Navy Ordered to Drop LCS Fleet by 20 Ships

DoD Buzz ^ | January 16th | Kris Osborn

[sukhoi-30mki]

[NVDave]

Good.

The design is stupid on steroids to start with.

[Dr. Sivana]

Agreed. It looks like they started with a Pontiac Aztek.

[Joe Brower]

Ping.

[DariusBane]

LCS doesn’t have enough crew on board to do damage control and fight the ship at the same time.

They also can’t serve mess and do maintenance at the same time.

Undermanned. Under armored. Under armed.

What could possibly go wrong?

[warchild9]

What could go wrong?

Weapons makers don’t pass along the skim to congresscritters?

[Obadiah]

Agreed, it looks like the old Bismark. Not sure of how successful it is functionally.

[blueunicorn6]

And they will be replaced with?

[Sporke]

We have 4 Battleships, and they can actually be useful. :)

[USNBandit]

You are 100% correct on all points.

[from occupied ga]

And they will be replaced with?

Some other boondoggle to squander taxpayer money and pay kickbacks to those in the right spots.

[DariusBane]

This is a Navy specification. The boat builders are just filling orders.

Between every major conflict Navies ditch armor for speed. Once the Shiite hits the fan, armor goes back into fashion.

Rinse and repeat.

[Count of Monte Fisto]

I always thought that we should return to the practice where the enlisted men elect their own officers. The enlisted men and the officers should also decide what vehicles and equipment that they use. Its their lives that depend on it.

[ryan71]

Nice speed boat. That’s about it. Build Jeff Head’s Mod Burke, instead.

[Osage Orange]

What’s that?

[GeronL]

52 to 32

but the price will likely remain the same I bet

[Secret Agent Man]

and finished with a pontiac aztek.

[Jimmy Valentine]

How will these things do in a serious seaway? They look like they will be very wet and that bow looks like a shovel

[NVDave]

Well, the welds between the aluminum and steel on the thing could crack wide open.

When I read that they were going to weld aluminum and steel together, that was what made me dispense with any further support of the idea. There are some ideas that are just so stupid, no more information is necessary.

[DariusBane]

They are trying to save top weight. Galvanic corrosion is well understood and sacificial diods are necessary. This is done in pleasure yachts. I think the brits did it on type 42’s. But again they are virtually unarmored. Is that smart for a warship that is expected to dogfight with smaller craft and take on shore batteries?