[ExI] robo-rescue

[John Clark]

On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 5:41 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:

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> *>The Navy says **a** Trump class battleship will displace between 35,000
>> and 41,000 tons… **…The Navy says a Trump class battleship will cost
>> between $17.4 billion and $22 billion…*
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*> Do you presume they are going to tell you they are really doing?*
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*They had better because the Navy has to convince Congress to authorize the
money needed to build the damn stupid thing. And unfortunately they
probably will authorize it for one and only one reason, it has the word
"Trump" in its name.  *

*> **We don’t even know if a missile was involved in the Apache crash. *
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*We know a missile was NOT involved. The Apache was brought down by a slow,
cheap Iranian Shahed-136 intelligent DRONE that cost about $20,000. *



> *>…Why in the hell would the US military want to ENHANCE the radar
>> cross-section of its warships or planes?!*
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> *> They enhance radar cross section to draw fire John. *
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*But a battleship is NOT a decoy, it is a prime, hugely expensive target!!
Spike, your defense of the status quo is just getting silly.  *


* John K Clark*



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> *From:* John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [ExI] robo-rescue
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> *>…It's interesting that a drone boat was able to rescue the crew of a
> helicopter, but I think it's even more interesting that a $20,000 Iranian
> drone was able to knock a AH-64 Apache attack helicopter out of the air
> which cost between 52 and 100 million dollars depending on how many bells
> and whistles it had. This should make anybody think twice before they
> decide to build a huge "Trump class" battleship. *
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