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2017-05-28 China-Japan-Koreas

Navy Deploying Uss Nimitz To Western Pacific

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Posted by Anomalous Sources 2017-05-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Let's start a pool.
Which of the 3 has the goodies?

Posted by Skidmark 2017-05-28 00:35|| 2017-05-28 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 Hopefully all three.

Posted by gorb 2017-05-28 04:19|| 2017-05-28 04:19|| Front Page Top

#3 ...For reasons I won't get into, I'll say Nimitz - IF they're sending any.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2017-05-28 07:27|| 2017-05-28 07:27|| Front Page Top

#4 If by goodies you mean nukes, they all have them. When I was in the Navy, albeit 37 years ago, all carriers had real weapons on board, on every deployment.

Posted by Hupeart Thaitch2372 2017-05-28 07:38|| 2017-05-28 07:38|| Front Page Top

#5 I think he means the ones that have "Well, bye!" stenciled on the side.

Posted by SteveS 2017-05-28 10:37|| 2017-05-28 10:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Strangely enough, if you check the Navy's info page online, the Nimitz isn't listed underway. (Vinson, Bush, Reagan.)

Posted by ed in texas 2017-05-28 10:45|| 2017-05-28 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 IIRC, it has long been the Navy's policy to neither confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons aboard any particular vessel. Except SSBNs, of course.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2017-05-28 11:06|| 2017-05-28 11:06|| Front Page Top

#8 Actually, in the case of North Korea, a nuke with "Fuck Yeah" stenciled on the side would be appropriate.

My only concern is figuring out a way to vaporize Fat Boy and his cabal of geriatric generals and most of the army with out killing all of those poor bastards that eat grass and bark to live.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2017-05-28 11:36|| 2017-05-28 11:36|| Front Page Top

#9 Clearly GMO mutant rice, Sock.

Posted by Skidmark 2017-05-28 17:32|| 2017-05-28 17:32|| Front Page Top

#10 After noodling around, the story I've got several places is the Vinson battle group has had a couple of 'minor to serious kinda' engineering causualties and the Nimitz group (that was supposed to leave for the Persian Gulf as of 6/1) has been sent as relief. The probs aren't on the big boat, but some of the Aegis boats are chugging along, and they're the ones needed front and center at the moment.

Posted by ed in texas 2017-05-28 19:17|| 2017-05-28 19:17|| Front Page Top

#11 Excellent noodling, Ed.

Posted by Nero White 3083 2017-05-28 19:33|| 2017-05-28 19:33|| Front Page Top

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