Phoenix_jz

This an interesting interview with the CO of one of the Italian Navy's PPA 'Light' (Thaon di Revel herself) by ESD.

euro-sd.com/2025/05/arti...

Count that as another strike against the 'minimal crewing through automation' concept:

IMO PAC-3 MSE should be seen as an alternative option for SM-6's TBMD/C-Hypersonic role more than anything else, given where it excels in performance. Let SM-2MR be the cheaper thing to kill ABT's at medium ranges, and PAC-3 MSE supplement SM-6 given rocket motor production woes.

Don't think i agree with this. The industrial capacity of the US has waxed and waned over the CW. It wasn't always MEGA HUGE. In the late 60s - early 70s, it wasn't doing so great. Consistent investments that start in the late 70s to 80s resulted in it reaching peak during the end of this period.

And a divided US which keeps sending its leaders around the world to tell everyone we don't care about allies REALLY makes war more likely. The PRC talks a lot of bullshit about no first use but make no mistake, they plan to run a nuclear blackmail campaign to deter us if they make a play for 🇹🇼.

Glad to be here!

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Link for the full commentary on this year's edition, and links to the 2022, 2023, and 2024 editions.

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Probably for the best this is my first post on this platform;

It's 2025, and that means a new addition of my 'ten largest navies by aggregate tonnage' - made to help illustrate that counting hull numbers alone does not tell the full story.

See the following post for the link to the full commentary

Latest in-depth article:

A year in review – The Royal Navy in 2024

https://buff.ly/40aYws6

Can Duolingo get seasonal depression?

Usually mine just issues thinly veiled threats.

Welcome to "how to reload a muzzle-loading 450mm-bore naval gun in the 1870s"

We have ironclads with huge guns, ironclads with very thick armor but minimal coverage, or with thin but extensive armor, ironclads that launch torpedo boats, ironclads that carry an infantry division, ironclads that... *waves hands at French design practice* ...truly one of the eras of all time.

It might honestly be the 'best' era. Balance of power between firepower and protection seesawing every half decade, complete revolutions in technology across the board, and very heterogenous solutions to 'how to build a warship'. Truly, one of the strangest but most intriguing naval eras.