Comments on: Horses and Bayonets and the Navy’s Great Green Fleet

By: Military Biofuel Program Gets Three New Biorefineries

Military Biofuel Program Gets Three New Biorefineries — Tue, 28 May 2013 14:01:42 +0000

[…] biofuels for other ships and aircraft. As an interim step, last summer the Navy launched its first Green Strike Force during the biannual Rim of the Pacific multinational naval […]

By: Matthew

Matthew — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:33:00 +0000

Well if by radioactive waste that is the most dangerous substance on the planet for 10,000 years, so dangerous and so expensive that no one wants it anywhere near them; that other countries around the world are abandoning the most expensive energy source ever created for the cheapest energy source yet to date. Well then yes, without the context, it seems like a fair statement.

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:36:00 +0000

One has to wonder how long we’re going to need carriers, at least carriers designed to carry manned fighter/bombers. Shorter decked drone carriers and smart missiles look to be the future.

By: Bill_Woods

Bill_Woods — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:02:00 +0000

“And the bayonet can still be vital for dismounted fighters, but its role in modern warfare is not what it was in 1917.”

Even in 1917, its role wasn’t much — more useful as a can opener than as a weapon. For that you have to go back to the days of the flintlock, when a bayonet could convert a musket into a short pike.

“Given that history, it’s pretty obvious why Mr. Romney chose 1917 as his benchmark. The jump to 345 in just one year was an unprecedented but appropriate activity by the Navy, …

The increase was due to commandeering a lot of civilian boats and ships, for harbor service and transport. The comparison to 1917 is just a fun fact.

The substantive issue is that the Obama administration has cut the target size of the Navy from 313 ships to 300, while the actual size is lower still. Maybe that’s what it should be; maybe it’s not. But it’s certainly not because the Navy brass hasn’t appreciated the capabilities of CVNs and SSNs.

By: Ross Chandler

Ross Chandler — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 21:02:00 +0000

Has someone come up with a clean way of decommissioning their reactors?

By: Bob_Wallace

Bob_Wallace — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 16:17:00 +0000

Perhaps the greenest ships, other than those which use sail.

Not the greenest vehicles. An EV charged with wind and/or solar power is greener.

By: Steve Baker

Steve Baker — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:44:00 +0000

The nuke aircraft carriers are the greenest vehicles in the world.
http://thinkingaboot.blogspot.ca/2011/06/greenest-warriors.html