[ExI] Legendary Battleship was diamandis commentary

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Keith Henson via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Legendary Battleship was diamandis commentary




>...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...


Ja, that is why the USA is building a new-style navy.  We don't know what it is, but we can be sure it isn't old-style surface ships.  The navy was looking into submersible carriers 40 years ago.  The aircraft changed a lot since then.  Modern fighter aircraft are much smaller and have no human crew.

Regarding opening the strait, having Iran keeping that bottled up is impoverishing the countries on the western shore, turning them into enemies of Iran, isolating that theocracy more every day.  This too is a benefit for the world.

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

Keith

What I heard is that the 60 days allowed by the war powers act expired and congress did not authorize further action.  Is this wrong?  It is what the Beeb was reporting yesterday.

spike