US Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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that LUCAS has a unit cost of 35k, comparable to or slightly more than Shahed production estimates, with an aim of driving this down to 5k (!). I'm surprised there hasn't been any prominent questioning of this miracle/fantasy, especially given the various add-ons LUCAS supposedly has grafted on.
Twitter keeps telling me that Russia is paying 50K apiece for them.
I think the article is referring as 5k for the DJI type drones. still pretty expensive given that a top quality flight controller is about 500 dollars
Oh look, now they've got the Trump BBGN and Legend-mod FFL models out. Posted by @__CJohnston__ on Twitter.
According to the poster, the 64x VLS cell bank located at the aft superstructure and in between the helicopter hangars on the Trump-class has been removed - Which means now the BBGN will only have 64x VLS cells + 12x LVLS cells for the CPS?!
There also appears to be a large smoke stack located at the forward section of the aft superstructure.
According to the poster, the 64x VLS cell bank located at the aft superstructure and in between the helicopter hangars on the Trump-class has been removed - Which means now the BBGN will only have 64x VLS cells + 12x LVLS cells for the CPS?!
There also appears to be a large smoke stack located at the forward section of the aft superstructure.
I've always wondered if the reason the Trump-class warship has so few vertical launch systems is that the Americans want to transform it into a sea fortress capable of withstanding multiple hypersonic weapon attacks and still remain combat-ready.
SECNAV: Shipbuilders Need to Hire 250,000 Workers Over the Next Decade for ‘Golden Fleet’
Some noteworthy excerpts from the article:
So, TL; DR - The USN doesn't know what it wants for its next-gen major surface combatant: A missile-main DDGX (with CPS); or a gun-main DDGX (presumably with railguns). Then Trump comes along, utters "Only Kids Choose; Adults Want All", and then boom - We have Trump-class BBGs.
No wonder there was this picture of the DDGX without the 5-inch gun turret from back then:
All I can say is: What The Fvck?
Some noteworthy excerpts from the article:
So, TL; DR - The USN doesn't know what it wants for its next-gen major surface combatant: A missile-main DDGX (with CPS); or a gun-main DDGX (presumably with railguns). Then Trump comes along, utters "Only Kids Choose; Adults Want All", and then boom - We have Trump-class BBGs.
No wonder there was this picture of the DDGX without the 5-inch gun turret from back then:
All I can say is: What The Fvck?
Broccoli
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It makes sense if you listen what Trump wants.
He wants US to control whole American continent, and navy what can also sail around the globe waving the flag even if it's not perfect for combat, and for that mission cheap frigate combined with big "battleship" makes perfect sense. None of the other countries in America can compete against FF(X) frigates, so do they need anything more than 57mm and 16 anti-ship missiles? USN also continues using Burkes.
Will be interesting to see what they are planning to do with carriers.
He wants US to control whole American continent, and navy what can also sail around the globe waving the flag even if it's not perfect for combat, and for that mission cheap frigate combined with big "battleship" makes perfect sense. None of the other countries in America can compete against FF(X) frigates, so do they need anything more than 57mm and 16 anti-ship missiles? USN also continues using Burkes.
Will be interesting to see what they are planning to do with carriers.
At the end of the day, Congress has to approve this. So if Congress doesn't provide funding, this ship is not getting built. Same goes for the FF(X) Frigates and the Constellation class. If Congress doesn't agree with the reasoning behind the Constellation class "cancellation", then they will continue to fund the Constellation class and the FF(X) will go nowhere.