21st century battleships

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Re: 21st century battleships

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petesampras wrote: Good point, and definitely in keeping with the intended meaning of the phrase "heavily armoured warship". Furthermore, I posit that media propoganda is the new "big guns", and hence a floating broadcasting centre (with stealth abilities of course) will be the new battleship.
Media propaganda is nothing new, and you can sink a floating broadcasting centre just like any other ship.

Unless you have some magical new propaganda method which can stop an enemy surface fleet dead in its tracks :D
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Re: 21st century battleships

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PeZook wrote:
petesampras wrote: Good point, and definitely in keeping with the intended meaning of the phrase "heavily armoured warship". Furthermore, I posit that media propoganda is the new "big guns", and hence a floating broadcasting centre (with stealth abilities of course) will be the new battleship.
Media propaganda is nothing new, and you can sink a floating broadcasting centre just like any other ship.

Unless you have some magical new propaganda method which can stop an enemy surface fleet dead in its tracks :D
I guess sarcasm is an alien concept on planet PeZook.
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Re: 21st century battleships

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petesampras wrote: I guess sarcasm is an alien concept on planet PeZook.
It's an alien concept in the entire solar system because it's not populated by mind readers, and PeZookians have seen far mor whacked out claims on the Earthling Internet to give you the benefit of the doubt :P
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Re: 21st century battleships

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PeZook wrote:
petesampras wrote: Good point, and definitely in keeping with the intended meaning of the phrase "heavily armoured warship". Furthermore, I posit that media propoganda is the new "big guns", and hence a floating broadcasting centre (with stealth abilities of course) will be the new battleship.
Media propaganda is nothing new, and you can sink a floating broadcasting centre just like any other ship.

Unless you have some magical new propaganda method which can stop an enemy surface fleet dead in its tracks :D
Such a propaganda method has been invented. It's called Lynn Minmei.
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