nuke@sh.itjust.worksM to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agoHow many Phalanx CIWS can we bolt onto a C-130 before it legally becomes a Zumwalt-class destroyer with wings?i.imgur.comvideomessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1123arrow-down1videoHow many Phalanx CIWS can we bolt onto a C-130 before it legally becomes a Zumwalt-class destroyer with wings?i.imgur.comnuke@sh.itjust.worksM to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDrBabyJesus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-23 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-squareSkyezOpen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoBetter a cut hand than a civilian airliner.
minus-squarenuke@sh.itjust.worksOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·3 days agoAnoint the CIWS in WD-40 and the blood of the unworthy, and the Machine Spirit shall awaken
minus-squareDrBabyJesus@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·3 days ago“Blood of the unworthy” is a funny way of saying non-rate blood. Which is what it took every time.
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 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.
The CWIS on my first cutter refused to run until it received a blood sacrifice (someone accidentally cutting their hand while repairing it.)
Better a cut hand than a civilian airliner.
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.