[ExI] Legendary Battleship was diamandis commentary

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 



 

> We don't know what the naval engineers are doing.

 

>…But we do know what an 80 year old senile Commander In Chief who loves having his name on big things has ordered his naval engineers to design, and we know what sort of ship the idiot wants the congress to pay for. 

 

John K Clark

 

 

Ah OK, so now I understand why you posted that stuff.  You have the notion that the way major weapon systems come into being is POTUS orders naval engineers to design them.  That isn’t how that process works at all.  POTUS has very little to do with what gets built.  Systems take a long time.  POTUS is here and gone.  Weapons systems like ships take far too long for POTUS to be in the design/procurement loop.  The military guys do that job.

 

Fun aside on battleships: back in the olden days, the king ordered battleships and did generally write up the specifications.  The Vasa was ordered by Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, in 1626.  Specifications were changed construction after the initial keel had already begun.  The king ordered more cannons and a lot of decorations.  Result: the ship was top heavy and capsized on its maiden voyage.  Result: ships aren’t built (or even designed) based on a king’s orders, nor POTUS whims.  The military guys do that job.

 

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