Posted on 05/17/2008 3:42:33 AM PDT by Reaganesque
The Greeks have a ship that patrols the isle of Lesbos— it’s a
(wait for it...)
Clitoral Combat Ship!
Are you saying you don’t think the F-22 Raptor is beautiful?
GPS and Laser guided missiles....
Big guns and their ammunition are heavy. The LCSes are near their weight margins with their mission packages as it is.
THere’s a big gun on the DDG-1000. Research on the railgun continues.
The reality is that an aircraft carrying an assortment of gps bombs is a more accurate, efficient means of delivering ground support firepower now than a gun.
ping
You may have missed a big one:
"the remaining three evaluation ships cancelled "
It's my recollection that one of the Lockheed boats was already launched, but not yet commissioned
The profile from the waterline up makes me think of the Ironclads!
Why are folks so fixated on the weapons systems of the past? There has been a LOT of research and development of new systems that don’t take up as much space, don’t need as many folks to operate, and provide as much, if not more, firepower. The era of the big battleship lobbing ordnance on shorelines is way past. There are more efficient ways to deliver the hurt, when it needs to be done, and it has nothing to do with ‘political correctness’.
BINGO!
Guns are way too offensive and look mean and they discriminate.
Bring back the 16 inchers and piss off everybody.
Left full rudder?
Jets on the outer ahmas would make this thing turn much better.
That answers my question; there still is no replacement for the big 16” guns.
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