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Mecha Jimmy Carter!
Feb. 17th, 2005 12:58 pmI just learned that Jimmy Carter is about to become the first ex-president to be refitted as a giant robot.
According to this press release from the Navy, "Jimmy Carter will have built-in flexibility and an array of new warfighting features," including a "multimission platform (MMP), which ... will enable Jimmy Carter to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test a new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles for naval special warfare, tactical surveillance and mine-warfare operations." "[T]he 12,130-ton Jimmy Carter is 453 feet in length, has a beam of 40 feet, and can operate at speeds exceeding 25 knots when submerged."
I'm so excited about this news that I might have misread portions of the press release. But even if I've overstated some of Jimmy Carter's new abilities, it's still quite impressive.
According to this press release from the Navy, "Jimmy Carter will have built-in flexibility and an array of new warfighting features," including a "multimission platform (MMP), which ... will enable Jimmy Carter to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test a new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles for naval special warfare, tactical surveillance and mine-warfare operations." "[T]he 12,130-ton Jimmy Carter is 453 feet in length, has a beam of 40 feet, and can operate at speeds exceeding 25 knots when submerged."
I'm so excited about this news that I might have misread portions of the press release. But even if I've overstated some of Jimmy Carter's new abilities, it's still quite impressive.