Techdave
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| Registered on: | 4/23/2014 |
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re: The talking points are out
Posted by Techdave on 4/5/26 at 7:02 am to thebigmuffaletta
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Liberals are pathetic
Also not the most intelligent bunch if they believe Iran is winning anything here.
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re: It's a Smart Move to Not Try to Use US Navy to Open the Strait
Posted by Techdave on 4/3/26 at 8:33 pm to jimmy the leg
Oh we can totally take the strait. No denying that. My point is the risk of losing a large warship is high due to how close they would be to Iran.
Not worth the risk. Let some other countries take the strait since it’s their shite.
Not worth the risk. Let some other countries take the strait since it’s their shite.
re: It's a Smart Move to Not Try to Use US Navy to Open the Strait
Posted by Techdave on 4/3/26 at 7:31 pm to jimmy the leg
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That if is a game changer. Why are you dismissing its capabilities and potential (probable?) impact?
How in the hell is a big slow amphibious assault ship gonna do shite against Iranian artillery coming from 20 directions at once. We haven’t destroyed any Iranian artillery systems yet. Their army is still at full strength.
It will get hit and sunk just as easy.
re: It's a Smart Move to Not Try to Use US Navy to Open the Strait
Posted by Techdave on 4/3/26 at 7:24 pm to jimmy the leg
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Do you even USS Tripoli bro? I find your ignorance on the matter to be almost amusing.
Yes we have an amphibious assault ship called the Tripoli. What’s your point?
Are you suggesting the Tripoli has crossed the Straight of Hormuz? Cause it hasn’t.
re: It's a Smart Move to Not Try to Use US Navy to Open the Strait
Posted by Techdave on 4/3/26 at 10:49 am to narddogg81
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you sure about that?
Yep. I am. They scored a rare hit on convential artillery testing of the CIWS. It was a controlled test and still didn’t get many actual intercepts on a single artillery at a time.
Fire 10 shells and 9 are getting through. Maybe all 10.
CIWS is great on bigger slower munitions like missiles, rockets, drones, and even mortars. Conventional artillery flies at the speed of a bullet.
re: It's a Smart Move to Not Try to Use US Navy to Open the Strait
Posted by Techdave on 4/3/26 at 10:43 am to LongHornHandy
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Looks like CIWS would indeed be able to intercept conventional artillery, so think you’re off base
No not really. In controlled testing situations it made a rare intercept of conventional artillery. But that was knowing when and where it was coming from. And also that was firing one artillery round at a time.
If they fired 5-10 at a ship, that ship will take some hits for sure.
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I thought Trump said they were decimated though
He never says we destroyed every drone and missile they have.
And they likely have 100s or 1000s of artillery guns that we haven’t targeted at all.
Way different man. I was in Afghanistan too.
Those were likely mortars or rockets coming in. Much slower than a howitzer. And when we got hit, the rounds were spaced out.
If you shot 10 howitzer shells simultaneously at a ship I bet 9 of them get through defenses.
Those were likely mortars or rockets coming in. Much slower than a howitzer. And when we got hit, the rounds were spaced out.
If you shot 10 howitzer shells simultaneously at a ship I bet 9 of them get through defenses.
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The Navy can 100% shoot down conventional land artillery.
Are you serious? If they shot a dozen 155mm sized shells simultaneously, at a frigate type ship. You think one Phalanx CIWS type gun could even hit one of those rounds that are coming at them 3000 ft/sec?
Nah bro. that's basically hitting a bullet with a bullet. Not the same as shooting down a missile or drone.
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That doesn't mean they'll get their naval assets involved
It's likely this thing turns into a toll booth
Meh...the "toll booth" will be bombed.
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The question then becomes...why would they put their own naval assets at risk when they had nothing to do with this war?
Ummm because that half of the world needs it open a lot more than we do.
re: It's a Smart Move to Not Try to Use US Navy to Open the Strait
Posted by Techdave on 4/2/26 at 10:00 am to Captain Rumbeard
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They fired a hundred missiles including hypersonics at the Lincoln and we shot them all down. Tactically, we could take the strait easily. Strategically is another story. You buy that one you have to keep it and that makes your permanent bases on the straits targets till the end of time if you don't also change the regime.
Not that simple man. They fired a hundred over a course of weeks at a carrier group that was 100's of miles offshore. And that carrier has a half dozen ships defending it. Also, a carrier group would not be the ships used to open the strait.
The Strait is about 20 miles wide. So, you would have very little reaction time from land launched munitions. And you would never be able to shoot down the volume of attacks they would launch simultaneously. Strait is probably mined also.
In addition you are now within range of conventional artillery. Which cannot be intercepted or shot down at all.
It's a Smart Move to Not Try to Use US Navy to Open the Strait
Posted by Techdave on 4/2/26 at 9:12 am
Iran would like nothing more than to see massive US ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, within striking range..... They would launch 50 drones and missiles at the same time to sink a US ship. In addition, the Strait is within range of conventional land-based artillery. Which cannot be intercepted or shot down at all.
That would be winning the Super Bowl for them.
IMO that's the real reason we aren't opening the Strait ourselves.
That would be winning the Super Bowl for them.
IMO that's the real reason we aren't opening the Strait ourselves.
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2. Republicans attacking the ACA have driven up medical costs for Black Americans. Do you agree that Democrats would be more likely to manage healthcare for BA?
3. Donald Trump supports tax cuts for billionaires and millionaires at the expense of average Americans.
Holy shite! Talk about leading you with those loaded questions! So that's how polls end up getting things so wrong.
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Why does the Alberta topic pop up every 3-4 months on here?
Well just this week Alberta got the required signatures to force a vote. So that's a new development.
re: Would you support 51 statehood if Alberta wanted to join?
Posted by Techdave on 4/1/26 at 1:33 pm to cadillacattack
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Territory - Yes
Statehood - no, not at this time.
Correct Answer. Most Alberta are good people. But 50 states is a nice round number already.
Trump should also be stirring this pot heavily. Make the Canadian government sweat a little.
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I’ve been out awhile but powerdrive/orbit were not great hot hole tools and at 30K+ I imagine it was pretty damn hot down there. Might be something better now though.
Like redstick mentioned though sliding probably wasn’t very effective either
That Lacassine well was supposed to be all vertical. We ran AutoTrak to keep it vertical until like 23k. BH temps were already like 325°. We were burning up tools.
They were gonna finish the last 6-7'k with a pendulum BHA. Yeah ok..... So that didn't work for them and they P&A after spending like 6 months trying to drill that well. Total cluster F
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Was all of this after McMoRan got sued by investors over Davy Jones?
I'm pretty sure it was. It was around 2014/2015. McMoran (FMOG at the time) had a pretty rough couple of years :lol:
re: Helen Keller was a Fraud - Update
Posted by Techdave on 4/1/26 at 11:23 am to CoachOsFishingHole
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Hellen Keller was a Fraud
Damn son. This sounds personal. :lol:
re: Louisiana’s deepest oil & gas well is completed in St. Martin Parish
Posted by Techdave on 4/1/26 at 11:17 am to redstick13
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How you reckon sliding was at those depths?
I would imagine they ran rotary steerable and not a mud motor. Unless it was a hot-hole maybe.
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We probably worked together
I'm ex Baker MWD. That well was probably around 2014 / 2015. I made some easy money on that one. Slow drilling, stuck casing, jarring, all the fun stuff.
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