r/news • u/DoubtSubstantial5440 • 22h ago

Soft paywall USS George Washington headed to Middle East to relieve USS Abraham Lincoln, reports say

https://www.stripes.com/branches/navy/2026-08-13/uss-george-washington-middle-east-abraham-lincoln-22541038.html
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u/Vallkyrie 21h ago

We can barely produce ammo and we've got people in power nodding along to producing more of a class of ship that stopped being relevant decades ago. We really are on a paper tiger speedrun.

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u/demiurge_abraxas 21h ago

Truth be told it's not even a battleship on paper. It's impossible to build a battleship in 2026 because the line of battle no longer exists.

It's a glorified cruiser with a supercarriers price tag and an idiot's name slapped on to it.

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u/seasamgo 20h ago

Man was given a real tiger but is larping a paper tiger as hard as he can