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Shipwack

(3,096 posts)
55. THIS! A thousand times this!
Tue Jan 20, 2026, 04:08 PM
Jan 2026

I’ve been saying this for a while: Too many strategic planners are making preparations for winning the last war. Large ships (from destroyers up to and including carriers) have been obsolete ever since the Brits lost the Hermes and the ineptly named Invincible during the Falkland war.

Now (relatively) cheap drones can do the same thing, and even low value targets are on the table. A nation with a relatively small budget doesn’t have to spend hundreds of of millions on developing or buying advanced missiles systems.



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Europe is rearming itself. [View all] drray23 Jan 2026 OP
Good. Nt Fiendish Thingy Jan 2026 #1
Trump, who doesn't know history, is unaware of past European millitary might DavidDvorkin Jan 2026 #2
I seriously wonder if Trump has actually ever read a book in his entire life. Coventina Jan 2026 #3
Mein Kampf? GoneOffShore Jan 2026 #5
No, he read "Mein Kampf". Audiobook, though. /nt artemisia1 Jan 2026 #8
he had a book of Hitler's speeches on his nightstand, according to Ivana (1st wife) LymphocyteLover Jan 2026 #10
A lot of people have a bible on a table, doesn't mean they do anything but dust it. LiberalArkie Jan 2026 #27
you seriously don't think he ever read any of Hitler's speeches? Because if nothing else, he knows how to be a demagogue LymphocyteLover Jan 2026 #43
If he read anything, it would be the Clift notes. Probably what his dad told him. Same place most bigots got their LiberalArkie Jan 2026 #49
Clearly he is not a big reader... but I bet he read at least a couple of the speeches LymphocyteLover Jan 2026 #53
You think he's read kid lit? MadameButterfly Jan 2026 #46
Not even a single Hardy Boys. I doubt he's even read Goodnight Moon to any of his kids or grandkids. QueerDuck Jan 2026 #48
LOL at the image of Trump reading Good Night Moon MadameButterfly Jan 2026 #52
Hopefully they would come to our aid for liberation just as we did for them in WWII n/t AntiFascist Jan 2026 #13
I used to doubt that Chi67 Jan 2026 #15
I hope so. I wish they would stop him now. liberalla Jan 2026 #17
So do I. calimary Jan 2026 #24
It could be very bloody, but restoring the Constitutional Order within the US would be worth it! n/t AntiFascist Jan 2026 #26
Trump controls the major supply of arms MadameButterfly Jan 2026 #47
Not a stretch to say that Europe is under threat from both Russia and the US. Sea change in global order. nt wiggs Jan 2026 #4
No.. not a stretch.. it's apparent to Cha Jan 2026 #7
Excellent to know... I wish the Very Cha Jan 2026 #6
I too wish the best for them! liberalla Jan 2026 #18
Not to mention... BurnDoubt Jan 2026 #9
It's Called Defense... Protecting your Cha Jan 2026 #21
Sure makes me miss President Biden all the more, I must say. calimary Jan 2026 #25
Jake Tapper creon Jan 2026 #29
I usually manage to resist the impulse to say this, but liberalla Jan 2026 #31
Yes!! I don't "resist".. it's a Cha Jan 2026 #33
I use the word plenty, because it is very satisfying to say! As you said, it helps one to cope. It helps liberalla Jan 2026 #38
Oh if my RL family and friends could Cha Jan 2026 #40
Tapper is poor. creon Jan 2026 #37
He's pretty lame... no gravitas. Not a deep thinker... liberalla Jan 2026 #39
Jake Tapper is a Nazi Appeaser.. A Cha Jan 2026 #32
He will not say anything. creon Jan 2026 #36
Apologies. BurnDoubt Jan 2026 #41
Three of every ten people in the US population are psychopaths. littlemissmartypants Jan 2026 #42
Fully justifiable action, by Europe. Paladin Jan 2026 #11
Europe should have done this in 2022 Renew Deal Jan 2026 #12
And in the process of tanking our country , the pig KPN Jan 2026 #14
It took a world war to stop Hitler. Can we do better? Bluetus Jan 2026 #16
THIS! A thousand times this! Shipwack Jan 2026 #55
K&R spanone Jan 2026 #19
Yep they are forced to relive HITLER, (only it's the United States this time) bluestarone Jan 2026 #20
After Brexit, he has managed to unify Europe Buddyzbuddy Jan 2026 #22
Shitler didn't learn from Ukraine either. BidenRocks Jan 2026 #23
It needs to be done. creon Jan 2026 #28
Europe Invading With Canada Plus Hot Civil War OC375 Jan 2026 #30
I am using the word surreal regularly, today. yellow dahlia Jan 2026 #34
Good. WarGamer Jan 2026 #35
Most European nations still have a Ministry/Department of Defense DFW Jan 2026 #44
I'm not quite convinced fujiyamasan Jan 2026 #45
Same DetroitLegalBeagle Jan 2026 #54
Hilarious m. The goon insisted they raise their contributions to NATO Easterncedar Jan 2026 #50
Good for Europe. And good news for Ukraine. Irish_Dem Jan 2026 #51
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