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Old 02-23-2008, 14:50 PM   #138 (permalink)
Gun Grape
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Two friends with 30 years in, between them ...(RN). They reckon the Soviet ships they saw seemed to have poor sea keeping abilities, especially the heavy destroyers. I suppose everyone has their own opinion.
One of the biggest concerns of the US Navy during the 50/60/70s was the amount of information the Soviets were stealing from western ship designers.
And putting it all to good use in their designs.
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