And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Big slow target.
ReplyDeleteThere's going to be KABOOM if it's anywhere near the forthcoming excitement in the Western Pacific.
ReplyDeleteHigher pay at sea.
ReplyDeleteSky high if there are any sparks around.
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One RPG turns that into a 650/Kt blast
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised interested 3rd parties haven't shut down the trans-Atlantic LNG trade with a well placed AP device.
DeleteIf anyone is wondering, its an (liquified natural gas) LNG carrier.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much, I was wondering.
DeleteAbout as much energy as a F150 pickup carrying nuclear fuel rods.
ReplyDeleteIt takes balls of aluminum to transport LNG
ReplyDeleteMy cousin was one of the Marine Architects involved in LNG ship design. Sharp guy!
ReplyDeleteThose ships, "balloon boats" have several of those spheres.
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