"The Warship to End All Battles" Topic
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Tango01 | 23 Dec 2015 3:40 p.m. PST |
"In 1906, the Royal Navy rendered all other battleships obsolete when it unveiled the HMS Dreadnought: a steam-powered fighting vessel with 12-inch guns and cement-reinforced armor. This past summer, British naval engineers revealed a vision of its successor, the Dreadnought 2050. The stealthy, semisubmersible ship is designed to move agilely around a battle zone and remain flexible in any type of mission, says Mark Steel, a manager of the Combat Systems Team at BMT Defence Services, a naval design firm involved in the project. The battleship could function with a crew as small as 50, as opposed to the usual 200. It would serve as a mobile command center, unleashing and directing armies of drones, missiles, and rovers. "Robotics allows us to operate the ship at range to keep people out of harm's way," Steel says…" Full article here link
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Lion in the Stars | 24 Dec 2015 12:20 p.m. PST |
Small crews mean that you don't have the warm bodies available to fight fires and stop flooding. There's a reason that the US subs still have crews in the ~150 range. |
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