The nested parentheses are obviousy a part of it, maybe with non-binary it's a coding joke?

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[6000 x 4000] USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) departs Yokosuka, Japan 18MAY2021. She will shortly be renamed after Robert Smalls, a former slave who stole the steamer CSS Planter and escaped from Charleston on May 13, 1862, with his family, rescuing enslaved people and capturing military material.

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[4500 x 3000] SHIELDS UP! Then-PCU Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is underway on nuclear power for the first time on this date twenty years ago, conducting initial sea trials before delivery to the US Navy. Seen here conducting a test of the countermeasure washdown system, 05MAY2003.

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[2048 x 1270] The beginning of the career of the final Freedom-class LCS USS CLEVELAND (LCS-31) experiences a glitch as she collides with a tugboat during launch, Fincantieri Marinette Marine shipyard, Wisconsin, 16APR2023

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[1626 x 1294] Birthday wishes for the US Navy from an Army JAG officer and congressional hopeful. So inspiring!

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When attempting to use the Javelin in its anti-kaiju role, is it preferable to use a direct impact or top-down mode of attack?

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[1000 x 870] A contractor-operated MQ-9B SeaGuardian, a maritime operations optimized variant of the MQ-9 Reaper, flies over the U.S. Navy's Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship USS Coronado during an exercise in 2021.

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[2100 x 1500] Pamela Anderson on USS Ronald Reagan in San Diego in September 2004. I've never seen so many faces that screamed I was ordered to be here for this photo op, and that's including the lady in the middle.

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[1098x731] Shipbuilders prepare to secure 200,000-pound emergency diesel generator for John F. Kennedy (CVN 79), the second nuclear-powered aircraft carrier of the Gerald R. Ford class, currently under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding. May 5, 2016.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy sporting an X-wing patch during a teleconference with none other than Mark Hamill.

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Red lines are just sea-based railroads...

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[1440 x 811] USCGC Argus (WMSM-915), the first of the U.S. Coast Guard’s future Heritage class cutters, launches at the Eastern Shipbuilding Group shipyard in Panama City, Florida, October 27. Space for the rear helicopter deck can be seen to the right.

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LEAVE IT THERE. Based on the missing plane’s location and trajectory, the search for the F-35 Lightning II jet was focused on Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion, said Senior Master Sgt. Heather Stanton at Joint Base Charleston. Both lakes are north of North Charleston.

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[2100 x 1500] Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, open the cylinder head covers on the aft emergency diesel generators in preparation for daily maintenance. Emergency diesel engines can power the ship in the event of main engine loss. 03.02.2011

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[2048 x 1638] The U.S. Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) celebrated 75 years of Naval Reactors with a flight deck photo of the ship's Reactor Department and other members of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program.

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[6890 x 4598] Aerial view of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) at Commander, Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan April 25, 2020.

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[1888 x 1400] LAST STAND OF THE DMITRII DONSKOI by Paul Wright.

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[1536x834] Ekranoplan revival! DARPA is bringing sexy back with this concept of a future ground-effect transport. The “Liberty Lifter” program is a relatively new initiative aimed at transforming the military’s airlift and sealift capabilities.

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[1024 x 573] LCU-1700 artist’s rendering. The LCU-1700, typically deployed from the Navy’s amphibious warships, is designed to be a heavy landing craft for Marine equipment. The landing craft follows the 1950s era LCU-1610, which the Navy and Marines have long looked to replace.

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[1440x810] In a first-of-its-kind event, an Indian-made fighter jet has landed aboard an Indian-made aircraft carrier.

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[4608 x 3456] HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) as seen from USS Chancellorsville (CG-62), Yokosuka, Japan, 03SEP21.

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[3800 x 2856] Deck scene on the Brazilian battleship Minas Gerais circa 1910-1915.

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[1280 x 720] Unindentified Iranian warship fires on oil tanker in the Arabian Sea, before being driven off by US Navy forces, 05JUL23

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[1200x800] USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) and USS Fitzgerald (DDG-62) transported aboard semi-submersible heavy lift vessels in Tokyo Bay, December 2017. McCain has just arrived from Singapore via the Philippines to be repaired in Yokosuka, while Fitzgerald is outbound for repairs in Mississippi.

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A-10(A1.5) [TIE bomber edition]

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[2069x3103] PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 13, 2020) Capt. Luke Frost, commanding officer of amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA-6), describes flight operations during a familiarization brief with members of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Japan Air Self-Defense Force in the ship’s conference room.

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[1280 x 720] PACIFIC OCEAN (July 12, 2022) Military forces from Australia, Canada, Malaysia and the U.S., fired upon and sunk the decommissioned ex-USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60), during a sinking exercise to gain proficiency in tactics, targeting and live firing against a surface target at sea.

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[5155 x 3437] A view of the forward end of the flight deck of USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), Atlantic Ocean, 06 JAN 24.

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Since we're posting navies, here's the Imperial Japanese Navy.

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[5472 x 3648] The Danish frigate HDMS Absalon (L16) transits the Baltic Sea during Exercise BALTOPS 2017. She is currently enroute to investigate a large surface disturbance caused by possible sabatoge of the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline.

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