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To: Sea Parrot

Of the many, many flaws and failures of the LCS, the survivability issue is indeed a bit overblown.

Pretty much any modern combatant will be sunk by a heavyweight torpedo, and rendered combat-ineffective by any sort of missile hit.

I always have to laugh at the oft-mentioned “Somali Pirate Chasing” mission. You’ll never see the LCS doing that because it has such poor endurance.


9 posted on 04/05/2012 10:02:25 PM PDT by Strategerist
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To: Strategerist
I always have to laugh at the oft-mentioned “Somali Pirate Chasing” mission. You’ll never see the LCS doing that because it has such poor endurance.

A few Predator UAVs with machine gun pods would work better.

25 posted on 04/06/2012 6:52:39 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. - George Orwell)
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To: Strategerist
“Somali Pirate Chasing” mission.

That's the problem. The mission should be pirate killing, to hell with chasing them or arresting them.

35 posted on 04/07/2012 8:23:59 AM PDT by csvset
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