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Originally Posted by TopHatter
I reacall reading that Dale Bumpers and Barry Goldwater making that assertion.
Bumpers was a fool, but Goldwater should have known better.
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When was this? Goldwater retired in 1986, had a stroke in 1996 and died in 1998.
Dont see how anything he said would be either pertinent or credible to the reactivation issue of the last 10 years.
Bumpers? About as credible as the devil at a church service. LOL And hes been gone from Congress since 1999.
First Id like to see what they actually said. Did they say the battleships were suceptible to damage from modern weapons or that AShM could penetrate their armor?
Second Youll have to do better than those two. LOL
Third Its not even an important issue as no other ship is impervious to AShM.
Once again if this is all then we are quite lucky and there should be no problem reactivating them. But thats not the case.
Now Sen. Edward Kennedy is a supporter except when it comes to paying for them and then he suddenly shuts up and disappears from view. LOL
Who in Congress stands to gain from their reactivation? No one and thats a real issue BB supporters need to overcome. Not armor vs AShMs. LOL