• marine_mustang@sh.itjust.works
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    Ok, hear me out. The hull number is for the USS Enterprise (CVN-65), which was deactivated in 2012. After that, instead of decommissioning, Elon Musk decides he needs a private military and hires Erik Prince to set it up. He buys the still-intact Enterprise, gets it modified the way he wants it, and sends it to Brazil to force X/Twitter back into service there. Full of Blackwater/Xe mercenaries, meth and coke are distributed to all personnel as daily rations. Fueled by the success of their first mission (and lots of drugs and alcohol), the bastard craft took to the high seas. It resembled a mobile party now, but a heavily-armed party. They looted, they raided, they held whole cities to ransom for fresh supplies of cheese, crackers, guacamole, spare ribs and wine and spirits that now get piped aboard from floating tankers.

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    2 months ago

    … and someone has allowed a local news helicopter to fly over the ship to provide live video footage of an active war scene.

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      it’s got a ro-ro ramp for the tank!

      I just laughing at the implications of this.

      Sir, we have to abandon the mission. The enemy has closed their deep sea port - we cannot possibly launch an amphibious assault.

  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    After reading that I’m convinced I would love a reaction video series where some military expert just eviscerates G.I Joe episodes.

    I watched an episode just last night where the U.S.S. Flagg got it’s shit slapped by a handful of Cobra aircraft. It basically looked like the picture above.

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      Well yeah its blocked off, thats where you park the tanks! Jeeze, it’s like you’ve never heard of AFV flight deck deployments before.

  • traches@sh.itjust.works
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    Also your F-117s are rocket powered or some shit because those flames are coming from the one place that isn’t exhaust

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    I mean, in fairness, at least the Mig-29 and F-117 are contemporaries, and deployed by enemies. I’ve seen playsets that include (iirc) an F-16 and a B-17 dogfighting against one another.

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      While the F-16 has the stronger letter, the B-17 takes the lead on the number. It’s still anybody’s game.

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    I thought the F117a doesn’t have a2a capabilities. It acts like a hole in the sky, drops a couple of bombs and then the distant AWACS plane laughs maniacally.

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      a2a bombs, silly

      you fly over them and drop your ordnance