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This is cool as hell!

1 posted on 05/07/2008 8:24:11 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot
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Ping!


2 posted on 05/07/2008 8:25:02 PM PDT by Toddsterpatriot (Why are doom and gloomers, union members and liberals so bad at math?)
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That forward 57mm mount looks like it will get wet FREQUENTLY. It’s gonna be a maintenance monster.


4 posted on 05/07/2008 8:28:41 PM PDT by ExpatGator (Extending logic since 1961.)
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Truly awesome!

Go Navy!


5 posted on 05/07/2008 8:28:55 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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For 200M !? Holy crap. That’s like, pocket change.


6 posted on 05/07/2008 8:29:14 PM PDT by farlander (Try not to wear milk bone underwear - it's a dog eat dog financial world)
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this one’s a bargain at $208 million

I thought that there had been large cost overruns with the program.

7 posted on 05/07/2008 8:29:14 PM PDT by PAR35
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Whoa baby.....this one’s cool.


9 posted on 05/07/2008 8:31:12 PM PDT by BOBTHENAILER (One by one, in small groups or in whole armies, we don't care how we do it, but we're gonna getcha)
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Very cool indeed, and a BTT. Uh...the part about “scooting out of drydock at 60 knots” is a bit of journalistic hyperbole. Or at least so I hope. Something like this shooting through a harbor at highway speed...(shudder)...


10 posted on 05/07/2008 8:31:12 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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SWEET!!


12 posted on 05/07/2008 8:31:53 PM PDT by mowowie
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In scary ass war paint.

"What the f*** is THAT?": last words of a Somali pirate.


13 posted on 05/07/2008 8:32:49 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember (When the past no longer illuminates the future, the spirit walks in darkness.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

bump


14 posted on 05/07/2008 8:34:06 PM PDT by VOA
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15 posted on 05/07/2008 8:34:11 PM PDT by mowowie
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any info on size of the crew


18 posted on 05/07/2008 8:36:30 PM PDT by lajollasurfer
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First deployment - Iranian area of operations.


19 posted on 05/07/2008 8:36:35 PM PDT by Rembrandt (We would have won Viet Nam w/o Dim interference.)
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Heh! The old Boatswain’s Mate in me is saying, “Man! Would I love to paint that lady!”


20 posted on 05/07/2008 8:36:51 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Satisfaction was my sin)
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The shape of that thing looks a little bit stealthy.


22 posted on 05/07/2008 8:38:16 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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How about an aircraft carrier for $45million built within six months of an order:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/11226603/Mobile_Coastal_Defence_Systems.html


26 posted on 05/07/2008 8:43:37 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (McCain could never convince me to vote for him. Only Hillary or Obama can!)
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The General Dynamics Littoral Combat Ship design is based on a proven Austal (Henderson, Australia) high-speed trimaran hull that is currently operating at sea.
http://www.austal.com/

General Dynamics Littoral Combat Team
http://www.gdlcs.com/


28 posted on 05/07/2008 8:46:57 PM PDT by endthematrix (Now that we use our corn for fuel, when do we eat coal for dinner?)
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57 mm is only a six-pounder gun. There was a time when we built things with sixteen-inch guns, each capable of firing a 2700 pound projectile. When you have nine sixteen inch guns (or 12 guns, as planned for the Montana class), you don’t NEED a helicopter to demolish anything within 25 miles (more with rocket-assisted projectiles).


29 posted on 05/07/2008 8:49:07 PM PDT by Winged Hussar (http://moveonpleasemoveon.blogspot.com/)
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Uh, what are we going to do with a fleet of coastal ships?

Is this for the Coast Guard, or to do drug interdiction in the Caribbean?

They aren't thinking of steaming a tri-hull over the ocean to say, the Red Sea, are they?
How will they transport this thing?
And what will support it?

30 posted on 05/07/2008 8:49:42 PM PDT by bill1952 (I will vote for McCain if he resigns his Senate seat before this election.)
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Effin A!

That is one mean ship.


32 posted on 05/07/2008 8:50:16 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four fried chickens and a coke)
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