Posted on 02/23/2021 3:07:08 PM PST by cba123
HONOLULU (AP) - A new class of U.S. Navy vessel is expected to be deployed for the first time in Hawaii as part of a sweeping force redesign.
The Light Amphibious Warship can pull onto beaches and costs between $100 million and $130 million, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported.
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I’m assuming they will not be allowed to train beach landings in HI?
all the anti-Mil tree hugger Libs would go apoplectic
No beach out of reach.
How many LST’s from WWII could you buy for $100 million?
It doesn’t exist yet. My hunch is that it never will.
How many of these types of ships have been proposed, only to
build one or two and call the project off?
Is this some tactic to keep the hawks satisfied, while nothing
gets done and we move closer and closer to war without the
new fleet of the promised ships?
Honu, Pele, Mana...
No beach out of reach.
Also, mined beached remain out of reach.
“Is this some tactic to keep the hawks satisfied”
More likely to keep the military industries occupied. You can’t have a military-industrial complex if you aren’t constantly buying more military hardware, so even if you have no need for new hardware, you’ve got to give them something to produce in the “lean times” between wars.
You should have a don’t watch if you’re on acid warning.
Thanks,
The Management
I don’t know why, but this smells like the “Little Crappy Ship Strikes Back.” Especially with the justification that these new ships will be cheaper than a new destroyer. Who was planning to land marines ashore using destroyers? Totally different mission profile. I’m open to convincing arguments regarding the need for these vessels, but this article didn’t provide much justification that these ships will counter a credible threat better than our existing amphibious forces.
On a totally different tack: This project was probably started during the Trump administration. Back then, we were considering an invasion of California by sea. :)
75 is too big of a profile for this mission. Try 4.
Also, I don’t think Marines are the best tools to go hunting for warships. Just sayin.
I hear that the Biden Administration is planning to send them to Afghanistan ASAP.
Yet when the ChiCom ships pull onto the beaches of Hawaii they’ll be hailed as liberators by American leftists.
And out roll the recently taught critical race theory folks with their transgendered shipmates.
How inspiring.
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