Comments by "Admiral Tiberius" (@admiraltiberius1989) on "The Drydock - Episode 018" video.

  1. Polsten made a fantastic copy of the 20mm gun that had half the moving parts and was cheaper.
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  2. I think one of the biggest dangers of a large ASM hitting the Missouri amidships would be detonation of the 5inch magazines as well as detonation of the Tomahawk missiles. If all that doesn't set off your main magazines and it doesn't break her back, the ship should be able to float into a safe harbor.
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  3. It's an extremely disturbing trend that the US Navy is moving away from a combo of the Phalanx and Standard missile systems as defensive systems and going more with all missiles. The Phalanx is in need of replacement, with something like the Goalkeeper or something with a bigger shell. But relying on a almost totally missile based system isn't a recipe for success. Technology has changed ALOT since Vietnam and the Falklands yes...but you always need guns as a last resort. Those wars taught us that.
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  4. Q@A What could have happened had the two Alaska class battlecruisers entered service in the middle to late portion of 1942 instead of late 1944/early 1945. How much could they have impacted the war in the Pacific ? Maybe they would have been left behind to guard the 3 Taffy escort carrier groups off Samar ?
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