Littoral Combat Ships (LCS)
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Jura The idiot
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joshuatree
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Understanding it's an increase in firepower for the vessel but does that particular setup not run counter to low RCS profile design?
Jura The idiot
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after the criticism
Apr 11, 2017
IMDEX Asia: Austal up-guns LCS to frigate standard
17th May 2017
to be official (LOL I know it isn't):
Apr 11, 2017
... let me call
IMDEX Asia: Austal up-guns LCS to frigate standard
17th May 2017
to be official (LOL I know it isn't):
It's an impressive design for sure and would be very welcome as a replacement for the current version my only question would she carry the SM 2 or SM6 the 6 I could assume would be preferred but I don't that much about the sensors required for it I do know it's a very impressive weapon for sure
Jura The idiot
General
... and according to me it's flawed, for the reasons I gave Apr 11, 2017
now I actually facepalm when I see the number(s) above: "a smaller mission bay of 7,000ft² compared to the LCS, which has 18,000ft²" ... yielding the advantage of two helos
I agree the loss of helo. Capacity is not desired but its probably the only way to get that much equipment in that particular design concept however many many ships go to sea with one or no Helios at all so I would be ok with that for increased ship offensive and defense capability
Jura The idiot
General
I've been criticizing the 'modularity' here since ...
Jul 25, 2015
and now I became aware of "The Navy, meanwhile, plans to on the concept of modularity in part to expand its fleet of ships to 355."
which apparently is the statement based on the articles
Navy Will Lean on Drone Ships, Modularity to Expand Fleet Size
and
CNO Richardson: Lessons Learned from Littoral Combat Ship on Modularity Will Guide Future Fleet Development
plus
Document: Chief Of Naval Operations’ White Paper, ‘The Future Navy’
let's wait and see
Jul 25, 2015
(instead I've been proposing a versatile Frigate, as in Oct 9, 2015)
and now I became aware of "The Navy, meanwhile, plans to on the concept of modularity in part to expand its fleet of ships to 355."
which apparently is the statement based on the articles
Navy Will Lean on Drone Ships, Modularity to Expand Fleet Size
and
CNO Richardson: Lessons Learned from Littoral Combat Ship on Modularity Will Guide Future Fleet Development
plus
Document: Chief Of Naval Operations’ White Paper, ‘The Future Navy’
let's wait and see
Jura The idiot
General
well all this is connected to the CONOPS of the USN LCSs, which is unclear to me (and I probably read most of the available articles about LCSs LOL), and I would've hoped it had been clear to the USN itself ... specifically I could imagine the Independence subclass ships being tasked with ASuW (the internal space is huge, did you notice their beam is large as of many battleships
?) but with this proposal Yesterday at 9:21 PM ... OK I won't repeat myself