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2018-07-31 -Land of the Free

Use Of “Mothballed” Naval Platforms To Create Semi-Permanent Battle Islands And Staging Areas

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Posted by 3dc 2018-07-31 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Are they planning on using the sealift ships we keep in mothballs for this? Note that if we ever have an overseas war we will immediately find that we need more sealift -- and the Enemy might, just might endeavor to sink our existing capacity.
An interesting idea, though...

Posted by magpie 2018-07-31 12:22|| 2018-07-31 12:22|| Front Page Top

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