[ExI] robo-rescue

[John Clark]

On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM Keith Henson <hkeithhenson at gmail.com> wrote:

*> John, thinking about it, I am not entirely sure that something like a
> battleship might make sense in the drone era. Battleships were resistant to
> ton-class shells hitting them. A ship with foot-thick armor would not be
> damaged by a light-weight drone if it hit the armor.*
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*Battleships were virtually defenseless against torpedoes even though
they used primitive 1941 technology.*

*> You would still need something like a double hull with the space filled
> with styrofoam to resist torpedoes.*
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*Those old battleships did have double hulls, and you'd need one hell of a
lot of styrofoam to float 40,000 tons of iron. *

> Not certain how useful such a ship would be,


*I am certain, these days a battleship would be about as useful as a screen
door on a submarine. *

*And I sure wish you would increase your font size, you're giving me eye
strain.  *


*John K Clark*






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> On Sat, Jun 13, 2026 at 3:34 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 5:37 PM spike jones via extropy-chat <
>> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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>> *>Adrian, programs are cancelled regularly,*
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>> *Yes, that is very true especially for military projects, and I am
>> certain that, although many billions of dollars will be spent, a "Trump
>> Class Battleship" will NEVER be built, however I'm equally certain that our
>> Dear Leader is far too stupid to realize that. *
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>> *Why am I so certain it will never be built? Because the nation's naval
>> architects are all very smart people and they realize that building such a
>> ship is an idiotic idea and the only reason they're going through the
>> motions is because they were ordered to do so by the president because he
>> thinks such a ship would look cool. And because even if the military
>> construction proceeded perfectly, and it never does, it would take at least
>> 10 years before such a ship could ever go to sea. And in 10 years dirt
>> cheap very intelligent drones would make such a dinosaur of a ship even
>> more ridiculous than it is today. And in 10 years our 80 year old
>> overweight junk food loving president will no longer be president. *
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>> *Why am I so certain that the president doesn't realize any of this?
>> Because **a man as egomaniacal as our current POTUS would never allow
>> his name to be placed on something that he knew was doomed to failure. *
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>> *By the way, although I am certain he will not be president in 10 years I
>> wish I was as certain that in 2 1/2 years he will no longer be president,
>> but I am not. In 10 years, if Mr. Jupiter Brain doesn't object, the USA
>> might coronate King Donald II.  *
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>> * John K Clark *
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