Posted on 03/31/2021 12:11:41 PM PDT by Red Badger
Send it straight to Poland.
Thanks to Jingoistic Joe Biden...The Russians are coming.
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Awesome looking combat platform...
Have they decided which tranny will be the CO?
“Send it straight to Poland.”
Taiwan, North Korea, or Syria first?
Maybe even the Capital?
One surface to surface or air to surface missile will convert it to anchor capability.
This makes the second of the America class carrier/deck amphibious assault ships. It likely will be the last as the Marine Corps is moving away from amphibious landings in second-word areas to being able to confront Red China in a sea/land war of major proportions. More air assets manned and unmanned, fast smart missiles, etc.
Awesome looking combat platform...
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Wonder if the interior spaces will be painted in soothing pastels with fabulous furnishing and art work. Combat readiness is secondary to political correctness, social engineering and wokeness.
Sorry but in era of modern technology, it is a floating coffin like all other surface combatants. Once located and tracted, it can destroyed with stealth missiles and even more deadly swarming stealth drones. Nor will those brave sailors ever see or be able to fire back at the people who attacked them.
Perhaps the current crop of political pole climbing, no combat experience, battleship admirals and generals ought to take note of what happened to the Armenian armor when it went up against the Israeli drones supplied to the Azerbaganis.
It likely will be the last as the Marine Corps is moving away from amphibious landings in second-word areas to being able to confront Red China in a sea/land war of major proportions.
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Not over the next four years it won’t. We’re not going to confront anyone. That would be projecting white supremacy. /sarc
admirals and generals ought to take note of what happened to the Armenian armor when it went up against the Israeli drones supplied to the Azerbaganis.
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They won’t. Its not how you get stars in today’s military. Promoting wokeness is.
Have they decided which tranny will be the CO?
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Like on the McCain and other Aegis class destroyers, there will be a huge ongoing dyke fight to take command. This is the new OJT ships captains will undergo - other aspects will take back seat until the fight is settled - no matter how many freighters they have to ram.
One surface to surface or air to surface missile will convert it to anchor capability.
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They do burn rather nicely as we saw a few months back.
The Chinese won’t be so kindly since lives are expendable
What is that large flat section on the starboard side of the bridge? I’ve never seen such on any LPH (my first ship) or an LHA.
Reminds me of that old hilarious movie: “The Pink Submarine”
Is this the replacement for the one that burned up in San Diego several months ago?
The Tripoli doesn’t have a well deck. The Marines were going the direction you said, but have reversed course. The remaining America class LHA’s will have a well deck, with reduced aviation capability. Of course, we won’t be landing Marines from helicopters OR amphibious craft unless the beach is already secured for that mission (friendly ground or air and/or coastal defenses destroyed). Very few countries are willing to take the losses of an opposed amphibious landing for anything less than an existential threat.
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