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quartesixte on April 27, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Air Force picks Anduril, General Atomics to develo...

Wait are you telling me that the only reason why we think Burke class ships are small is because 1) “Destroyer” and then 2) CVNs are just fucking massive?

dgroshev on April 27, 2024 [–]

Yep.

HMS Dreadnought: Length: 160m / Beam: 25m / Displacement: 18410t

Acorn-class destroyer (contemporary with Dreadnought): Length: 75m / Beam: 8m / Displacement: 780t

Burke Flight III: Length: 155m / Beam: 20m / Displacement: 9900t

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