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Re:Is It Possible to Build an "Unsinkable" Ship? by RodgerTheGreat on Sunday April 15, 2012 @10:05PM (#3845575)
Like Pykrete: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pykrete
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Re:Is It Possible to Build an "Unsinkable" Ship? by arethuza on Monday April 16, 2012 @04:51AM (#3846562)
Ah - Project Habakkuk, wartime Britain at our lunatic best - 2 million ton unsinkable aircraft carriers immune to 1000kg bombs:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk

I've always assumed this gave Iain Banks the idea for the aerial battles fought over gigantic icebergs in Use of Weapons.

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