[ppaelkos]

13 October 1775

[JohnMaltczevitch]

If it was created in 1510 it was never bigger than the Spanish, British or Dutch navy

Did you mean Viking times?

[maniaringsq]

All I know about that period in Danish history I learned from Europa Universalis. You guys were briefly on top... Kalmar Union... Norway and Sweden as your *****es...

What happened? You could've had class. You could've been a contender! You could've been somebody, instead of the bum of Europe!

[VogsHoock]

And kick Danish ass all across the Baltic!


I notice that centuries later, the Nazis didn't even bother to invade Sweden but they over-ran Denmark in about 12 hours. Apparently, they must've been more scared of Sweden than the Soviet Union, UK, and US COMBINED!

[68AttendGem]

Hate to break it to ya, but a dude in a rowboat with a scaling knife does not a navy make.

[bF8CCmmr]

[SobiquYo]

The Danish navy on shore leave?

[Gorlummm]

What fleet?

[uwJzsM8t]

You beat me to it!

Nelson + Copenhagen = Danish Asses getting raped!

[G8whlTAe]

Well, at least the Danish navy can get a bit further than the Swedes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_%28ship%29

[FUNALA]

Well, at least the Danish navy can get a bit further than the Swedes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa_%28ship%29

Designed by Dutch people... Obviously an error in judgment.

Visby is thoroughly Swedish OTOH:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visby_class_corvette

[Hlennisal]

It's a stealth ship, dumbass. It's internal.

Are you supposed to be the future of the US armed forces, Albert? Things are looking rather bleak for the American empire, isn't it?

[Ekzamenov]

One anti-ship missile and it's bye-bye for that floating hearse. I'd like to see that hunk of junk in a Swedish archipelago.

[pKgGpUlF]

Yes, good luck to hit that huge square piece of ww2 technology. Dumbass.

[Atmotteenrift]

Are you supposed to be the future of the US armed forces, Albert?

Well, they are talking about repealing DADT. :rimshot:

I kid, I kid. Anyway, I looked up Phalanx on Wiki and it seems it's a system of autotracking anti-missile gatling guns. It also says they're intended as a final line of defense, but three presumptively are adequate for a ship that size, so anti-ship missiles wouldn't have such an easy time. But comparing a small stealth patrol ship (I assume it's a patrol ship) to a massive floating carrier is pretty apples-and-oranges.

Xpost. By the by, if we're talking armament, Wiki says that little ship has eight anti-ship missiles and a single gun turret, plus mines and depth charges.

Second edit: Wiki also says that particular ship has two, not three, Phalanx systems, FYI.

[ElegeExcest]

Elok:

It's not a massive floating carrier... it's an amphibious assault ship capable of landing up to 2200 Marines either via air or landing craft.



The US Navy has 8 of these babies...

And its laughable to think that any nation on the planet could possibly compete with the United States on sea.

[wbeachcomber]

Xpost. By the by, if we're talking armament, Wiki says that little ship has eight anti-ship missiles and a single gun turret, plus mines and depth charges.

The carrier doesn't stand a chance.

Second edit: Wiki also says that particular ship has two, not three, Phalanx systems, FYI. What a waste.

[saerensenatljn]

Second edit: Wiki also says that particular ship has two, not three, Phalanx systems, FYI.

The USS Wasp has 2 but some of the USS Wasp-class have 3 and others have 2. It's variable.

[MeeveStesia]

Not on sea, on shore. Which none of those beasts - and I don't care what you call them - would come close to.

It won't need to when these come streaming towards shore:



With these overhead airdropping Marines:




What your beaches going to do now?

[bestgenpower]

It won't need to when these come streaming towards shore:

Huh? That's not hi-tech. It could easily run an old ww1 mine that's not marked on your tourist maps.

What your beaches going to do now? We have invisible guns in the sands and rocks in those beaches. There are invisible ships patrolling the surface and invisible subs below, and their missiles will mostly come too fast for your ancient defensive systems.

Stupid dick-measuring aside, most of the US navy is blue-water and built to fight ww2 all over again. They can't even defeat a determined medieval opponent (the Taliban). What would happen if the US would fight somebody of similar technological sophistication? What if the navy found itself in brown waters? It's an interesting question not easily dismissed. Of course, the low general quality of US servicemen compared to Europeans, which is well-known from both ww1 and ww2, must be taken into account as well.