• jonne@infosec.pubEnglish
      36·
      10 months ago

      Good thing everyone in the military is there on merit now that they got rid of all the DEI hires.

  • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    43·
    10 months ago

    I hope this continues. I want them to steam back into their home port, in bafflement and shame, as they return home the first ship in the history of US Naval Aviation…to lose its entire complement of aircraft without ever taking a hit. They literally lose every single one of their aircraft.

    • Agent641@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      10 months ago

      HMAS Melbourne might be the most cursed ship in all the world. Had six collisions with other ships, sinking 2 friendly navy ships (in peacetime) and racking up a body count in excess of 150 killed across 3 navies. Played by fires and a boiler explosion. 6 of her jets were damaged in 1960 alone. Eventually it was sold for scrap, bought by a Hong Kong company.for use as a casino, then transferred to China where the PLAN reverse engineered here steam catapults despite the express desire of the Australian government that the ship not end up in china.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
    20·
    10 months ago

    They are arming the mermaids!

    (There is prob some war profiteering to be done with some light murmaidering.)

  • jia_tanEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    They are assembling a hit team to fly swim over to Moskva and fight it.

  • Fleur_@aussie.zoneBannedEnglish
    11·
    10 months ago

    DW America here in Australia we lost to the emus. There’s no shame in losing to the fishies

  • Gates9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    Don’t they regularly dump perfectly good shit into the ocean on purpose so they have to buy more shit from war profiteers?

    • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      10 months ago

      The issue is that recent losses are said to be due to evasive manoeuvring.

      Which begs the question on why the carrier felt threatened and why its back up is not intercepting more.

      • Gates9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        10 months ago

        Got it yes I’ve learned more context since I first posted. Sure seems like maybe the rebels destroyed it and the U.S. is covering it up?

        • InternetCitizen2@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          10 months ago

          Too early to rule out. But threatening a ship is a far greater mid step to admit than shooting down some aircraft.

          I think its a mix of things (speculative). Command might be under budgetary pressure. We are at war and spending more cash will make it obvious. In order to save money they might be using manoeuvre instead of expensive intercept missiles. Extended deployment of the crew does not help and creates complacency in procedure.

    • swab148@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I don’t know where you got that information, but in this case, they literally just missed the landing.

      • Gates9@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        Hmm, I coulda swore it was a thing in the last couple decades…turns out that only applies to certain specific scenarios, where they had to ditch it either way, overweight ballast, stuff in the desert, obsolete (and now illegal) WWI & WWII ordinance, etc. Also turns out that instead of dumping most obsolete equipment into the ocean, they now dump it into the “used” market.

        Say, who do you think brokers those deals?

        https://corruption-tracker.org/blog/how-to-profit-from-the-global-arms-trade