re: #322 goddamnedfrank

A few decades ago the Israelis still had Voltron on their side. Let me explain, Voltron is a metaphor for the IDF’s aura of invincibility. The scale of invincibility is measured in mechanical robotic lions. As I am the pioneering researcher of the study of metaphorical invincibility, I get to define the scale, the scale is thus, just fucking go with it.

The method of this engagement (at night, via helicopter, bungled) and the last war in Lebanon have begun a slow erosion of the IDF’s aura of invincibility. They can ill afford any loss of this, their greatest asset, that they spent half a century building up. As I explained yesterday, they haven’t lost these actions, but winning has never been enough. The IDF has always had to make their enemies confront the futility of even trying to engage them directly. That sense of futility is at stake. I’m not sure they can still form Voltron, that’s a problem.

P.S. I still like my electromagnetic tugboat idea for blockade running interdiction. Just need to fit it with a few teeth that can slice through metal at the water-line. Controlling the narrative is one of the most important parts in any conflict strategy.

Ohh yes, I saw that post late last night about the tugboat. Before I get to that though, I have to say, I agree with your Voltron metaphor. You have a very good point. If you want to really make it a Jewish metaphor though, simply point that Amalek knew they could not win, but they also knew that if they could make Jews bleed, they would embolden others to try.

As to the tugboat, generating the kind of field you are talking about would be rather difficult and I would very much *not* want to deal with salt sprays and the sort of power outputs that would be needed. Worse though is the fact that if you turn on a field that strong, you will automatically slam your tug into the other ship. If you are deploying something like one of those big magnets that picks up cars, I then that would slam into the hull of the other ship once it got close enough and likely breach the hull.

Honestly much cheaper and more effective to fire a five inch shell amidships if you want to sink them.

If you want to tow them, much more effective to simply grapple the other ship. You also frankly only would want to do any towing after taking out the engines or screws of the other vessel. The last thing you want is a tug of war at sea.