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   jb (jb@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 21:07:11 JST jb
   Interesting observation from AC comment section
   Apparently our DEI Navy can no longer restock ships at sea without them crashing into each other, so the ships are limited to what they can carry when they leave port
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     Poast Oak (poastoak@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 21:07:07 JST Poast Oak

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     @EvilSandmich @jb We're pretty good at moving shit around quickly by air, but sealift capability has been in freefall for 30 years now. We just don't have the hulls in the water to move stuff like we did during the cold war. But everything we do in current year + 9 is low-intensity so it isn't obviously a problem yet.
     
     Biggest issue we will run into in a sustained conflict is coming up with spare parts. A lot of our shit is obselete with no available repair or replacement sources identified. That can probably be fixed with money too but there's going to be lead times involved.
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     EvilSandmich (evilsandmich@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 21:07:08 JST EvilSandmich

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     @poastoak @jb I'd long heard that logistics is actually GAE's secret sauce, it's like the one thing that can be fixed by just pouring a bunch of money into it. Even the Ukes can't steal enough to keep GAE supplies from reaching their troops.
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     Poast Oak (poastoak@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 21:07:09 JST Poast Oak

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     @EvilSandmich @jb We're objectively not shit at unrep though. We're the best in the world and it isnt close.
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     EvilSandmich (evilsandmich@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 21:07:10 JST EvilSandmich

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     @poastoak @jb I was wondering about that, though I recall some stories not strictly related to DEI, like things that *can* be done, just they’d rather not if given the choice. 🤔
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     Poast Oak (poastoak@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 21:07:10 JST Poast Oak

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     @EvilSandmich @jb We transfer food, parts, and ordnance at sea every single day. Air-based platforms and ammunition for the 5" gun, 25mm, and CIWS can be sent over on the line at sea, we have a whole class of ship (T-AKE) specifically designed to do this.
     
     Vertical launch systems *can* theoretically be reloaded at sea, but we have never done it with live ammunition because it's retard dangerous. Getting a 25' long canister into a square hole is hard enough in port, it's basically impossible in anything worse than a sea state 3. NAVSEA is working on the problem (TRAM) and initial test results have been mixed.
     
     Probably doesn't matter anyway though, it's been known for as long as missisles have existsed that if you shoot [enemy capacity + 1] you're going to score a kill. Being able to reload at sea isn't going to change that math in an actual peer-conflict naval engagement.
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     Poast Oak (poastoak@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 21:07:11 JST Poast Oak

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     @jb Unless things have radically changed in the last 2 years this is a flat out lie
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     EvilSandmich (evilsandmich@poa.st)'s status on Wednesday, 07-Aug-2024 21:07:12 JST EvilSandmich

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     @poastoak @jb I dunno, they're running out of slack in the manufacturing space. Lots of one-man boomer shops selling off or closing down. Just my inside baseball guess as my one employer keeps getting more business despite the economy going down (each customer orders less, but they keep getting more customers).
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