[ExI] diamandis commentary

[Gregory Jones]

There is no law that says battleships cannot be submersible.  We don't know
what that story is covering for.  s

On Sat, May 23, 2026, 1:12 PM John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM Gregory Jones via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> *> 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.*
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> *Such an expensive boondoggle would be of zero help in opening up the
> Strait of Hormuz.  Militarily it would be about as useful as that gold
> plated billion dollar ballroom. And we already have things that can
> vertically launch missiles, they're called "submarines".*
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> *John K Clark*
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