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Navy launches U.S.S. Independence, first of new class of weapons-bristling speedster trimarans
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| May 2008
Posted on 05/07/2008 8:24:11 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot
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To: bill1952
If it can cruise at 60mph it can take the long route around weather and be anywhere in on the globe within 9 or 10 days.
I at that speed I hope they don’t hit any lost shipping containers that are floating just below the surface.
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posted on
05/08/2008 10:25:20 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
To: bill1952
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posted on
05/08/2008 10:28:24 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
To: Rebelbase
>and be anywhere in on the globe within 9 or 10 days.
Oh baloney. With what fuel and supplies?
I repeat: It is not designated "Littoral" for nothing
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posted on
05/08/2008 10:29:04 AM PDT
by
bill1952
(I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
To: familyop
“A few months ago, an uninvited Chinese submarine surfaced next to one of our carriers during a naval exercise, “
Better than 50/50 that we knew it was there and let it surface rather than reveal we had been tracking it all along.
84
posted on
05/08/2008 10:30:51 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
To: bill1952
“Oh baloney. With what fuel and supplies?”
A ship that size can carry it’s own supplies. Fuel can be pre-positioned at way points.
85
posted on
05/08/2008 10:33:15 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
To: mowowie
Reminds me of the Star Destroyer spaceship from Star Wars...
In other words...
Pretty Awesome.
86
posted on
05/08/2008 10:38:00 AM PDT
by
MitchellC
(Thomas Sowell: 'I will be delighted.. if someone with such views gets elected.' ArmorforCongress.com)
To: Rebelbase
If it can cruise at 60mph it can take the long route around weather and be anywhere in on the globe within 9 or 10 days.It can't
Sprint speed is 50kts.
Economical speed is 20+kts, at which range is 4300nm. Figure 4 weeks just like any greenhouse gas generating ship,
It;s an innovative design but not magic.
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posted on
05/08/2008 10:39:33 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(Holy State or Holy King - Or Holy People's Will - Have no truck with the senseless thing)
To: Toddsterpatriot
When do they unveil the interstellar version?
That ship has "Bite Me!" written all over it.
Frickin AWESOME!
88
posted on
05/08/2008 10:41:59 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(Kennedys: Can't drive, can't fly, can't ski, can't skipper a boat; but they know what's best for us)
To: bill1952
>>>
Why go tri hull at all?<<<
Good question and I don't know for sure. But I assume it is a more stable platform to launch missiles and launch and retrieve helicopters.
Also, if it can really make 60 knts, the hullform must have something to do with that...no monohull (that I have heard of) that size can make that speed.
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posted on
05/08/2008 11:02:55 AM PDT
by
HardStarboard
(Take No Prisoners - We're Out Of Qurans)
To: Rebelbase
>A ship that size can carry it’s own supplies.
Then it would not be classed as Littoral.
Cite Naval reference to show your assertation that this ship can carry its own fuel and supplies to reach anywhere on the globe in 9 or 10 days, yet is classed as littoral is correct.
>Fuel can be pre-positioned at way points.
- Baloney
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posted on
05/08/2008 11:10:31 AM PDT
by
bill1952
(I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
To: bill1952
“>Fuel can be pre-positioned at way points.
- Baloney”
The US Navy has been refueling ships at sea for over 100 years. Why is this ship any different in that regard?
As pointed out by another poster I was incorrect in that 60mph speed I used in my calculation. So it takes them a month instead of 10 days to go 1/2 way around the world.
OK, This ship is classified as littoral. That doesn’t mean it can’t cross an ocean or exceed it’s published provisions capacity if needed. The current provision capacity is rated at 21 days.
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posted on
05/08/2008 11:23:00 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(Carbon is the fifth most abundant element on the planet.)
To: bill1952
"They aren’t considering attaching these pups to and steaming with a carrier task force are they?
If so, then why are they designated as littoral?"
It appears that the name, littoral, might refer to their most likely battle area tasks rather than their transportation to the battle areas. There are some voluminous, new anti-ship (and even anti-SEAL/anti-engineer) threats on coasts.
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posted on
05/08/2008 3:08:17 PM PDT
by
familyop
(cbt. engr. (cbt), '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote)
To: MarkL
Usually between 5'4" and 6'2" tall - I like someone that just gives the facts
To: Toddsterpatriot
Hugely over cost and new technology not working. Probably will be
canceled.
To: pabianice
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posted on
06/05/2008 5:58:16 PM PDT
by
Toddsterpatriot
(Why are doom and gloomers, union members and liberals so bad at math?)
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