richardson Wrote:Say, as a tangentally related subject, what would the chances of the Stingray's commander pulling legal-fu to pull some of the 300 F-18s in mothballs at the boneyard (minus engines, avionics, and weapons), and then waiving them, mounting railguns and fen-built speed drives and avionics, and hiring retired naval and airforce pilots to form a Navy-Comissioned and regulated militia? The fighters would remain Navy property, 'on-loan' until a proper space navy branch could be established to protect American citizens and economic interests.And we have established that the US Navy has a base on asteroid 1625 The NORC. They could be based there...
All technically legal according to the constitution and the bill of rights, after all...
Bob Schroeck Wrote:Hm. It's been a week since the last change to the "timeline" in the first post. Is this ready for putting up on the wiki in some form?No objections here.
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