise ships are all electric too. The propellers and azipods (or whatever) are run with electric motors. They still have monstrous diesel engines but these are now used exclusively as electrical generators. They supply the propulsion motors as well as all of the electrical for the ship's lighting, A/C and everything else. Not sure what the benefit is to having propellers that aren't attached to the diesel engine but somebody decided it was a good idea. In principle, it's a similar set up to the Chevy Volt.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 14, 2014 02:57 PM (8ZskC)

49 Oops, it went from a planned *32* ships down to three. I guess I have "42" on the brain.

Posted by: mr_jack at April 14, 2014 02:57 PM (M59SC)

50 Yeah, the "all-electric" refers to routing power around the ship, instead of hard-wiring mechanical systems. Goal is more flexibility, like the ability to route more electricity to directed energy weapons.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 02:57 PM (ZPrif)

51 >>>A 15,000 ton destroyer? That's as much as a WWII Baltimore class heavy cruiser. Missiles are heavy.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 02:58 PM (0q2P7)

52 39 Why the Hillary TWA twat jokes? I'm sure I'll regret this. It's a convoluted thought process. US Air sent out a tweet of a naked chick with a Boeing 777 model stuck in her twat. The same model the Hillary got the Russians to buy for Aeroflot during her otherwise eventless career as SoS... thus the pick became part of Hillary's sales pitch...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 02:58 PM (vHRtU)

53 Talking about the surface fleet, obviously, not the subs.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 02:58 PM (ZPrif)

54
Only the carriers are nuclear powered.
Posted by: Costanza Defense

Bite my shiny metal aft.

Posted by: The US Submarine Force

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 02:58 PM (kdS6q)

55 At 15,000 tons why not call it something other than a destroyer ? I still like dreadnaught , although it kinda' smacks of hubris .

Posted by: awkward davies at April 14, 2014 02:59 PM (whqez)

56 So. Let me get this straight. You crash into a woman's vag and then stuff yourselves full of ever-expanding tampons. Got it.

Posted by: Margarita DeVille at April 14, 2014 02:59 PM (dfYL9)

57 the Zumwalt class entered a "death spiral" as it went from a planned 42 ships down to three. Not building it might be a good outcome, building it successfully is a good outcome, but sabotaging the program and dragging it down to three ships is not a very good outcome. We've seen this before with the F-22 and other technologies. Meh, we're not going to need any of that army soldier shit anyway since it's like the 21st century now and stuff.

Posted by: Barky O'Genius at April 14, 2014 02:59 PM (8ZskC)

58 What happens when a young woman in demure clothing, but brightly colored, walks through campus. In Cairo.

http://ind.pn/Q7Vf6Y

Posted by: MTF at April 14, 2014 03:00 PM (F58x4)

59 >>>Not sure what the benefit is to having propellers that aren't attached to the diesel engine. Losing an engine won't cause the loss of a screw. It's also less complicated to reverse thrust on the screw. (Using gas turbines direct drive they actually had to put in a clap trap of hydraulics that reversed the pitch on the blades)

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:00 PM (0q2P7)

60 So. They found the missing plane.

Posted by: rickl at April 14, 2014 03:00 PM (sdi6R)

61 Maybe if the Obamas could skip a few vacays that could have afforded some more ships. Never mind, I like when they are gone.

Posted by: Cheri at April 14, 2014 03:00 PM (VDGzf)

62
Is this plane in vagina, vagina in penis, vagina in plane. penis on plane...

Posted by: Always Angry Feminist at April 14, 2014 03:00 PM (mETGQ)

63 Is this an open thread? Feels like an open thread. If so, have a question...

I think I might have convinced my sister to actually come to the NY/NJ meetup! Anyone know where/who I can contact to get more of the deets on which Mos Eisley style cantina we'll be having it at, and the secret knock/password to get inside?

Posted by: LizLem at April 14, 2014 03:01 PM (yRwC8)

64 And when they cut the planned buy 90% that hugely increases per ship cost since then all the R&D money is spread over 3 ships instead of 32.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 03:01 PM (ZPrif)

65 Yeah, that's about the last place *I* would have looked for it, too.

Posted by: rickl at April 14, 2014 03:01 PM (sdi6R)

66
Not sure what the benefit is to having propellers that aren't attached to the diesel engine
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero)

In a conventional set-up, you have the drive shaft from the engines and the reversing gear to the prop. Heavy, takes up space, vibration prone and vulnerable to damage.

Running an electrical main down to the engine reduces those issues.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 03:03 PM (kdS6q)

67 I think I might have convinced my sister to actually come to the NY/NJ meetup! Is she hot? More to the point, are you hot? I'm asking for a friend.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 14, 2014 03:03 PM (8ZskC)

68 The flat, inward-sloping geometry is said by engineers to
give it a radar profile equivalent to Jason Statham

This must be the mod 3 version...I believe the first version they found the profile equivalent to Brian Dennehy.

Posted by: Bruce Lee's Fist at April 14, 2014 03:03 PM (M+evy)

69 >>>At 15,000 tons why not call it something other than a destroyer ? I still like dreadnaught , although it kinda' smacks of hubris . Insufficient armor to be considered in the class.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:03 PM (0q2P7)

70 OG @ 52.....convoluted indeed

Margarita DeVille.....To each his own!

Posted by: Cheri at April 14, 2014 03:03 PM (VDGzf)

71 Only the carriers are nuclear powered.
Posted by: Costanza Defense

Bite my shiny metal aft.

Posted by: The US Submarine Force

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 06:58 PM (kdS6q)

I was speical for awhile.

Posted by: USS Long Beach CGN-9, Retired at April 14, 2014 03:04 PM (mETGQ)

72
Make that down to the prop.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 03:04 PM (kdS6q)

73 It's an entirely different kind of flying altogether.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at April 14, 2014 03:04 PM (V4CBV)

74 That isn't a picture of Hillary. If it was the back of Huma's head would block your view of the airplane.

Posted by: Aviator at April 14, 2014 03:04 PM (3rrMW)

75 I highly recommend the surgical staple guns on Amazon. They work like a champ. Also hope my son gets a crack at the Zumwalt.

Posted by: dick @dickstrash at April 14, 2014 03:05 PM (GrtrJ)

76 "No but the geometry is said to give it the radar profile of a 'small fishing boat.' The Zumwalt is actually 610 feet long and displaces 15,000 tons."

A "destroyer" the size of a pocket battleship.

Good luck hiding that thing during close-in shore ops. The Mark I Eyeball cares nothing for radar stealth.

There are some people in the naval architecture community who are predicting this design is going to have terrible difficulties with seakeeping. Tumblehome hull forms went out of fashion for practical reasons. They're not very stable.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 03:05 PM (noWW6)

77 Is she hot? More to the point, are you hot? I'm asking for a friend. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 14, 2014 07:03 PM (8ZskC) She's an 'ette. Of course she's hot. And because she's an 'ette she has good taste in friends, so obviously the friend is hot.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 03:05 PM (+c9n+)

78 Too lazy to read, but the gist is, something good happened with wounds. Thats all I needed to know.

Posted by: People Corporation at April 14, 2014 03:06 PM (pf+hU)

79 Right, there were some nuclear powered cruisers. I wonder if the Navy will ever build cruisers again. It's all destroyers for the foreseeable future. Of course, these names are kinda arbitrary.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 03:06 PM (ZPrif)

80 My brother walked by Anthony Weiner today on the street, with his child in tow. He was promising the kid that the nanny would take the child for a car ride just as soon as they got home.

From this I assume Weiner isn't hurting for income. Or for female companionship.

Posted by: MTF at April 14, 2014 03:07 PM (F58x4)

81 Doctor my eyes Tell me what is wrong The friendly skies Now used as a dong

Posted by: Blanco Basura at April 14, 2014 03:07 PM (0AKks)

82 >>>Good luck hiding that thing during close-in shore ops. The Mark I Eyeball cares nothing for radar stealth. They don't care if you *see* it, they gave up on that when they made it a surface ship. They care if it can be picked up OTH, and how difficult it is to get a RADAR lock on.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:08 PM (0q2P7)

83 DDG 1000.... will go to sea trials with guns that don't exist... and without the Tomahawk missile being produced... Which makes it a big expensive target...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2014 03:09 PM (84gbM)

84 Cool precision guided 76mm naval munition from the Italians. There's talk of putting a 76mm gun on the LCS. http://www.defensenews.com/ article/20140401/DEFREG01/304010016 /Oto-Melara-s-Vulcano-Munitions-Ready-Sale

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 03:09 PM (ZPrif)

85 >>>Of course, these names are kinda arbitrary. If they mount Rail Gun's on this hull, I bet they call it a Cruiser.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:09 PM (0q2P7)

86
At 15,000 tons why not call it something other than a destroyer ?
I still like dreadnaught , although it kinda' smacks of hubris .
Posted by: awkward davies

Actually reviving the appellations Dreadnought, Battleship or the 60's term Destroyer Leader were proposed, but nixed.

As for "Cruiser", I think there was an act or acts of Congress requiring new Cruisers to be nukes, and since the Navy hates non-Carrier surface nukes, they stuck with Destroyer.

Although, I can't recall if that was a law as such or more of a sense of the House sort of thing.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 03:10 PM (kdS6q)

87 >>Also hope my son gets a crack at the Zumwalt. I think you have the ship and airline stories mixed up.

Posted by: Aviator at April 14, 2014 03:11 PM (3rrMW)

88 No but the geometry is said to give it the radar profile of a "small fishing boat." *** Now that is just dinghy!

Posted by: Seamus M. at April 14, 2014 03:11 PM (MKpBT)

89
Good luck hiding that thing during close-in shore ops. The Mark I Eyeball cares nothing for radar stealth.

Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 07:05 PM (noWW6)

I we use this a camouflage on the ship to fool those eyeballs.
http://tinyurl.com/anvbz8q

Posted by: Rear Admrial Joe Biden at April 14, 2014 03:11 PM (mETGQ)

90 Soon, we will be able to hack Ace's brain. Then what?

Posted by: Rowan Atkinson at April 14, 2014 03:11 PM (8c12T)

91 That boat looks like it's upside down.

Someone should check to make sure the blueprints were right side up when they built it.

Posted by: Lab Grown Vaginas at April 14, 2014 03:12 PM (0IhFx)

92 Boeing just announced plans for the 797, to be known as the 'TwatLiner'

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 03:12 PM (vHRtU)

93 - 63 Is this plane in vagina, vagina in penis, vagina in plane. penis on plane...
Posted by: Always Angry Feminist
------------------------------------------
I think this is the alternate ending to " Lost " .

Posted by: American Dawg at April 14, 2014 03:12 PM (p6iIL)

94 From this I assume Weiner isn't hurting for income. Or for female companionship. Posted by: MTF at April 14, 2014 07:07 PM (F58x4) **** Or that he is going to win father-of-the-year award.

Posted by: Seamus M. at April 14, 2014 03:13 PM (MKpBT)

95 Anyone know where/who I can contact to get more of the deets on which Mos Eisley style cantina we'll be having it at, and the secret knock/password to get inside? Posted by: LizLem at April 14, 2014 07:01 PM (yRwC

CBD. If you see JJ Sefton or nevergiveup around, you can ask them too.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 03:13 PM (+c9n+)

96 60 >>>Not sure what the benefit is to having propellers that aren't attached to the diesel engine. All modern locomotives are diesel-electric. torque.

Posted by: Cicero Kid at April 14, 2014 03:14 PM (Fp7JI)

97 Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 06:56 PM (0q2P7 Thanks for the info Mike.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 14, 2014 03:17 PM (HVff2)

98 O negative is the universal donor. O positive is the universal recipient.

Posted by: Frankly at April 14, 2014 03:17 PM (eRW22)

99 "I highly recommend the surgical staple guns on Amazon. They work like a champ."

So how much do those suckers hurt when the staple goes in?

Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 03:18 PM (noWW6)

100 They're going to begin human trials in 2016, injecting the artificial blood into patients. They'll be making type O blood cells (the universal donor). Even if the tests go well, they don't expect the artificial blood to displace donated blood in transfusions until 2035.

Because that's when the vampires will finally reveal themselves.

Posted by: OregonMuse at April 14, 2014 03:18 PM (I8YZX)

101 >>>O negative is the universal donor. >>>O positive is the universal recipient. Wrong. O- is universal donor. O+ is universal donor for all postive blood types. AB+ is universal recipient.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:19 PM (0q2P7)

102 We have precision guided versions of pretty much everything at this point except 40 mm grenades and 60 mm mortars. Those no doubt will come with time. Precision guided grenade launchers would be useful, I'd think.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 03:20 PM (ZPrif)

103 I'm A+ so my blood Is awesome. Everything else? Meh

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 14, 2014 03:21 PM (HVff2)

104 >>So how much do those suckers hurt when the staple goes in? Kinda like a sharp pinch, less than a stitch by far.

Posted by: Aviator at April 14, 2014 03:21 PM (3rrMW)

105
Of course, these names are kinda arbitrary.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 07:06 PM (ZPrif)

Never did like the way the Navy names it's ship especially naming after presidents or other politician.

As far as I'm concerned navy ships should be name as:

Carriers including helicopter: Battles and Famous ships.

Boomers: States

Attack Subs: Fish names

Cruisers: Cities

Destroyers: Military people.

Posted by: YIKES! at April 14, 2014 03:21 PM (mETGQ)

106 Slap some cobwebs on the bloody spot and don't fucking move unless you have to.

Posted by: Lincolntf at April 14, 2014 03:22 PM (ZshNr)

107 >>I'm A+ so my blood Is awesome. Everything else? Meh A+ can receive blood from A+ A- O+ and O- Can donate blood to A+ and AB+

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:22 PM (0q2P7)

108 USS Lyndon B. Johnson>>

If you want to wage war on poor people there was never anyone better at it.

War on Poverty LBJ "You keep using those words I donÂ’t think they mean what you think they mean"

Posted by: The Hickster at April 14, 2014 03:24 PM (TI3xG)

109 Is this gaping wound sponge-worthy?

Posted by: Elaine Benes at April 14, 2014 03:25 PM (MKpBT)

110 >>>War on Poverty LBJ "You keep using those words I donÂ’t think they mean what you think they mean" Maybe he meant the war on the impoverished.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:26 PM (0q2P7)

111 Twitter is a virtual cage the size of Nebraska, filled with animated maniacs. Even simply viewing what others say in there can lead to psychotic episodes and permanent damage to your mind. I have watched as people I know devolved into angry, hateful sociopaths. I say nuke it from orbit.

Posted by: TrueNorthist at April 14, 2014 03:26 PM (3Aixx)

112 I'd hit it. Again.

Posted by: Boeing 777 at April 14, 2014 03:28 PM (Ua6T/)

113 97 Lots of reasons to decouple the props from the engines. First of all you eliminate twin shafts penetrating every watertight bulkhead from the large main reduction geat to the props. One example is the HMS Repulse was sunk by one of it's shafts ripping inside the ship after a torpedo hit. It's quieter. Quiet is good in ASW. Having additional power leads for the motors leads ot more damage survivability. Hydraulics on props is a good idea. This allowscontrollable pitch propellors, These greatly aid in backing power. I've stopped a Spruance class destroyer (with 80,000 shaft horsepower) going at full power to dead in the water in about a ship's length. It frees up a lot of internal volume for other uses. Warship enginerooms are packed as is. This is one way to get more generator power. The power is what the laser and the rail gun will use.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 14, 2014 03:28 PM (u82oZ)

114 I met a woman on Match.com. It didn't work out 'cause she wasn't my type.

Posted by: Count Dracula at April 14, 2014 03:29 PM (MKpBT)

115 >>> A+ can receive blood from A+ A- O+ and O- Rh+ can only receive from rh+

Posted by: fluffy 'n' bloody at April 14, 2014 03:30 PM (Ua6T/)

116 Note to self: Don't take blood transfusion advice from AoSHQ.

Posted by: Seamus M. at April 14, 2014 03:32 PM (MKpBT)

117 >>>It's quieter. Quiet is good in ASW. Yeah that sh*t cavitates. The only thing that makes a surface ship hard to find is the prairie masker system.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:32 PM (0q2P7)

118 The geometry is said to give it the radar profile of a "small fishing boat."

So unfortunately for "small fishing boats", it appears they have just moved way, way up on the Target List.

Posted by: tu3031 at April 14, 2014 03:33 PM (yv+63)

119 117 Note to self: Don't take blood transfusion advice from AoSHQ. Posted by: Seamus M. at April 14, 2014 07:32 PM (MKpBT) I've been thinking the same

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 14, 2014 03:34 PM (HVff2)

120 >>>Rh+ can only receive from rh+ Incorrect. They can recieve from RH+ or -. And actually RH- can receive from RH+...once... thereafter however it is very dangerous.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:35 PM (0q2P7)

121 Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 07:10 PM (kdS6q) the Ticonderoga Class were cruisers.... CGs.... And they were almost exactly the same size as a Spruance Class destroyer... and non Nuclear... the DDG 1000 will be larger than those existing CGs... The 'Modern' Navy can't seem to figure these things out anymore...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2014 03:36 PM (84gbM)

122 how about we simply stay outta the littorals altogether with our expensive ships. drones in the air, on the surface and below are the way to go.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 03:36 PM (rDidD)

123 There are also a bunch of minor factors to consider if you have had a lot of transfusions. Simply to be on the safe side I am replacing all my blood with tequila.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 03:37 PM (vHRtU)

124 >>> Incorrect. They can recieve from RH+ or -. And actually RH- can receive from RH+...once... thereafter however it is very dangerous. No stickee needles in me you damned, dirty ape.

Posted by: fluffy at April 14, 2014 03:38 PM (Ua6T/)

125 Evening Horde. The USAirways thing is fucking outstanding. Apparently some crazy chick tweeted that picture of herself AT usairways earlier in the day. They then somehow linked to it later in the day. Brilliant. Just brilliant. The Barro asspounding is funny as all hell too.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 14, 2014 03:38 PM (GEICT)

126 123 how about we simply stay outta the littorals altogether with our expensive ships. drones in the air, on the surface and below are the way to go. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 07:36 PM (rDidD) Or the TFGs pouting & temper tantrums. That seems to work. Don't forget John fricking Kerry

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 14, 2014 03:38 PM (HVff2)

127 was that us airways plane thingy because "the plane was delayed for an hour on the runway at CLT" ?

Posted by: Bob at April 14, 2014 03:39 PM (jKKoz)

128 Yeah, I clicked the link on the US Airways Vag Landing. I may NEVER, EVER stop laughing.

Posted by: Sharkman at April 14, 2014 03:40 PM (TM1p8)

129 US defense spending declined by 8% last year. China increased by 8%.

Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 03:41 PM (ZPrif)

130 Breaking News! Ray Ban has passed away.

Posted by: Ronan Farrow at April 14, 2014 03:42 PM (Aif/5)

131 130 US defense spending declined by 8% last year. China increased by 8%. Posted by: Costanza Defense at April 14, 2014 07:41 PM (ZPrif) And China's housing bubble is going POP, while ours is slowing turning around.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 14, 2014 03:42 PM (GEICT)

132 Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at April 14, 2014 07:38 PM (HVff2) TFG is busy w/the dry cleaning gap right now.

Posted by: BignJames at April 14, 2014 03:42 PM (HtUkt)

133 Guess you reich wing nuts aren't going to support the UN's new plan- More regulation from Â“expertsÂ”, technocrats and bureaucrats at supranational organisations, such as the one whose initials begin with U and end with N. More taxpayer subsidies for expensive, inefficient renewable energy. More nuclear power (with shale gas used as a transitional fuel to replace coal). The abandonment of fossil fuels. Less meat consumption. A single, globally-regulated price for carbon dioxide. More local-government-enforced walking, cycling and public transportation. More back-door wealth redistribution from the West to the developing world in the name of Â“sustainabilityÂ” All at a cost to the global economy of up to 3.7 per cent of GDP by 2030, provided we act now. I think we should restart all calendars. Something catchy like Year Zero.

Posted by: RWC at April 14, 2014 03:43 PM (QeH9j)

134 A B777 is for amateurs. Now hand me that C-5A.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke at April 14, 2014 03:43 PM (8ZskC)

135 And China's housing bubble is going POP, while ours is slowing turning around. Posted by: BCochran1981 our bubble never fully deflated, it is looking for a reason to finish blowing.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 03:43 PM (rDidD)

136 Damn. The Mile Deep Club.

Posted by: NCKate at April 14, 2014 03:44 PM (BD6t/)

137 obama just tasked the nsa with stealing the formula for calgon from the chicoms.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 03:44 PM (rDidD)

138 68 I think I might have convinced my sister to actually come to the NY/NJ meetup! Is she hot? More to the point, are you hot? I'm asking for a friend. Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 14, 2014 07:03 PM (8ZskC) Heh. Well I'm not a Lannister, so I might not be the best judge on whether my sis is hot?

But when she gets dolled up she is pretty smokin'. Guys in her neighborhood hit on her all the time, but she's a New Yorker now so she holds her own.

Posted by: LizLem at April 14, 2014 03:44 PM (R506t)

139 CNN is reporting that the US Airways Vag Landing is piloted by Captains Sum Ting Wong, We Tu Big, Ho Lee Fuk and Bang Ding Ow.

Posted by: Mole6 at April 14, 2014 03:45 PM (m0le6)

140 I think we should restart all calendars. Something catchy like Year Zero. Posted by: RWC at April 14, 2014 07:43 PM (QeH9j) We should try it on a small scale first.

Posted by: BignJames at April 14, 2014 03:45 PM (HtUkt)

141 Heh. Well I'm not a Lannister, so I might not be the best judge on whether my sis is hot? But when she gets dolled up she is pretty smokin'. Guys in her neighborhood hit on her all the time, but she's a New Yorker now so she holds her own. Posted by: LizLem however the incidence of metrosexuals and gays undercuts that as a metric.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 03:46 PM (rDidD)

142 Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 07:36 PM (rDidD) You cannot make a Combat drone that does not have real time communication, unless you make it autonomous... There must be someone who pulls the trigger... who controls the drone... and that will be problematic if not impossible against a first Tier enemy with any type of modern EW capabilities. Drones are great in Third World Shitholes... but in a wide open modern battlefield there usefulness will be really limited.

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2014 03:46 PM (84gbM)

143 Not sure what the benefit is to having propellers that aren't attached to the diesel engine

No fixed ratio drive train.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 14, 2014 03:46 PM (DL2i+)

144 our bubble never fully deflated, it is looking for a reason to finish blowing. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 07:43 PM (rDidD) Huh. I guess no one told all the people buying and building houses in my neighborhood. After years of not a single house being built and little to nothing being sold, they've cranked back up in the last 9 months or so.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 14, 2014 03:47 PM (GEICT)

145 We should try it on a small scale first. Posted by: BignJames at April 14, 2014 07:45 PM (HtUkt) Have you learned nothing from the ACA? Big baby! It's gotta be BIG to work!

Posted by: RWC at April 14, 2014 03:47 PM (QeH9j)

146 Heh. Well I'm not a Lannister, so I might not be the best judge on whether my sis is hot? But when she gets dolled up she is pretty smokin'. Guys in her neighborhood hit on her all the time, but she's a New Yorker now so she holds her own. Posted by: LizLem at April 14, 2014 07:44 PM (R506t) Oops! Sorry for not getting the relationship right in my post at #78. But my point still stands: You're both hot.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 03:47 PM (+c9n+)

147 Posted by: RWC at April 14, 2014 07:47 PM (QeH9j) I got it! TOO BIG TO FAIL!

Posted by: BignJames at April 14, 2014 03:48 PM (HtUkt)

148
the Ticonderoga Class were cruisers.... CGs....
Posted by: Romeo13

Those were the Lehman years, when the Navy wasn't the shipwreck it is now.

BTW -- last week RCP linked down to a series of articles and studies on the US Cruiser force. Apparently the Navy is trying to start a mass retirement of the Ticos instead of initiating the next service cycle. "To save money" -- that is start new less capable ship construction at a less than 1:1 ratio and continue blue sky projects that never get deployed. All so the admirals have jobs for their retirement.

Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at April 14, 2014 03:48 PM (kdS6q)

149 Posted by: USS Long Beach CGN-9, Retired at April 14, 2014 07:04 PM (mETGQ) EMTBH

Posted by: Hanoverfist at April 14, 2014 03:49 PM (TKwk8)

150 vibration prone = noisy

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at April 14, 2014 03:49 PM (DL2i+)

151 What about ships that fire lasers instead of missile?

Posted by: Florida State alum at April 14, 2014 03:49 PM (Rk8LS)

152 Josh Barro is a self-important, humorless douchebag.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 14, 2014 03:50 PM (mx5oN)

153 I got it! TOO BIG TO FAIL! Posted by: BignJames at April 14, 2014 07:48 PM (HtUkt) Top. Men. will make sure it works.

Posted by: RWC at April 14, 2014 03:50 PM (QeH9j)

154 You cannot make a Combat drone that does not have real time communication, unless you make it autonomous... There must be someone who pulls the trigger... who controls the drone... and that will be problematic if not impossible against a first Tier enemy with any type of modern EW capabilities. Drones are great in Third World Shitholes... but in a wide open modern battlefield there usefulness will be really limited. Posted by: Romeo13 at April well autonomous is fine with me. I think it is going to be a great ship, however, I see no reason to move it within visual range of shore.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 03:50 PM (rDidD)

155 118 MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 07:32 Prairie for the prop and Masker for the engine spaces will always be needed. You dont have to be as careful with sound shorts on engine mounts, etc, if you have no main reduction gear. That gear puts out a lot of lower freq sound.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at April 14, 2014 03:50 PM (u82oZ)

156 129 Yeah, I clicked the link on the US Airways Vag Landing. I may NEVER, EVER stop laughing. Posted by: Sharkman at April 14, 2014 07:40 PM (TM1p

Never thought I'd see the day when the Shelley O's Strip sock could possibly be relevant...The horror! Makes me wonder what other crazy socks the Horde uses could one day be relevant to IRL news..,

Posted by: LizLem at April 14, 2014 03:51 PM (R506t)

157 >>>There must be someone who pulls the trigger... who controls the drone... and that will be problematic if not impossible against a first Tier enemy with any type of modern EW capabilities. >>>Drones are great in Third World Shitholes... but in a wide open modern battlefield there usefulness will be really limited. Laser comms to satellite; Laser comms back to ground. Any other problems I can solve for you?

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:51 PM (0q2P7)

158 >>That gear puts out a lot of lower freq sound. You are right about that.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:52 PM (0q2P7)

159 I've had it with this muthafuckin' vagina around this muthafuckin' plane!

Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at April 14, 2014 03:53 PM (mx5oN)

160 Huh. I guess no one told all the people buying and building houses in my neighborhood. After years of not a single house being built and little to nothing being sold, they've cranked back up in the last 9 months or so. Posted by: BCochran1981 you are right no one told 'em. between all of obama's slapping around of banks and bernanke's easy money the bubble never worked its way out of our system.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 03:53 PM (rDidD)

161 Bandages? I'll need SPF 1,000,000,000 http://tinyurl.com/6vuflha Have fun.

Posted by: Beyond Disgusted at April 14, 2014 03:53 PM (thLL8)

162 The Zumwalt class is the 1110 community's answer to the Seawolf. Huge, full of every tech wonder imaginable, prohibitively expensive, and, at the end of the day, useless.

Posted by: VADM (Red) Cuthbert Collingwood (Mentioned in Despatches) at April 14, 2014 03:55 PM (1mtKP)

163 The best part of this design is the ability to launch sharks with LASERs on their heads out of torpedo tubes.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 03:56 PM (vHRtU)

164 >>>you are right no one told 'em. between all of obama's slapping around of banks and bernanke's easy money the bubble never worked its way out of our system. They've had a campaign of planned inflation until they inflated the value of the assets to be => the debts on those same assets. They could have increased value by cranking up the economy to 6% growth and therefore providing a whole bunch of new potential buyers to the market, but the goal was never success, just managed failure.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 03:56 PM (0q2P7)

165 you are right no one told 'em. between all of obama's slapping around of banks and bernanke's easy money the bubble never worked its way out of our system. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 07:53 PM (rDidD) Not around here. The banks fucking locked down on their lending. Nobody could get shit. It shut down housing and commercial construction. For a good 4-5 years there was virtually nothing new being built and not even that much reno of existing spaces going on in commercial. Now, in the last year, the housing in this area has turned around. New homes are being built. Existing homes are actually selling. Property values are slowly edging back up. It took far longer than it should have, but it's happening.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 14, 2014 03:57 PM (GEICT)

166 "Laser comms to satellite; Laser comms back to ground. Any other problems I can solve for you?"

How effective are lasers in penetrating cloud cover?

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 14, 2014 03:57 PM (nkPV9)

167 Laser comms to satellite; Laser comms back to ground. Any other problems I can solve for you? Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 07:51 PM (0q2P7) Yeah.... the one where the enemy shoots a laser at your satellite... blinding it... And he was also talking about submersibles? Not much laser underwater.... I don't see there being a realistic alternative to a Trigger Puller being on scene to make that life and death decision... As an IT guy? and Technologist for 35 years? I sure don't want some piece of software deciding whether to shoot down an airliner or not...

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2014 03:59 PM (84gbM)

168 "Laser comms to satellite; Laser comms back to ground. Any other problems I can solve for you?"

How effective are lasers in penetrating smog or smoke?

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 14, 2014 03:59 PM (nkPV9)

169 How effective are lasers in penetrating metallic chaff?

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 14, 2014 04:02 PM (nkPV9)

170 There's going to be a meetup in NY/NJ? When? and would you mind a relatively new/former lurker showing up? I'd be appy to bring some Valu-Rite

Posted by: New Guy Without Clever Nic at April 14, 2014 04:02 PM (jKKoz)

171 I thought we had agreed to always call it "the triple seven" or "Blackjack"? I guess Barrow, whoever that is, didn't get the memo

Posted by: BunkerinTheBurbs at April 14, 2014 04:02 PM (X3xYu)

172 Not around here. The banks fucking locked down on their lending. Nobody could get shit. It shut down housing and commercial construction. For a good 4-5 years there was virtually nothing new being built and not even that much reno of existing spaces going on in commercial. Now, in the last year, the housing in this area has turned around. New homes are being built. Existing homes are actually selling. Property values are slowly edging back up. It took far longer than it should have, but it's happening. Posted by: BCochran1981 do you see some solid economic fundamentals underlying anything? obama launched hamp and harp and sued banks for everything he could and strong armed em into delaying and forestalling foreclosures as long as possible. interest rates have been artificially low for way too long. as for the activity you are witnessing fish gotta swim, builders gotta build. lots and lots of inventory tied up on the sidelines. shadow inventory is bad for everyone because when it hits the market it, if it is substantial enough, it may impact markets in different regions. where is all the demand for housing coming from?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 04:03 PM (rDidD)

173 >>>How effective are lasers in penetrating cloud cover? In the IR band? DARPA is working on it right now. The problem isn't penetration, it's maintaining the 3Gb/Sec throughput which is the target speed, with all the echos.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 04:03 PM (0q2P7)

174 where is all the demand for housing coming from? Hola!

Posted by: Rico Suave at April 14, 2014 04:04 PM (doBIb)

175 Posted by: New Guy Without Clever Nic at April 14, 2014 08:02 PM (jKKoz) I'm sure they'd love to have you join them. I don't have the details but I expect someone will be along shortly that could help you out.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 04:05 PM (oMKp3)

176 Why laser comms to the sat - your paying a transmission penalty for humidity, dust, etc that isn't necessary? Lateral laser comms are good for low pI, but going up you have a very low pI.

Posted by: Jean at April 14, 2014 04:06 PM (Aqvh6)

177 164 The best part of this design is the ability to launch sharks with LASERs on their heads out of torpedo tubes. Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 07:56 PM (vHRtU) Due to the sequester, the sharks were canceled and replaced with ill-tempered sea bass.

Posted by: Insomniac at April 14, 2014 04:07 PM (mx5oN)

178 Slow here tonight. Everyone celebrating Passover?

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 04:07 PM (oMKp3)

179 >>>Yeah.... the one where the enemy shoots a laser at your satellite... blinding it... Not as easy as you think. The directivity index on IR light is very high.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 04:07 PM (0q2P7)

180 171 There's going to be a meetup in NY/NJ? When? and would you mind a relatively new/former lurker showing up? I'd be appy to bring some Valu-Rite Posted by: New Guy Without Clever Nic at April 14, 2014 08:02 PM (jKKoz) *waves* May 1st! And I am trying to determine the where, apparently CBD knows. We need a real Ewok signal, methinks, on the roof of the establishment to call the Horde together, hah.

Posted by: LizLem at April 14, 2014 04:08 PM (R506t)

181 do you see some solid economic fundamentals underlying anything? obama launched hamp and harp and sued banks for everything he could and strong armed em into delaying and forestalling foreclosures as long as possible. interest rates have been artificially low for way too long. as for the activity you are witnessing fish gotta swim, builders gotta build. lots and lots of inventory tied up on the sidelines. shadow inventory is bad for everyone because when it hits the market it, if it is substantial enough, it may impact markets in different regions. where is all the demand for housing coming from? Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 08:03 PM (rDidD) I can only tell you what I'm seeing here in the area. And there were foreclosures every fucking where. If there was some sort of delaying or stalling, it sure as shit didn't happen here. That doesn't make any sense. Builders don't build for no reason. If there's no market from your product, you don't just keep making the product in order to get inventory cleared out. Builders aren't just going to build cause they've got a lot of rock and 2x's hanging around. There was always the demand. Did the demand slack because of lost jobs and the inability to afford homes at any price? Of course. But people were still looking to buy. Banks simply weren't lending. We had quite a few friends who were looking to buy who now didn't qualify for loans. We went from no homes being built to close to a dozen in the last year and they've cleared and started to develop another portion of the neighborhood.

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 14, 2014 04:09 PM (GEICT)

182 "where is all the demand for housing coming from?"

In the SF Bay Area, it's:

-- Asian, primarily Chinese, flight capital going into speculative real estate

-- The "social media" dot-com bubble 2.0

Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 04:09 PM (noWW6)

183 I still like dreadnaught , although it kinda' smacks of hubris.
Too religious; ACLU and the atheists would sue.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 14, 2014 04:09 PM (hn5v5)

184 I'm sure they'd love to have you join them. I don't have the details but I expect someone will be along shortly that could help you out. Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 08:05 PM (oMKp3) May 1. Best point of contact is CBD.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 04:10 PM (+c9n+)

185 Posted by: Jean at April 14, 2014 08:06 PM (Aqvh6) Well.... just like with Sat Coms... you are not ever really worried about the uplink... you can use Ground Stations and pump as much Power into it as you need... The problem comes in the downlink... because Satellites have limited power available... And even with a 3 GB per sec link... you are going to saturate that bandwidth pretty quickly if you are using a whole bunch of drones... (I'm talking hundreds within a single Theatre of Ops... if not thousands...)... because you have to relay sensor data to the operator, then control data back....

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2014 04:11 PM (84gbM)

186 Best point of contact is CBD. He might be out tonight.

Posted by: grammie winger at April 14, 2014 04:11 PM (oMKp3)

187 Oh, another factor in housing prices ticking back up is probably Mel Watt being installed as the federal housing finance head honcho.

The National Association of Realtors pushed really hard for Watt, because his attitude about Fannie and Freddie is that they're not lending enough. He wants to loosen the lending standards yet again and _laissez les bon temps rouler_.

As though the subprime disaster had never happened!

Posted by: torquewrench at April 14, 2014 04:12 PM (noWW6)

188 May 1st! And I am trying to determine the where, apparently CBD knows. We need a real Ewok signal, methinks, on the roof of the establishment to call the Horde together, hah. Posted by: LizLem at April 14, 2014 08:08 PM (R506t) It's pretty common not to mention exact locations of meetups here on the blog, so don't panic.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 04:13 PM (+c9n+)

189 Which makes it a big expensive target...
That's what I said!

Posted by: zombie billy mitchell at April 14, 2014 04:13 PM (hn5v5)

190 >>>(I'm talking hundreds within a single Theatre of Ops... if not thousands...) at 3g/sec how many links back to the Airforce drone center in the US do you think you'll need? You were planning for your drone operators to deploy? How positively 2004.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 04:14 PM (0q2P7)

191 Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 14, 2014 08:09 PM (GEICT) I assume a lot of people are being encouraged to buy while interest rates are low.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 04:15 PM (+c9n+)

192 Romeo13, its not that bad. The links aren't of a saturation nature - they look more like a bouncing spider web. What matters is your track software not creating stupid bottlenecks and keeping powerpoint files off the net.

I still like the idea of popping up a cloud of dedicated, short time comm birds - but I worked on Clementine a long time ago.

Posted by: Jean at April 14, 2014 04:16 PM (Aqvh6)

193 >>>I assume a lot of people are being encouraged to buy while interest rates are low. Well we all *know* you can't make money this cheap for this long and *not* get serious inflation, at which point interest rates *will* rise.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 04:17 PM (0q2P7)

194 I can only tell you what I'm seeing here in the area. And there were foreclosures every fucking where. If there was some sort of delaying or stalling, it sure as shit didn't happen here. That doesn't make any sense. Builders don't build for no reason. If there's no market from your product, you don't just keep making the product in order to get inventory cleared out. Builders aren't just going to build cause they've got a lot of rock and 2x's hanging around. There was always the demand. Did the demand slack because of lost jobs and the inability to afford homes at any price? Of course. But people were still looking to buy. Banks simply weren't lending. We had quite a few friends who were looking to buy who now didn't qualify for loans. We went from no homes being built to close to a dozen in the last year and they've cleared and started to develop another portion of the neighborhood. Posted by: BCochran1981 well, I am not familiar with your neighborhood, however, the national home builders never stopped building at any time after 2008. slowed, delayed yes but they were building all along. what happened with all the foreclosures? did someone buy em or does the bank have em? banks have a staggering inventory of homes. and when they are put on the market it is gonna leave a mark. a new twist in this bubble is the unusually large amount of speculation by institutional investors in single family homes, they bought them with the intention of running them as rentals. when they realize what a stupid move that was they are gonna dump em into the market.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 04:18 PM (rDidD)

195 I'm guessing that Xstat won't work on big cauterized laser holes and bodies atomized by rail gun hits.

Posted by: Jean at April 14, 2014 04:18 PM (Aqvh6)

196 but she's a New Yorker now so she holds her own.
Ace does that alot too I understand.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 14, 2014 04:19 PM (hn5v5)

197 Autonomy Kills!

Posted by: Jean at April 14, 2014 04:19 PM (Aqvh6)

198 Trivia time at the smart military blog. Destroyers were developed to counter what new naval threat? Hint early 20th century Answer in a bit

Posted by: tmitsss at April 14, 2014 04:19 PM (Pa9vP)

199 Amphibious Prussian Tanks...

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 04:20 PM (vHRtU)

200 Older than tanks

Posted by: tmitsss at April 14, 2014 04:21 PM (Pa9vP)

201 My hubby is an NQC inspector at EB in Groton, CT building those nuke powered subs....

Posted by: KWDreaming at April 14, 2014 04:22 PM (/yOZJ)

202 CSS Hundley clones???????????

Posted by: GMB (et al) at April 14, 2014 04:22 PM (nkPV9)

203 Amphibious Prussian Hot Dog Carts

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 04:22 PM (vHRtU)

204 Destroyer. Destroyer? Hmmmmm. Floating sewer pipes?

Posted by: madtom at April 14, 2014 04:22 PM (cOb0J)

205 No sausage

Posted by: tmitsss at April 14, 2014 04:22 PM (Pa9vP)

206 In the SF Bay Area, it's: -- Asian, primarily Chinese, flight capital going into speculative real estate -- The "social media" dot-com bubble 2.0 Posted by: torquewrench yeah, but that is such an anomalous market, it is nearly recession proof. chinese investors exporting capital is interesting but I wonder what is going to happen if the shtf in china?

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 04:23 PM (rDidD)

207 Boeing 777's, before they were twated.

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 04:23 PM (vHRtU)

208 A Duck!

Posted by: OG Celtic-American at April 14, 2014 04:23 PM (vHRtU)

209 Wingless

Posted by: tmitsss at April 14, 2014 04:24 PM (Pa9vP)

210 199
The Cracken?

Posted by: The Hickster at April 14, 2014 04:24 PM (TI3xG)

211 E-Boats or torpedo boats, not full subs but the awash coastal scoot and shooters.

Posted by: Jean at April 14, 2014 04:24 PM (Aqvh6)

212 Tentacle free

Posted by: tmitsss at April 14, 2014 04:24 PM (Pa9vP)

213 well, I am not familiar with your neighborhood, however, the national home builders never stopped building at any time after 2008. slowed, delayed yes but they were building all along. Again, that's simply not my experience. Or the experience of family in NC, Virginia, MD and Texas. New homes did not go up. what happened with all the foreclosures? did someone buy em or does the bank have em? banks have a staggering inventory of homes. and when they are put on the market it is gonna leave a mark. Some are still vacant. Quite a few have been purchased. In fact, there's one across the street from me that's been vacant for yearsÂ….bought about two weeks ago. a new twist in this bubble is the unusually large amount of speculation by institutional investors in single family homes, they bought them with the intention of running them as rentals. when they realize what a stupid move that was they are gonna dump em into the market. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 08:18 PM (rDidD) That's only gonna happen in some areas. Lots of single family homes aren't zoned for rental. But yeah, any time you increase supply sharply, it's going to affect the market. But I will tell you, again this is my personal experience, that the people I know that put properties up for rent had great success in renting them out. Hit that sweet spot of above the costs but below "market value".

Posted by: BCochran1981 - Credible Hulk at April 14, 2014 04:25 PM (GEICT)

214 197 but she's a New Yorker now so she holds her own. Ace does that alot too I understand. Posted by: andycanuck at April 14, 2014 08:19 PM (hn5v5) He gets lots of Latino and black guys hitting on him too? (She lives north of Harlem.) Of course maybe Rubio is being more persistent now that Ace's love be gone. Just tell him to cry you a river Ace...

Posted by: LizLem at April 14, 2014 04:25 PM (R506t)

215 What? No outright landing strip comments?

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 14, 2014 04:25 PM (hn5v5)

216 ut I wonder what is going to happen if the shtf in china? Posted by: yankeefifth

Amnesty, there is no way our political system could withstand that kind of money.

Posted by: Jean at April 14, 2014 04:26 PM (Aqvh6)

217 Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 08:14 PM (0q2P7) No.... but you would still have that same amount of data on a network... Uplinked Sensor data... downlinked control.... You could then bounce it to another satellite... then to your ground station controllers... but that does not limit the bandwidth needed in theatre for the two I mentioned. You would also need a Laser satellite Receiver and Transmitter, small enough to put on Drones... with good enough directivity to hit the satellite consistently... while moving... and maneuvering... I can just see it.... "Hey... Mike.... I lost Tank 37... I think it went under a bridge..."

Posted by: Romeo13 at April 14, 2014 04:26 PM (84gbM)

218 I cheated, tmi. I won't spoil yer fun.

Posted by: madtom at April 14, 2014 04:27 PM (cOb0J)

219 Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 08:13 PM (+c9n+) It's pretty common not to mention exact locations of meetups here on the blog, so don't panic. Well, we don't want the BLM to show up uninvited now do we?

Posted by: Hrothgar at April 14, 2014 04:27 PM (o3MSL)

220 He gets lots of Latino and black guys hitting on him too?
Do Labradors and Chihuahuas count? (Re. Ace that is not your sister.)

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at April 14, 2014 04:27 PM (hn5v5)

221 TBD Torpedo Boat Destroyer PT Boats were the new threat to the big boats

Posted by: tmitsss at April 14, 2014 04:31 PM (Pa9vP)

222 But I will tell you, again this is my personal experience, that the people I know that put properties up for rent had great success in renting them out. Hit that sweet spot of above the costs but below "market value". Posted by: BCochran1981 I am relying less upon anecdotal information. I can assure you we have a housing. bubble.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 04:35 PM (rDidD)

223 >Uplinked Sensor data... downlinked control.... Downlinked control needs what kind of bandwidth again? >I can just see it.... "Hey... Mike.... I lost Tank 37... I think it went under a bridge..." Remote controlled device are easy enough to give a modicum of AI necessary to muddle their way through short disconnects.

Posted by: MikeTheMoose Now Posting From Chrome at April 14, 2014 04:38 PM (0q2P7)

224 I can assure you we have a housing. bubble. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 08:35 PM (rDidD) DC and its inner suburbs certainly do. This should not surprise anyone.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 04:38 PM (+c9n+)

225 New thread is crawling with puppehs.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 04:44 PM (+c9n+)

226 DC and its inner suburbs certainly do. This should not surprise anyone. Posted by: Vendette Vendette! DC and surrounding area is interesting. it is outperforming nearly everything.

Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 04:45 PM (rDidD)

227 Vendette! DC and surrounding area is interesting. it is outperforming nearly everything. Posted by: yankeefifth at April 14, 2014 08:45 PM (rDidD) Add a bevy of flippers and it's pretty ugly.

Posted by: Vendette at April 14, 2014 04:52 PM (+c9n+)

228 Cost overruns like the 7 years to build, for one.

What a boondoggle.

And at 610 feet and 15,000 tons, it's a cruiser not a destroyer.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger and All That (Waiting For SMODOT) at April 14, 2014 09:04 PM (JS0vr)

229 _______________________________

Ace,

I was giggling in stitches for a good minute and a half at your US Airways vag jokes. - The Beastie Boys sent me over the top.

Posted by: _Dave_ at April 15, 2014 05:24 AM (u9E/o)

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