[ExI] diamandis commentary

[Gregory Jones]

I recognize a cover story.  We don't know what the budget is covering for.
But we do know the navy will not build an antiquated system on orders of
POTUS.

I have an idea however.  When guided missiles came into being in the early
1950s, the fighter jockey Chuck Yeager suggested retrofitting an old B747
with dozens of sidewinders and sparrows along with advanced radar.  In that
spirit a battleship could ride on a light, fast narrow keel, carrying
missiles such as vertical launch patriots, laser defensive  systems,
drones, etc.  It wouldn't look like what we think of as a battleship.

spike

On Sat, May 23, 2026, 12:05 PM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> I display my experience in this.
>
> For some evidence of which of us is demonstrating a lack of knowledge
> here: who precisely have you been speaking with on this branch of this
> thread?
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 2:46 PM Gregory Jones <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
> >
> > John that battleship is a cover story.  You display and parade your
> gullibility.  s
> >
> > On Sat, May 23, 2026, 11:16 AM Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 1:09 PM Gregory Jones <spike at rainier66.com>
> wrote:
> >> > The concept you claim has been abandoned has morphed into a form we
> may not recognize as a battleship.  It's architects have not revealed what
> it looks like or what it does.  They have revealed what it isn't however.
> This is both intentional and highly effective.
> >>
> >> "We have a definite design, but we can't tell you much about what it
> >> is, only that it isn't exactly what you think it is" often means
> >> they're planning something quite close to what one thinks it is based
> >> on what little they have said.
> >>
> >> They said "battleship".
> >>
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