"Dreadnought Arms Race" Topic
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| JimDuncanUK | 02 Jun 2014 10:10 a.m. PST |
On the BBC web page today link |
| NCC1717 | 02 Jun 2014 10:44 a.m. PST |
The photo in the article captioned "An Italian Dreadnought battleship in action off the Dalmatian coast" does not appear to be a dreadnought. It could be one of the various Italian monitors. |
| JimDuncanUK | 02 Jun 2014 11:50 a.m. PST |
You didn't expect journalistic accuracy from the BBC, did you? |
| MajorB | 02 Jun 2014 11:54 a.m. PST |
BBC Speak: "ship with big guns" = Dreadnought "armoured vehicle with tracks" = tank Go figure … |
| JimDuncanUK | 02 Jun 2014 12:06 p.m. PST |
It's worse than that! Any warship is a battleship even when it isn't, except, perhaps an aircraft carrier. |
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ponders nirvana.