Ships, Mines and Magnetism

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About: Ships, Mines and Magnetism

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USS Gerrard Ford is better (us national anthem plays in background)
Glass reinforced plastic is just a cool way of saying fiberglass
i still dont know how its work..
In the thumbnail it looks like you're holding a doughnut.
You had me at mine
don't forget your saddle.
If a ship is made of fiberglass, does that make it a...






... Corvette?
Can't they just make them out of something like aluminium or titanium?
Hey tom!
this video reminded me of a small town i lived in as a kid and is immensely interesting, Its called Bath, Maine in the United states, check it out ;) im sure people will love hearing ab it
Our navy is an embarrassment. Back in the mid-2000s, they were meant to build 12 destroyers like HMS Defender. They only build 5. With the rising threat from Russia, we now see what an embarrassment we are.
Really? ...you had to point out that this ship doesn't attract land-based mines? Really?
Austenitic steel alloys?
So a fkin lego boat can be more useful than a steel battleship?
I wonder how large minesweepers need to be and how easy it is to automate them, so that you can have mine sweeping drones launched from a battleship.
But can it run Minesweeper?
Great ships... shame the engines don't really work.
No that boat is made of fiberglass! Fiberglass sounds futuristic, but its just glass strands in plastic.
Eh, I’ve seen bigger...
0:25 Is that an astrolabe?
"we're talking about sea mines, not land mines by the way."


God i wouldn't be surprised if someone was like "but boat go on water?"

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