[ExI] Legendary Battleship was diamandis commentary

[Keith Henson]

Spike, big deal re sinking ships. That did not help open the strait.
Consider what Ukraine did to the Russian Navy without having any
ships. Old-style navies are not completely obsolete, but they are in a
different era now.

Re spending money, consider what the Iran war has cost so far. And
Congress had no input into that.

Keith

On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 11:10 AM spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
> Sent: Friday, 5 June, 2026 9:55 AM
> To: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
> Cc: spike at rainier66.com
> Subject: Re: [ExI] Legendary Battleship was diamandis commentary
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> On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 11:21 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> > consider what the US Navy has accomplished in the short span of the conflict with Iran.
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> Right, the U.S. Navy opened the Strait of Hormuz for shipping causing gasoline prices to plummet, and produced a regime change in Iran .... Oh wait...
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> John K Clark
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> The Navy’s job is to fight ships.  It did.  It suffered no losses but inflicted heavy damage upon Iran’s navy.
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> Secondary effects: increased oil prices remind the planet that the strait is a single point failure which must be dealt with.  The high price of oil enables development of alternative forms of energy, as well as incentivizing domestic oil production.  So, let’s get on with it, set up nuclear and coal plants, develop natural gas sources, install wind and solar in those places where it pays, get moving.
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