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Postby rus|Mike » Wed Jul 29, 2009 10:22 pm

bs stands for battleship :wink:
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Postby Why? » Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:19 am

In the US navy, ships are numbered with a prefix indicating the type of ship. BB=Battleship and CV=Aircraft Carrier. CVN if nuclear-powered. So that's where those letters come from.
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Postby Ace Rimmer » Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:34 am

rus|Mike wrote:bs stands for battleship :wink:

He said bs = carrier. :shock:

BB = battleship :wink:
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Postby rus|Mike » Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:56 pm

Ace Rimmer wrote:
rus|Mike wrote:bs stands for battleship :wink:

He said bs = carrier. :shock:

Then he was wrong :P
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Postby Nightwatch » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:41 pm

blind nuking : nuking enemy units (usually silos) without knowing the exact position
sixpack: a tight cluster of six silos, three in a row
carpet bombing: seanuking a large target area at nearly the same time with numerous nukes
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Postby Ace Rimmer » Thu Jul 30, 2009 3:57 pm

Has anybody mentioned triangulation yet? The art of locating silos via their AA fire while not actually seeing the silos themselves.
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Postby trickser » Mon Jun 20, 2011 12:33 pm

*friendly void - pausing a game until the opponent left the game by his own will; kindly chat, jokes and pseudo arguments can be use in an attempt to convince the victim to agree with any made up reasoning.
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Postby Nightwatch » Mon Jun 20, 2011 4:12 pm

this needs to be sticky

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Postby DTNC Vicious » Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:24 pm

i would sticky it, if i knew how to , i don't see the command anywhere......
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Postby trickser » Tue Jun 21, 2011 4:43 pm

If you make it sticky it wont be fun anymore to bump it.
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Postby bert_the_turtle » Tue Jun 21, 2011 10:24 pm

You have to edit the first post.
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Re: Defcon speak

Postby Thanatos I Am » Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:55 pm

Quick question... where is the pic?
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Re: Defcon speak

Postby Jmol3614 » Sun Apr 26, 2015 2:27 am

Thats good i like that list

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