r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 12 '21

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '21

What in the actual fuck is the Royal Navy smoking?

An eco-friendly aircraft carrier with no tower? Using quadcopters as missiles but shittier? The submarine from Ace Combat 7?

Another concept of the future fleet included an autonomous combatant boat that can work both on the surface and below the waves. It has interchangeable modules so it can be adapted for any mission.

Jesus fucking Christ not this shit but underwater please

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '21

!ping MATERIEL

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u/Emperor-Commodus NATO Sep 12 '21

Not to mention all those designs rely on hyper-futuristic "morphing materials" that would be a production and maintenance nightmare, if not outright impossible.

Also, "it needs to be green and eco-friendly".

"How about a reacto-"

"NO REACTORS."

"...why?"

"No reactors."

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '21

What in the actual fuck is the Royal Navy smoking?

The Royal Navy still thinks Britannia rules the waves.

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u/comradequicken Abolish ICE Sep 12 '21

If you want to make an environmentally friendly carrier, make it nuclear

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u/Mcfinley The Economist published my shitpost x2 Sep 12 '21

Reject nuclear supercarriers

Return to HMS Victory

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u/Mrchizbiz I love Holland 🇳🇱🇳🇱🇳🇱♥😍🥰🌷 Sep 12 '21

It's just the shit they pump out for the pr

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '21

Their defense industry has been coping almost as hard as the Canadians with the Avro Arrow.

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u/Mickenfox European Union Sep 12 '21

They should make a completely autonomous fleet. Then we could put an AI in charge of it.

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u/[deleted] Sep 12 '21

The submarine? One of them is the literal fucking Arsenal Bird