U.S. Navy destroyers; great photo of a formation

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I hate to tell you, but any ship today, with the missile technology available in the world, is nothing but a slow moving target.

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[rlex]

I hate to tell you, but any ship today, with the missile technology available in the world, is nothing but a slow moving target.

I am pretty sure that most us who have been in the military understand the vulnerabilities of the various platforms that we are assigned including fighters, helos, tanks, humvees, subs, surface ships and a set of the highly reliable Mark 1 Mod 0 "boots on the ground" utilized by all of us but the primary system utilized by our ground forces. As much as I and other others would like deflectors, personal shields, phasers, and particle beam weapons - most of us will never be issued them.

The point of the thread was to admire ships "steaming" (a misnomer since those ships have gas turbine propulsion) in formation and maneuvering together. It is a holdover from a past naval era when we had "Ships of the Line" and naval battles utilized naval guns. Most Surface Warfare Officers enjoy the opportunity to maneuver in formation - when executed properly it is beautiful thing as you watch ships move quickly and precisely into the their assigned stations.