The USS Kumwalt , Americas newest warship

[eddiesolo]

You know when servicemen have their photo taken In front of their tank or plane well I reckon the sailors of that ship have their photos taken In front of a different ship

Or they just won't turn up or they will all be wearing Captain Kirk masks.

Si

[Guest]

That's Lego isn't it?

[eddiesolo]

I am waiting for someone at my boat club to build one of these and to see how long it is before it is sunk

Si

[spanner570]

I saw recently that the lack of any vertical surfaces on the 'ship' is to deflect any radar beams harmlessly upwards and prevent them rebounding back to the transmitting source!

It looks and sounds like a load of bo***cks to me!

[Guest]

I'd have a go at a scratch build but I'd only need five bits of balsa and a marker pen ..... Not much of a challenge eh?

[PaulTRose]

so since the Number One isnt called Spock (you just know thats going to be his nickname!) i would hate to be some lowly ensign called Khan :P

[eddiesolo]

I'd have a go at a scratch build but I'd only need five bits of balsa and a marker pen ..... Not much of a challenge eh?

ROFL...sooooooooooooooooooo true.

Si

[Alan 45]

I'd have a go at a scratch build but I'd only need five bits of balsa and a marker pen ..... Not much of a challenge eh?

Now that sort of scratch build I could do lol

[eddiesolo]

I can see a challenge coming on here...30 mins to build a model of this...thing...out of whatever...you can't use turds as they have already used them.

Si

[PaulTRose]

quick google shows someone has already done it lol

http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/dd/ddg-1000/350-ss/ss-index.html

must be me......i think it looks a cool ship :P

[eddiesolo]

It does look rather good from that model, but it seems to be asking for trouble with all that lump of structure just waiting for a missile strike to set the whole lot up in flames...

Si

[Alan 45]

Is it just me or does it look like they asked a bunch of five year olds to draw a ship and that was the best one lol

[Alan 45]

It does look rather good from that model, but it seems to be asking for trouble with all that lump of structure just waiting for a missile strike to set the whole in flames...Si

I think the fraise low silhouette wasn't mentioned to the designers

[eddiesolo]

I think the fraise low silhouette wasn't mentioned to the designers

Radar may not detect it but anybody with eyes can see the lump in the middle from miles away!

Si

[Alan 45]

They may as well of put a fifty foot bright red flashing arrow above it with the words here we are written above it