| Ron W DuBray | 29 Mar 2013 11:00 a.m. PST |
link What? They did not know one gun is never enough. |
 John the OFM  | 29 Mar 2013 11:07 a.m. PST |
Yeah, but it's a REALLY GOOD gun.  |
| Waco Joe | 29 Mar 2013 11:31 a.m. PST |
Aren't the LCS really just drone platforms with point defenses? If they are trying to go one on one with DDs someone is doing something wrong. |
 Parzival | 29 Mar 2013 1:16 p.m. PST |
When did they bring back dazzle camouflage? (And man, is that a bad paint job…) |
| Buff Orpington | 29 Mar 2013 1:34 p.m. PST |
The corrosion issues on the trimaran puzzle me. If they've bond aluminium to steel they're foolish. If they've used a mag alloy on a marine environment they're crazy.
I've listened to mag alloy disolve after immersion in seawater. Hearing a helicopter disolve is creepy. |
| GarrisonMiniatures | 29 Mar 2013 1:41 p.m. PST |
He's not playing the total party line.
It will be real work to put major weapons on the ship." So, pointing out flaws is not towing the party line, and there are problems giving a warship weapons? I can see why the US Navy has to be so much bigger than everyone elses….. |
| Streitax | 29 Mar 2013 2:07 p.m. PST |
The Navy has never been one for fixing problems promptly, look at the issue with torpedos in WWII. Like all defense projects, it starts out with good intentions and then falls vicitim to the career aspirations of middle managers ('yes, I know this won't work, but we've got to sign off on it or it will fall behind schedule/go over budget/both and I won't make Admiral. The next guy can fix it.'). It's amazing when we actually come up with a winner. |
 Doms Decals  | 29 Mar 2013 4:54 p.m. PST |
When did they bring back dazzle camouflage?
When they got embarrassed about the unsightly soot stains from the diesel generator exhausts. The only thing being camouflaged is a pair of stains on each side of the hull, which the black camo splinters conveniently cover…. ;-)
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| pmwalt | 29 Mar 2013 5:07 p.m. PST |
Missile, torpedo and mine suckers for DDs and larger… yes, a replacement for the FFG |
| Parzival | 30 Mar 2013 10:18 a.m. PST |
Wow, that looks like a really bad place to put exhaust ports, especially if the vessel runs into heavy swells or high seas. But what do I know, being a civilian more comfortable in canoes and day sailers. I suspect the placement is a stealth issue? |
| Ron W DuBray | 30 Mar 2013 1:57 p.m. PST |
looks like a really bad place to put exhaust ports they said the same thing about the "death star" |
