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President Trump continues to say that Iran wants to make a deal to end the war and that the U.S. has control over the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, the president downplayed concerns about the conditions aboard the USS Lincoln. MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde and New York Times Chief White House Correspondent Peter Baker join Stephanie Ruhle with more details and analysis.

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[-] bedwyr@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago

They cut the rail gun program a couple of years back or something.

[-] AA5B@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I seem to recall reading the rail kept melting

[-] bedwyr@piefed.ca 3 points 1 day ago

I bet, it's an incredible weapon, I would think it would be a good way to start out payloads into space, instead of just rocket boosters, throw them into the air at 30k mph or whatever, then hit the boosters.

Obviously if people are onboard that wouldn't work as the gravity force would kill them.

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