"Damon Hill" wrote in message
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Andrew Gray wrote in
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On 2005-09-30, Ed Kyle wrote:

I don't normally read those groups, but I did review
some of Allen's posts and was surprised to find that
the hull of this SBX U.S. Navy vessel was built in -
and I can hardly believe this - Russia(!)

The Navy does this sort of thing just to confuse you, you know ;-)

If memory serves, it was built in Russia for some Norwegians, who
eventually sold it to the US. There is a second one being built in
Russia; it'll be interesting to see if it goes via a middleman again.


Somewhere in Russia, someone is likely having another
policy snit-fit:

"Comrades, we've practically given them our best
rocket technology!" (Aerojet bought outright the N-1's
propulsion technology, lock stock and barrel, and Pratt
and Whitney/Lockheed are all over the RD-180, learning
how it ticks.)

Oh, that was Soviet-era, wasn't it? The New Capitalism
has taken over the Communist world, and Marx/Lenin et al
are likely spinning in their graves.

That's ok, they've wrapped them in copper wire, put some magnets around the
grave and are using them to power the spot lights used at night to light up
the Kremlin.

Gotta get something useful out of them.



--Damon