Littoral Combat Ships (LCS)
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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Its the exact same ship just with a bigger stern. Probably to show the brass that all their LCS, current and future, can be converted.
To me the only advantage to this is the addition of 32 VLS cells the deletion of the hellfire isn't a big deal but it's a navy requirement per RFI and if it retains tha same water jet propulsion its range will most likely not meet the requirements for range so at least to me it's a non starter but does help in relieving the main complaint if Very Weak Armament
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Clearly didn't read it.
So they extended the hull 12 meters and added a new propulsion system.
The specs
That may help just have to see its ra
Nah got to excited bout the VLS addition to read much else the only I could say now is the Hull is still Aluminum still bothers me terribly and the article I read didn't mention all the systems just the length increase and the VLS
Please correct if I'm wrong but the RFI stated a 6000nm range and the hellfire system for dealing with the swarm boat issues
Anything that size gets hit by a modern or near future warhead, it's toast anyways, imo. Aluminum or steel.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
stated threshold is 3000nm.
Not mentioned in the article but the model shows the launchers on the ship.
TBH, I am not sure the swarm boat threat was as big a deal as it was made out to be and was pretty much confined to one theater.