Thread: Powering JSF: One Engine Is Enough.
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Old February 11th 08, 03:31 AM posted to rec.aviation.military,rec.aviation.military.naval,sci.military.naval
Ian B MacLure
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Default Powering JSF: One Engine Is Enough.
(Richard Casady) wrote in
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On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 01:10:46 -0600, Ian MacLure wrote:

Indeed.
And then there are the folks, who refer to what might rate
as an FFG only by courtesy, as a "battleship".

They are simply taking ' battleship' to mean 'ship for battle'.
Warship in other words. Not as important to get it right, now that all
the proper BB have gone.

Never mind the fact that warship or earlier man o' war has been in
common use since time immemorial.

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