• @shalafi
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      2010 months ago

      And not easily replaced.

      • @[email protected]
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        1910 months ago

        Months for a single boat if your logistics are top tier. Years otherwise.

        For the tonnage crossed of this list, easily close to a decade to replace.

        • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒
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          10 months ago

          easily close to a decade to replace.

          For a nation with the money and manpower to actually build them. Not ones that can only afford to upcycle 5 fossils each decade with a new gun/missile silo and (maybe) coat of paint.

          • verity_kindleM
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            710 months ago

            Rust can be protective.There’s brown rust, orange rust, fast rust, slow rust. Wire wheels are expensive.

              • nukeM
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                710 months ago

                Anyway, like I was sayin’, rust is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté it. Dey’s uh, rust-kabobs, rust creole, rust gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There’s pineapple rust, lemon rust, coconut rust, pepper rust, rust soup, rust stew, rust salad, rust and potatoes, rust burger, rust sandwich. That- that’s about it.

      • @[email protected]
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        1710 months ago

        Yeah I’m pretty sure haven’t built a surface combatant larger than a frigate since the fall of the USSR.

        • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒
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          They might have had a second aircraft carrier by now if they’d finished the one left in Ukraine at the collapse in 91. But for better or worse they sold the hulk (and the plans) to China in '99. It’s possible the Kuznetsov is in such a state because the sold the only copy of the plans

      • @CptEnder
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        610 months ago

        Irony a lot of these were built in Soviet Ukraine, so nice to see them laid to rest in their home 🥰

    • @[email protected]
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      810 months ago

      Boats are expensive. I know because I was a sailor, and then worked in ship building/repair.