Posted on 07/29/2014 8:17:16 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Head-on, looks like a giant water beetle...
What? No lasers?........................
I’m still waiting for the W.H.A.L.E. like the one in the GI Joe cartoon. It looked like it had enough ordnance.
Good catch
Yes Red, it is a pity that old Doc Hickman didn't live to see his ideas finally adopted by the USN.
In the extremely unlikely event that you and I are called to storm some hostile foreign shore in that cute little Kevlar and Carbon Fibre Ski-Doo, is there any chance we could have some TOT from something like maybe the New Jersey before we surf in?
In a previous life I learned that our adversaries may not have seen enough American war movies and often have the unprecedented gall to actually fire upon us! Cheeky bastards, those Worthy Oriental Gentlemen. I say soften'em up a bit before we go in. Please?
Good video here:
http://www.julietmarine.com/news.htm
Different vessel, but a good illustration of the benefits of SWATH.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg6xyAKJOtE&index=1&list=PL6YOBh6yZDx2Z6UhBF3glgl-aHQQ6w0h2
Question:Has the US Navy ever developed, or sought to develop a counter measure to the Kirov Class Battle Cruiser?
You can read about it at:
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/kirov-class-battle-cruiser-the-worlds-largest-surface-1570998551/1571897333/+matthardigree
Exactly what I was thinking. Who came first?
It is tiny, but, if it works, it might be a good replacement for the LCS - which doesn’t work at all.
Put half a dozen of these based off a Quarters/Maintenance/Fueling barge or two off the Horn of Africa.
Arm with Phalanx.
Bye bye, Pirates
Yes. It is called an airstrike. Or a SSN.
Some nuclear tipped cruise missiles would be very effective in softening things up a bit..................
The four Iowa class battleships were recommissioned in the 1980s partly as a counter to the Kirovs.
The answer to the Kirov is the CVN.
Oh, yeah...you’re one of those guys that think air planes will one day sink ships! We all know that can’t happen!
(snicker)
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