Posted on 01/23/2019 8:32:31 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
It’s an existing design that can be put into production for U.S. ships in a short period of time so why not? Why spend extra billions to reinvent the wheel?
Nice looking ship.
It must be 100% built in America...
IF ITS BUILT BY sPAIN MAYBE WE CAN put our Hispanic sailors aboard?
Only one 5” gun?
Burke-class destroyers have only one 5" gun.
Why?
Steams with gas turbines.
We know how good the Spanish are at doing ships, the Armada practically speaks for itself.
Not a bad off-the-shelf FFG, and mostly US tech and engineering plant, so it won’t require much additional infrastructure like the silly LCS. Probably want to add a SeaRAM or CIWS.
Lots of right angles, the better to reflect radar.
For sure...and where does the steel come from?
You’re right! If the Golden Hind shows up that ship is in trouble!
It would be built in the USA by Bath Iron Works (GD). Other competitors are putting foreign designs, built in USA, in their bids.
The USN has needs that can’t wait for new design. They appear to be doing this right this time but it is still early in the procurement cycle and there is plenty of time to screw it up.
Well, the German competitor leans, and the current German submarines are crap, so as your stockbroker would say “Past performance is no no guarantee of future results”.
“It’s an existing design that can be put into production for U.S. ships in a short period of time so why not?”
And it’s a great design as outfitted.
Diesels for transit, LM2500 turbines for operations.
MK45 5in gun.
Aegis with 48 VLS tubes and SPY-1 radar.
Hangar, fuel and weapons support for a helo and/or drones.
And I guess at a little more than half the size of a Burke DDG it’s about as small a Frigate as the Navy will settle for.
I just hope we can get them delivered 3 per year at under $1B per unit.
A tested design sounds like a good cost saving idea. The fleet needs to be expanded and quickly. I think some of the mothballed fleet needs to be re-commissioned as well. New Out of the Box Ideas need to be designed and launched like:
Small, fast, drone carriers, Silent electric hunter killer subs,and new monitors armed with a pair of rail guns.
The real question is how many water skiers can it pull?
The Navy's P-8A Poseidon and MH-60R Helicopter have parts built all over the world. I know. I've worked on them.
I think many Americans would be surprised to learn how "globalized" U.S. military components are these days.
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