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« Reply #6 on: December 26, 2014, 12:37:03 AM »


And this one.
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« Reply #7 on: December 26, 2014, 12:37:23 AM »


This is the SBX-1 – The Sea-Based X-Band Radar, which is a self-propelled, floating mobile electronic radar system which is designed to operate in high winds and rough seas. It is part of the U.S. Defense Department Ballistic Missile Defense System.
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« Reply #8 on: December 26, 2014, 12:37:38 AM »


And it is absolutely massive.
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« Reply #9 on: December 26, 2014, 12:37:52 AM »


These are drilling rigs with a gridwork of iron below them creating a giant footprint that stabilise’s the huge weight. They extend up out of the water with their large iron legs.
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« Reply #10 on: December 26, 2014, 12:40:39 AM »


And here is three of them together on one heavy-lift ship. DAMN.
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