Navy Decoded
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Navy Decoded
Orca XLUUV: $84M, fully autonomous, no crew risk, mine-laying capable.
Virginia-class: $3.4B, 135 crew. Same $3.4B buys 40 Orca or 1 Virginia.
Pacific undersea war — which wins?
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Constellation frigate: $1.3B, 3+ years behind schedule, 50% over budget.
LCS: $30B, cancelled. Same pattern. Cut losses now or stay the course?
1 day ago | [YT] | 35
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THAAD: $3B per battery, 48 interceptors. China DF-21 arsenal: 200+ missiles.
North Korea alone: 50+ ballistic missiles. The intercept math doesn't add up.
2 days ago | [YT] | 28
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USS Ford: $13.3B. EMALS catapults failed repeatedly in first deployment.
Advanced weapons elevators: 4 years late. Still not fully combat-ready.
Design failure or growing pains?
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Pacific 2030. Virginia Block V: 40 Tomahawks, 835 ft crush depth.
China Type 096: 16 JL-3 ICBMs, ultra-quiet. AUKUS SSN: still not built.
Who controls the deep?
4 days ago | [YT] | 26
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512 VLS cells, zero crew, $1B. The Navy killed the concept in 1996.
A Burke has 96 cells for $2.2B. Was rejecting it a 30-year mistake?
5 days ago | [YT] | 24
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Millennium Challenge 2002: Iran-style tactics sank 16 US ships in hours.
Pentagon reset the simulation and declared victory. Right call?
1 week ago | [YT] | 24
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$30M, zero pilot loss. F/A-XX: $300M+, one ejection seat.
Carrier air wing 2035 — which do you fund?
1 week ago | [YT] | 29
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China launches more naval tonnage per year than the entire US fleet. US: 4 shipyards, 1.2 subs/year. China: 20+ yards, 5+ subs/year. How to close the gap?
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 45
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11 missiles, proven. ESSM Block 2: 25nm range, active seeker. 300kW laser: speed-of-light, unlimited shots, still testing. Last layer before impact. What do you trust?
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