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  Re: Launch of HMAS Ballarat
 
(...) Yep, It looks really strange from underneath! (...) Well, I think Tenix like to have as many people hanging around at the launch as they can, for the TV cameras. If you know when it is, you can generally get in - they don't do any security (...) (22 years ago, 26-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Launch of HMAS Ballarat
 
(...) Sort of like a giant duck bill! Wait until they start building "stealth" destroyers (the DD21 program here in the USA)--those have some really, really, really funky lines. (...) I've seen trucks that match that description--I wouldn't be (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Launch of HMAS Ballarat
 
(...) restricted (...) They've got 12 individually steerable / liftable axles, 6 on each side, each axle has 4 wheels. They lower the truck, drive it in underneath the module, then lift it up & drive away. ROSCO (22 years ago, 28-May-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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