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[–] ModestCrab@lemmy.wtf 24 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Devils advocate: propublica was warning for a few years that the navy wasn’t putting enough into maintenance/training, vs contracts for shiny new boats.

[–] kbotc@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The guy in charge was promoted to rear admiral late last year, was put in command in late February.

The real issue, though, is what the fuck is a CVN doing that close to the launchers.

You have a ship full of planes. Keep it away from shore and have the planes drop bombs and cruise missiles from far away, or better yet, use the B2s on Diego Garcia, or just the airfield at Al Udeid is right there if we could just ask Saudi Arabia nicely to use their airspace, but no the Fox News Drunk needs his “show of force” to be scary so it has to be visible from shore.

[–] Monument 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It’s sort of ridiculous how dumb they are. I think you’re right, that they’ve staged a bunch of ships off shore like it’s WWII to be “scary” vs offering up surprise death from above by an enemy the Houthis cannot attack or anticipate, all brought to them by a partnership of their neighbor countries.

The latter is scary in many ways, whereas the former is result of people who confuse TV with reality.