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maviczap
11-01-10, 08:16 PM
Have a look at this piece of hardware in the battle against the pirates, well ok, not just pirates, but anyone who they don't like.

Seriously ugly, but thats not going to bother the captain & crew

http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?t=92244
Specialone
11-01-10, 08:19 PM
Cool, is that a basketball court on the back ;)
maviczap
11-01-10, 08:21 PM
Cool, is that a basketball court on the back ;)

Cut down subutteo pitch :p
xXBADGERXx
11-01-10, 11:07 PM
That looks a hell of a lot like the one used in "Tomorrow Never Dies"
the_lone_wolf
11-01-10, 11:10 PM
That looks a hell of a lot like the one used in "Tomorrow Never Dies"

Yep, almost the same number of hulls...;)
xXBADGERXx
11-01-10, 11:11 PM
What I was getting at is the fiction was very close to reality .
keith_d
11-01-10, 11:16 PM
That's a hell of a big boat to deliver one little deck gun. I hope they have an Apache tucked away in the hanger.
Warthog
11-01-10, 11:17 PM
What I was getting at is the fiction was very close to reality .

According to my friend who has a bit of a nudge nudge wink wink job, there is a bizarre occurance with the US military and Hollywood feeding off each other, with instances on both sides of high up people seeing a film about killer robots or something and saying "make me one of those"!
maviczap
12-01-10, 09:15 AM
According to my friend who has a bit of a nudge nudge wink wink job, there is a bizarre occurance with the US military and Hollywood feeding off each other, with instances on both sides of high up people seeing a film about killer robots or something and saying "make me one of those"!

Its probably a bit of both, Hollywood building a boat that is based on something that actually being built in reality. You couldn't keep anything like this under wraps could you. It'd have to have sea trials and tests just to see if it works. So someone would see it.

Ive seen a few strange military boats being built at Vospers in Southampton which were for export
maviczap
12-01-10, 09:19 AM
That's a hell of a big boat to deliver one little deck gun. I hope they have an Apache tucked away in the hanger.

Not an Apachea Navaho :p
Tiger 55
12-01-10, 09:37 AM
Ah, the US Navy's idea of 'smaller and cheaper', the Littoral Combat Ship. 3000 tonnes and $600 million each. No Apaches alas, probably a Seahawk variant plus all manner of exciting unmanned vehicles, more than enough to spoil a pirates day. If you've got the poltical will.

"Now you're sure this things gonna balance?"
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