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unhappycamper

(60,364 posts) Thu Nov 8, 2012, 08:58 AM Nov 2012

Deckhouse of new ($5 BILLION) destroyer ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) makes unplanned stop at Norfolk

http://blogs.defensenews.com/intercepts/2012/11/deckhouse-of-new-destroyer-zumwalt-ddg-1000-makes-unplanned-stop-at-norfolk/

Deckhouse of new destroyer ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) makes unplanned stop at Norfolk

No, the strange-looking blockhouse structure is not yet a ship — but wait a few years, it’ll be back with a proper hull under it.

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Deckhouse of new ($5 BILLION) destroyer ZUMWALT (DDG 1000) makes unplanned stop at Norfolk (Original Post) unhappycamper Nov 2012 OP

Just saw a picture of this ship on a local web site. Paper Roses Oct 2013 #1

Paper Roses

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1. Just saw a picture of this ship on a local web site.

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Wed Oct 30, 2013, 11:04 AM

Oct 2013

It was just launched. Scared me to look at it.
Do we really need another multimillion dollar instrument of war?

I am sick to death of all of the government and military baloney.

Maybe I'm just too old to comprehend.

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