Even with delays (which are not unusual for a first of class), the US Navy is moving forward with the Ford and you can bet that she will get to sea, sooner rather than later.
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Jura The idiot
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a blogger noticed favorable weather conditions (and tried to kinda downplay the test); I wonder if there's a relevance to (wiki for SeaRAM):
and to that test, or SeaRAM is all-weather?
It was the first SeaRAM test on an LCS for heaven's sake. What does the "blogger" expect?
Of course the first tests are going to be in relatively optimum conditions. They are simply making sure it works.
They will have progressively harder tests later...just like with any program.
Quite frankly, IMHO, and not to sound too harsh, a comment like that simply reveals that the blogger has absolutely no experience regarding these things, very little common sense regarding them, and/or a preconceived agenda trying to make anything look bad somehow.
If we look, we can find bloggers with comments saying almost any crazy thing all over the net.
This is not meant against you Jura, rather against such a comment be the blogger.
Great experience for the National Security Cutter in conjunction with a US P-3 Orion.Naval Today said:
The drug smugglers have upped their game over the last few years wit these semi-submersible vessels...but the US Coast Guard has upped its game as well and with todays sensors...they have a much harder time getting through.
The history associated with this name is important to the US Navy.Naval Today said:
On January 3, 1942, less than a month after Pearl Harbor,the five Sullivan brothers (George, 27, Frank, 25, Joe, 23, Matt, 22, and Al, 19) enlisted in the US Navy with a stipulation that they be allowed to serve together. The Navy had a policy at the time separating siblings, but in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor it was waived for these brothers. They were all assigned to the light cruiser, USS Juneau (CL-52).
On November 13, 1942, ten months later, during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, the Juneau was struck by a torpedo and had to withdraw. Later that same day, as it was struck againby a torpedo from a Japanese submarine. The ship quickly sank and rescue efforts were cut short because of fears of the overwhelming Japanese presence in the area.
Three of the brothers were killed in the attack. Al drowned in the water that first day. George drowned after four or five days. Eight days after the attack, only ten survivors were found alive.
In April 1943, six months after their death, a brand new Fletcher class destroyer was launched and christened USS Sullivans, DD-537. She was not struck from US Navy service until 1974, when she became a Museum Ship, which you can visit to this day in Buffalo, New York
Twenty-one years later, a brand new AEGIS Destroyer was launched, she was Christened the USS The Sullivans, DDG-68. She serves to this day and is the ship mentioned above.
Of the 73 years since the Sullivan brothers died, for 52 of those years, there has bee a USS The Sullivans. I expect this tradition will go on long after my own life time. It is one of those worthy traditions, like the USS Enterrise, or the USS Constitution, or the which will live on through the years.
This is great news.
They are starting with the four Rota, Spain, forward deployed Burkes. I hhope they extend this upgrade to many more.
I would rather see them keep the on Phalanx and add the SeaRAM as an additional defensive measure as opposed to replacing.
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They are starting with the four Rota, Spain, forward deployed Burkes. I hhope they extend this upgrade to many more.
I would rather see them keep the on Phalanx and add the SeaRAM as an additional defensive measure as opposed to replacing.
Jura The idiot
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Jura The idiot
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I'm fine, Jeff, now I also went through the discussion below that blog and it appears the blogger (Navy-Matters blogspot)
probably wanted more from that test, since it's close to a half of a million for the drone
and one million a pop ... but he also would've liked to shoot supersonic targets like
so, yeah, maybe he doesn't know what's the procedure
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Brumby
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I also read the discussions on that site. I think the emphasis and distinction being made was that this is a functional test rather than a combat effectiveness test because of the lack of realistic conditions like adverse atmospheric conditions and or it is subject to ECM. I think it is interesting to note that LCS-4 is the second vessel with LCS 2 being commissioned in Jan 2010 - basically an initial test 5 over years after the commissioning of the first vessel. Is this normal procedure?