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Dear US Navy: The Futuristic X3K Is What Littoral Combat Ships Should Be
(Indonesian ship!)
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| 10/10/2014
| Tyler Rogoway
Posted on 10/10/2014 9:32:03 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: sukhoi-30mki
They are fast.
They are sleek.
They are futuristic.
They are stealthy.
They are unarmored.
They won't survive combat.
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posted on
10/10/2014 9:35:20 PM PDT
by
arthurus
To: arthurus
Little Crappy Ships (LCS).
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posted on
10/10/2014 9:37:04 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
To: arthurus
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posted on
10/10/2014 9:39:35 PM PDT
by
Nuc 1.1
(Nuc 1 Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789!)
To: arthurus; Jeff Head
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posted on
10/10/2014 9:58:08 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: sukhoi-30mki
I don’t think we should be choosing U.S. Navy ships by how cool they look.
To: arthurus
They won't survive combat. Combat with who? I suspect these will be used for piracy suppression, and I suspect they will do well at it.
I do not expect that these vessels will be taking on anyone's destroyers, cruisers, or aircraft carriers. Nor do I expect that the pirates that this ship will be hounding and harassing to have an air combat component.
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posted on
10/10/2014 10:02:31 PM PDT
by
John Valentine
(Deep in the Heart of Texas)
To: sukhoi-30mki; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...
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posted on
10/10/2014 10:11:35 PM PDT
by
Jet Jaguar
(Resist in place.)
To: John Valentine
Combat with who? I suspect these will be used for piracy suppression, and I suspect they will do well at it.I'd bet that you're right. But do navies really need vessels this fancy to deal with pirates???
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posted on
10/10/2014 10:17:57 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BradyLS
But do navies really need vessels this fancy to deal with pirates??? Maybe not all navies, but Indonesia's sure does. Piracy suppression and interdiction is its primary mission, and it's serious.
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posted on
10/10/2014 10:25:08 PM PDT
by
John Valentine
(Deep in the Heart of Texas)
To: sukhoi-30mki
In shallow water, it will make a great artificial reef.
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posted on
10/10/2014 10:32:38 PM PDT
by
Islander7
(There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Well, just wait until we have our flying subs that can also orbit the planet!
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posted on
10/10/2014 10:32:44 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
(Pay Attention and you'll be pissed off too! FIRE BOEHNER, NOW!)
To: BradyLS
Yes, especially if they are unmanned. As much as these boats might be, they would save in terms of how no risk to human life.
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posted on
10/11/2014 12:03:34 AM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: arthurus
>> They are...
just interceptable vessels.
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posted on
10/11/2014 1:27:34 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist!)
To: arthurus
They cant be seen with Radar....so one guy with a pair of Binocs can spot and direct fire.
Sometimes just because it has the toys don’t mean all the toys are worth it.
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posted on
10/11/2014 5:37:04 AM PDT
by
Yorlik803
( Church/Caboose in 2016)
To: MaxMax
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posted on
10/11/2014 5:37:27 AM PDT
by
AceMineral
(One day men will beg for chains.)
To: John Valentine
standard and cruise missile armament suggests they are not intended merely for pirate suppression
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posted on
10/11/2014 6:17:29 AM PDT
by
xzins
( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
To: arthurus
And I don’t think they can land helicopters.
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posted on
10/11/2014 7:52:25 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: arthurus
Is anybody really building naval vessels that can sustain a beating and keep fighting? I thought that was the argument for keeping the battleships on and that argument lost with Clinton’s Admiralty.
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posted on
10/11/2014 8:03:39 AM PDT
by
MSF BU
(Support the troops: Join Them.)
To: John Valentine
I am concerned that we are putting huge investment into coastal defense vessels forourselves. It is as if we are giving up controlling the oceans and thinking we can protect our coasts against attacks from the sea without controlling that ocean.
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posted on
10/11/2014 8:36:37 AM PDT
by
arthurus
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