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patphil

(9,107 posts)
1. 2000 a year is a lot. It implies use at that level.
Sat Apr 11, 2026, 11:51 AM
21 hrs ago

Trump has also authorized a new class of battleships to be built.
He'll probably want to call them the "Trump class". I think the "Sitting Duck" class would be a better name.
That's what large, relatively slow moving surface ships are. In a war against a capable enemy like Russia or China, they wouldn't last long.
What they're good for is intimidating small nations that don't have a military capable of taking them out.

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