>
>Shot this morning from the US 1 bridge at Bath. Followed by breakfast at
>Ship’s Chow Hall. Not an
>appropriate Easter image, I know. USS Zumwalt, the Navy’s new stealth
>destroyer. Google brings up some
>interesting reading. This is an excellent example of how cognitive dissonance
>works with me. I deplore
>the expense of such weapons systems when we’ve got so many more uses for our
>money. And yet Bath Iron
>Works is one of Maine’s largest employers. It’s right down the road from us. I
>know a lot of good union
>folks who work there. BIW does not pay Wal-Mart wages.
>
>I just wish they’d start building merchant ships. Or washing machines. Sigh.
>
>http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=12375
>
Looks like a warmed-over version of the CSS Virginia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Virginia
Just think: If you made it entirely out of wood it would be almost
invisible to radar, much like a DeHaviland Mosquito or the Horner Ho229 (aka
Gotha Go229).
Chris
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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