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To: BenLurkin
"What exactly does the Navy plan to do with these?"

This is from Wikepedia (seriously):

"A report in 2010 by the Pentagon's director of Operational Test and Evaluation found that neither design was expected to "be survivable in a hostile combat environment" and that neither ship could withstand the Navy's full ship shock trials.[12] The Navy responded that the LCS is built to a Level 1+ survivability standard and that the ships will rely on warnings from networks and speed to avoid being hit, or if hit be able to limp to safety.[13][14] Jonathan Greenert said that the crew would "conduct an orderly abandon ship" if their ship was struck by enemy fire, an action that might not be necessary on other vessels in the same circumstances. The ships were designed to minimize vulnerability with modern automated damage control systems to perform its mission, then withdraw from the area under its own power.[15]"

29 posted on 08/21/2015 6:49:40 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("In a democracy people get the leaders they deserve." - Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821)
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To: Sooth2222
Ah. Okay. I think I understand...


32 posted on 08/21/2015 7:22:47 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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