nukeM to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 10 days agoHow many Phalanx CIWS can we bolt onto a C-130 before it legally becomes a Zumwalt-class destroyer with wings?i.imgur.commessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1128arrow-down1playHow many Phalanx CIWS can we bolt onto a C-130 before it legally becomes a Zumwalt-class destroyer with wings?i.imgur.comnukeM to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 10 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@DrBabyJesus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish18•edit-29 days agoThe CWIS on my first cutter refused to run until it received a blood sacrifice (someone accidentally cutting their hand while repairing it.)
minus-squarenukeOPMlinkfedilinkEnglish18•9 days agoAnoint the CIWS in WD-40 and the blood of the unworthy, and the Machine Spirit shall awaken
minus-square@DrBabyJesus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish11•9 days ago“Blood of the unworthy” is a funny way of saying non-rate blood. Which is what it took every time.
minus-square@remotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 days agoUndesignated blood practically grows on trees, so it’s not like it was a huge sacrifice. Hell, if you sent a baby sailor one compartment over, he would somehow end up in medical with a nose bleed.
minus-square@SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 days agoBetter a cut hand than a civilian airliner.
The CWIS on my first cutter refused to run until it received a blood sacrifice (someone accidentally cutting their hand while repairing it.)
Anoint the CIWS in WD-40 and the blood of the unworthy, and the Machine Spirit shall awaken
“Blood of the unworthy” is a funny way of saying non-rate blood. Which is what it took every time.
Undesignated blood practically grows on trees, so it’s not like it was a huge sacrifice. Hell, if you sent a baby sailor one compartment over, he would somehow end up in medical with a nose bleed.
Better a cut hand than a civilian airliner.