You can't play chess without active pieces. That's Enterprise, and she was decommissioned last year! With the proposed budget cuts to the military, she may unfortunately never be properly replaced.
There are still 9 active carrier strike groups, so we're in pretty good shape. Plus, our defense budget is more than the next 11 defense budgets combined.
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macbaker 10 years, 8 months ago
You can't play chess without active pieces. That's Enterprise, and she was decommissioned last year! With the proposed budget cuts to the military, she may unfortunately never be properly replaced.
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Bradleyd16 10 years, 8 months ago
Nice catch. I didn't realize that. But what the government is doing to our military is disgusting and unnerving.
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egro 10 years, 8 months ago
There are still 9 active carrier strike groups, so we're in pretty good shape. Plus, our defense budget is more than the next 11 defense budgets combined.
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RockaG 10 years, 8 months ago
The real checkmate is 300ft below the surface traveling at 30kts.
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