[Retain Mike]

This is an LST that backs into the beach. The concern that the concept is focused too exclusively on potential conflict scenarios with China at the expense of other kinds of potential Marine Corps missions would not be more invalid. LST’s have always been go anywhere do anything ships.

I just wonder how they keep the rudders and screws from getting beat up and get a dry ramp on anything approaching a shallow gradient? Love to see some pictures

[wbarmy]

I saw an old one at a VFW several years ago and the rudder seemed to go up into the boat itself when it hit ground. As for the screws, I think they/it was on a folding gimbal and went up also.

But I did not see this in operation, so I cannot swear to that.

[Candor7]

These ships are a transgender’s dream. They want Gilligan’s Island around every corner.

[RedStateRocker]

It’s good to see us focused on the real enemy and the likely scenario. Any land war in Europe needs to be handled by the Germans and French and the rest of NATO firs, we’ve paid our dues there; China, however is on the rise and utterly convinced they should be the sole superpower.

This is exactly the kind of thinking and implementing we need to be doing.

[Mariner]

The requirement is for a 10,000 ton LPD.

We used to have dozens of them.

But USN inflated the platform to the 25,000 ton San Antonio class and we’ll probably build only 4-5 of those.

[DesertRhino]

A reinforced platoon, bouncing from island to island, shooting missiles to deny China control of sea lanes.

This is their plan.

Our military is no longer serious, and is fully in the stranglehold of defense contractors.

[butlerweave]

Each ship will come already leaning to Port