Recent content by NavyShooter

Getting there....slowly...needs another layer of waterway gray on the uppers....plus some sanding on the focs'le due to some bubbling... The boot topping turned out nicely though.

Part of why I jumped....the RCN's plan for me in the 5 years after I retired was to sail for 1100+ days in those 5 years. (2 yrs CSEC on a HR deployer, then 3 years at ST(A)...) I would have started that time with an 11, 14, and 16 year old at home....and come home to 2 kids gone to...

Wife and I are supposed to go on a med cruise in late May....we'll see how that goes I guess....

Personal gas stores stocked up - I've got one more big jug to fill up (tomorrow- not in the rain today thanks) but I've got 3 weeks of fuel for my truck onhand now at today's price ($1.53/l). I'm honestly expecting gas to head north of $2/l within the next couple of weeks. Happy to be proven...

Oh damn. That's terrible.

I observed a note on F-book yesterday indicating fuel supply (gasoline) shortages in PEI. That seems somewhat - quick - for a down-stream impact from an attack 8 days ago in the ME. I will observe that Nova Scotia no longer has a fuel refinery - we are reliant on refined product arriving...

Some progress....hull has been masked and the first light layer of gray has been applied.

Ponder if you will the Moskova and Snake Island's defenders. That radio conversation became a legend and gave strength to the Ukrainians in their struggle. What kind of response would the Iranian Corvette have likely given if contacted by the US? Something similar I would imagine, which...

There will always be some form of Force Protection loadout, plus basic safe at sea SOLAS pyro. Etc etc etc....yeah....no further on caps/etc. Sorry.

I'm fine with being wrong....but this guy seems to give a bit of insight: His words - "weapons can be this precise"

As a sailor - I feel bad for the crew of that ship. She literally had no chance. No real ASW capability - she carried a pair of triple 324mm ASW Torp launchers, but, seems not to have had any Sonar systems to detect a target. There was a video that opined that the submarine used a...

What if the US Doesn't care about anything but winning the battle? The war - is a foreign entanglement. There seems to be little appetite for boots on the ground, but there's all kinds of aircraft and bombs and missiles being sent down range (and torpedoes.) Win the battle(s) - destroy...

What was the solution to Germany using the V-1 and V-2? Did strategic bombing destroy those and halt the attacks? Or. Did it require boots on the ground and regime change to make it stop. Similarly, the Kreigsmarine of WW2 - they realized that they couldn't take on the allies in a stand-up...

My kids enjoyed shooting my 1919A4....semi only....back when I had it...and it was legal.... sigh

I bought my kids rifles - for them to use. I own them, they're locked in my gun safe(s) and they have no access to either the gun room, nor the safes. They use them under my direct supervision only. My littlest minion is pretty good with hers - it's a Ruger Precision Rimfire in .22 LR.