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[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hypothetically, if some imaginary country like Pakistania had nuclear weapons, or some other imaginary country like Irunpast had hypersonic missiles, can those touch them?

[–] Gorilladrums@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I was obviously being hyperbolic, this ship is not literally unsinkable, it's extremely hard to do. If a country like Pakistan is willing to use nukes to sink it, they probably could, but at that point there's bigger problems to worry about than the ship.

[–] DaMummy@hilariouschaos.com 1 points 22 hours ago

So as long as Pakistan would back Iran, the US wouldn't use that ship?