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[-] ameancow@lemmy.world 51 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Conceptually, I'm not opposed to having a powerful military for defense of your own borders and those of allies. It's a scary world and there are some bad people in positions of power out there.

I am highly opposed to defunding cancer research so we can blow up schools full of small children without any real cause or reason.

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 hours ago

"Schoolgirls in Iran bout to find out why we don't have free healthcare!!!1"

Ah yes, who dosent know what american tax dollars are also paying for those at least 2x russian weapon systemes that did sneak into the compilation......

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

yeah at least two of the cwis and I think that ripple rocket launch at 0:14 are russian.

I think the point is valid tho.

[-] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 points 1 hour ago

Yeah, that bugged me more then it should.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 hours ago

this one slaps. it's always difficult to vizualise just how much a large amount of money can be and just how readily they burn it on death.

[-] mrlemmyhimself@lemmy.world 1 points 6 minutes ago

Not just death, often for nothing at all. How many of those videos were missiles fired into open ocean?

[-] GoofSchmoofer@lemmy.world 23 points 3 hours ago
[-] LodeMike@lemmy.today 54 points 5 hours ago

Universal healthcare would cost the government an additinal $0.00 because Medicare and Medicaid are stupid expensive already.

[-] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 44 points 4 hours ago

The US already spends more per-person than most states with socialized medical care. The difference is that in America that money goes to insurance companies and billionaires sitting at home while in socialized medical schemes it goes to doctors and nurses and for medications and facilities.

[-] Town@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 hours ago

This country was founded by rich capitalist for rich capitalist. The suffering and the threat of increasing suffering is the point.

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 6 points 5 hours ago

Who would work for army and ice then

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 hours ago

The true welfare queens, army and ice.

[-] vivalapivo@lemmy.today 1 points 4 hours ago

Who are these 3 people

[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 3 points 3 hours ago

Do they not launch torpedos underwater anymore?

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 35 minutes ago* (last edited 31 minutes ago)

The history of torpedoes is fun. The original ones were attached to a spar at the front of boats. The boat had a steam engine which they used to get up to speed to try to ambush and ram enemy capital ships. The threat these boats posed to capital ships gave rise to "torpoedo boat destroyers", which we just call "destroyers" today.

The first kinds of torpedo boats that launched stand-alone torpedoes did use torpedo tubes, but they weren't underwater. Underwater launching of torpedoes only started when torpedo boats evolved into U-boats (undersea boats, a.k.a. submarines). Destroyers remained torpedo boat destroyers, but now rather than hunting small, fast boats on the surface using small, fast guns, they hunted stealthy boats that were underwater with depth charges.

[-] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

subs do. helos drop air launched units like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_46_torpedo, and boats use things like ASROC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RUR-5_ASROC and surface torpedo tubes like the mk32 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_32_surface_vessel_torpedo_tubes

[-] AnyOldName3@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago

Except for on submarines, where there isn't a deck, deck-launched torpedoes have been normal for about as long as torpedoes have been used. It's much more of a nuisance to do things underwater than above the surface, so unless you've got a good reason, like being a submarine, generally we don't.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Does any benefit at all remain? What about stealth if they somehow have some kind of radar thing?

[-] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

If you're a boat that's close enough to use a torpedo, they know you're there.

[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

From submarines, sure. Not from ships. Ships launching torpedoes from tubes above water has been a thing for a really long time.

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