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Discussion in 'Free Fire Zone' started by OpanaPointer, Oct 13, 2019.

  1. OpanaPointer

    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    That's a Russian battlecruiser.
     
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    It seems too hard to get that wrong...deliberate?

    244 years
    13 October 1775
     
  4. ColHessler

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    It's either just plain lazy, or he thought this ship looked "cooler" than one of ours, or one of his staff did.

    I looked on his Twitter just now and it's gone.
     
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    Yeah...He wants too look like he can't find his butt with both hands, a hunting dog, and a GPS.
     
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    Which came first the Chicken or the Egg?
    NAVY BIRTHDAY - October 13, 2019 | National Today
     
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    Yeap, still a nice photo though. Just not of a US Navy ship.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    "You don't have to pass an IQ test to be a US senator". Or Congresscritter, evidently.
     
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    Flag's still there, Col.
     
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    On the link Takao provided, the picture has the stern cut off, not this pic at the top of the thread.
     
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    Hard to believe, but true.
     
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    There's a popup that shows up on military-related websites about "China's New Warship" with a photo of a British Daring class destroyer.....
     
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    Ah. The image I posted was taken from the feed.
     
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    OpanaPointer I Point at Opana Staff Member WW2|ORG Editor

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    Even experts can screw the pooch. In Jane's History of War at Sea there is a picture of Lexington with a flight deck full of biplanes. The caption reads (from memory) "USS Lexington in WWII."
     
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    Click-Bait photos rarely have anything to do with the subject matter.
     
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    I also noticed that the hull pennant number as and name have been edited out.

    Humorous that the Russian flag was left intact.

    Aparrently, the edited image is from Shutterstock.
     
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