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The Kuznetsov is in dry dock nowadays. Maybe we can rent the escort tugs that go everywhere with it to escort ships in and out of Baltimore harbor.
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They don't, but the bunker fuel consumed before entering the port can clog fuel filters if not maintained. I was on one Navy ship that burned bunker fuel and we primarily fueled in Augusta Bay, Sicily. We had boilers, so the fuel didn't have to be that clean, you just have to clean the fireboxes more often. The emergency diesel generator had its own fuel tanks.
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For the tugs, most ports, and I'm sure Baltimore is no exception, have ocean-going tugs, which are about 3X bigger than normal tugs with lots of horsepower. But even if the Dali had tugs traveling with it, I doubt it would have changed the outcome. If you look at the video, there would be no time to get in position to change the ship's direction. If a tug pushed the bow away from the bridge, the Dali still had momentum and would likely strike the bridge broadside, resulting in a much worse outcome because the hull would be breached. In that short distance, tugboats could not have stopped the ship. |
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I don't get your point about OIF and OEF. I used those examples of the maneuverability of large ships and their ability to turn at slow speed. It sounds like more an agenda based on one post a few pages ago. Make of that what you will. The bridge collapsed because a large ship hit it, not because we aren't investing in infrastructure.
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First thank you for your service. Secondly, thank you for trying to interject facts into the conversation. Much appreciated. |
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Anyone else here ever piloted an aircraft carrier or a nuclear submarine? Hope to see you again someday, Bill! Last edited by zmudshark; 03-28-2024 at 03:31 PM. |
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Not sure why that should be controversial. |
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This is what happens when every smart kid wants to make it rich in finance.
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China appears rich because it has spent a massive amount of borrowed money. You eventually have to repay. The issue is a huge chunk of this money was poorly spent. You have the massive hidden debt problems in real estate of whole cities which are empty, you have the massive belt&road expenditures where China lent money to every developing nation on the planet filled with graft and questionable goals, see Zambia, Sri Lanka, Ghana and others as countries defaulting and renegotiating the bonds. In the past, China just wanted to reprofile the bonds which is extend and pretend. But now the debtor nations are demanding and receiving debt forgiveness. China is weak here. Demographics and a large debt hangover really work against it short-medium-and-long term. Don't get me wrong, America has many of the same debt problems. But at least we can talk about it and not go to jail. See Hong Kong's new security law for details. You should check out TSMC's capital diversification plans as they build new fabs in Japan, US and others. I suspect China takes Taiwan this decade. (It will be interesting to see how 10mm Taiwanese Refugess turbo charge Japans economy) America may be a dirty shirt, but we are still the cleanest dirty shirt in the laundry. Last edited by verticaldoug; 03-28-2024 at 11:42 PM. |
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Dude, America is over 31 trillion in debt and personal debt is about 18 trillion. Our bridges fall down, our cities are rotting, our planes fall out of the sky. And all I heard from the powers that be is a bar fight on how much to spend on two conflicts thousands of miles away that have nothing to do with us. All I can say is, glad I'm not graduating high school into this.
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Do we have problems, sure, but we always have problems. Nothing seems insurmountable on our horizon. I can't think of a better time to be alive. I envy my children. As long as they are smart and industrious, they will have opportunities, I never had. If my children aren't smart or industrious, that's on them. I'll never understand the pessimistic outlook. The world is so much better now than when I was born into it. I believe it will be the same for my children. Last edited by verticaldoug; 03-29-2024 at 04:15 AM. |
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