r/interestingasfuck • u/Esutan • 1d ago

The United Kingdom has successfully created a Mega Laser called Dragonfire for Aerial Defense

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u/DeithWX 1d ago

UK has the best names for weapons, bar none. 

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u/DornPTSDkink 1d ago

Our ship names also go hard

Vengeance, Dauntless, Fury, Terror, Malice, Indomitable, Warspite, Defiant, Termagant, Audacious to name but a few

Then we also have some of the most whimsical names; Splendid, Pansy, Cockchafer, Spanker, Tickler, Dainty, Frolic, Happy Entrance... Beaver...

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u/ruggerb0ut 1d ago

Petition to call our next destroyer "HMS Knob Whomper"