"Another littoral combat ship breaks down on deployment" Topic
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| Tango01 | 29 Oct 2020 9:49 p.m. PST |
"The littoral combat ship Detroit is limping back to Mayport, Florida from a deployment to South America in a move that marks the latest setback for the Freedom variant's complicated propulsion system. Three sources familiar with the situation told Defense News the casualty is in Detroit's combining gear, which is a complex transmission that connects power from two large gas turbine engines and two main propulsion diesel engines to the ship's propulsion shafts, which propels the ship through the water with water jets…"
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| Choctaw | 30 Oct 2020 6:56 a.m. PST |
Geeze, sell it to the Russians. |
| skipper John | 30 Oct 2020 7:25 a.m. PST |
Let the Chinese steal the plans first! |
| StarCruiser | 30 Oct 2020 8:19 a.m. PST |
I don't think the Chinese are stupid enough to copy that thing… |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 30 Oct 2020 8:34 a.m. PST |
Sounds like it may be overengineered. Why does it need such a "complex" propulsion system? |
| Tango01 | 30 Oct 2020 12:31 p.m. PST |
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