Context: USS Pinckney (DDG-91) is the first of the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyers to receive a cutting edge electronic warfare upgrade. https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/navy-destroyer-looks-significantly-different-after-major-upgrade
The US continues to push the bounds of what could be considered a destroyer. The Arleigh Burkes are already heavier than Atlanta class light cruisers and then this thing comes along with the extra chonk!
The US continues to push the bounds of what could be considered a destroyer.
Japan: âAm I a joke to you?â
Itâs aproaching dragon ball levels of power creep and we ainât talking Namek saga or Android saga weâre in Buu saga.
I swear to fuck someone needs to make a HMS Dreadnought equivalent so we can clean up this nomenclature bullshit.
I think automation is gonna clean a lot of this right up.
weâll be left with drones, and drone carriers. maybe a few humies on the drone carriers to do whatever canât be outright automated on at sea. and thereâs really no good reason to be a surface ship if all youâre schlepping is drones.
Ah lawd she coming!
Born too late to paint pinup girls on the side if WW2 bombers
Born to early for AI anime waifus
Burn just in time to paint anime waifus on the side of WW3 bombers
Our littoral combat ships are that, plus a helping of cyber truck.
Possibly the only boat with a dump truck ass.
Is there a source for the Chibi?
Itâs AI. I made it with DALL-E 3
Prompt:
cartoon meme, cute small framed anime girl, she is wearing a comically large coat that is a US Navy destroyer, the US Navy destroyer coat has an absurd amount of tactical gear of radar, antenna, and electronic warfare, she is weighed down by her heavy coat