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by fsagx 81 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_USS_Forrestal_fire

(~20kg warhead)
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jandrewrogers 81 days ago
That was over half a century ago. Completely irrelevant.
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fsagx 80 days ago
Seems likely to be even worse now. USS Ford out of action, removed from region due to "laundry fire" and some socks in the toilets. Also USN has far fewer carriers to deploy. Three or more were deployed continuously off Vietnam for years at a time.
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thedrexster 81 days ago
> That was over half a century ago. Completely irrelevant.

This is Trump's America, brother, we don't learn from the past here!

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