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Things are getting worse. A KPAF recon aircraft was just shot down near Incheon.
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Things are getting worse. A KPAF recon aircraft was just shot down near Incheon.
New report just came in. Massive engine failure on the aircraft. It wasn't shot down
Things are getting worse. A KPAF recon aircraft was just shot down near Incheon.
More information has been received. That the plane was shot down came from North Korean news service. The plane was 150kms south of where that news report put it. All crew are safe.
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And it turns out the crew was actually trying to defect. Predictably, the North Koreans are demanding that the South return them.
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Now the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force has deployed the "helicopter cruiser" JDS Shinano to the East China Sea in response to North Korea's recent aggression.
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The South Korean navy has recovered bodies from the ocean where the Hawaiian Airlines flight was shot down. According to investigators, these bodies have shrapnel in them.
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Since when have the USN and USAF not been in competition? During Operation Desert Storm, Navy and Air Force pilots jockeyed to see who could shoot down the most Iraqi AF planes. In the end, the USN got the most air-to-air victories.
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Too bad it didn't last long. In 1971, the PAVN staged a coup and launched another invasion of South Vietnam. The improved ARVN was able to repulse them while the US Navy was deployed for another round of strategic bombing of North Vietnam.
While the South ultimately prevailed, it was a black eye for President Gene McCarthy, who had prided himself on negotiating an end to the war in 1969.
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In a bit of dark slapstick, when Alaska went boom, her number two turret ended up landing right on top of USS William D. Porter, crushing her bow.
That ship was unlucky to the end.
That ship was unlucky to the end.
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Considering how the surviving ships did well in the gunfire support and command roles after the war, I wouldn't necessarily call them ill-conceived. They were just thrust into the wrong role at the wrong time at Okinawa.
Still no one died on the Porter, it even sank a Japanese cruiser when it's torpedoes were launched by the impact.
Now a good question, did the Alaska sink her or did the Porter sink her?
To quote the girl from that taco commercial: why not both?
At least the Porter made up for the torpedoing of the Iowa and nearly killing FDR.
Of course the torpedo detonation problem is an old one though, during either Nimitz or Spruance's captain years he did a mock torpedo attack and got a real hit on I think New Mexico. Still FDR was a lucky SOB.
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For the crew of Porter, it was the blessing of Lady Luck.
For the crew of Noshiro, it was a curse from hell.
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Shit's getting real in Korea-a KPA migdet sub reportedly torpedoed the destroyer USS McCluskey as she was screening for Appomattox. McCluskey survived, but she was forced to return to Pearl Harbor for repairs.
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So Montana has made her debut in the browser version of Kantai Collection. So far, most players are quite happy with their American ship. One player, however, had the nerve to sink Montana on purpose and post it on Nico Nico. The guy had one ringed Yamato in his fleet, which may explain his motivations.
It's a shame some people can't let go of historical grudges.
It's a shame some people can't let go of historical grudges.
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I've actually been using the Skywarrior in Kancolle for this event. It's part of the stock equipment for Midway Kai. You actually get Midway-chan as the reward for E-1, and provided you're willing to grind her all the way to Kai and stomach the increased resource consumption, you can basically cheese your way through the event-which is absolutely hellish otherwise-because it deals insane damage to everything, especially installation-type bosses-which is good because this even has a lot of them. Some less kind players have taken to calling it the "A-3 Scrubwarrior."
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OOC: We can extrapolate probable names for American battlecruisers by looking at the Lexington class-either famous battles or notable USN ships from the Age of Sail.