Posted on 01/20/2015 12:22:10 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
i’m confused. are they saying our current fleet of destroyers aren’t trying to be lethal? what have they been doing, shuttling baby formula and rice?
Up-arm those supply and hospital ships!
Pretty interesting! Thanks!
Naval planning ping.
Just needs pontoons!
I have to say.. I like this slogan much better than USN.. Doing the most good. IIRC that was the slogan in their recruiting ad a few months ago.
I have my issues with current naval strategy semicolon however, ships of ww2, for the most part, had much more close in fire power than ships of today have. We built FFGs, DDGs,CGs, and especially support ships that has very little fight in them inside of 5 miles. And yes I haven’t forgotten about the Phalanx.
Note to self: voice command dictation doesn’t punctuate correctly.
In WWI it was clear that defense is better than offence when the German and British navies met. The British cruisers sank and the German ones did not as they had better armor. What has changed since then other than the fact we abhor casualties even more now than then? Can anyone show why defense shouldn’t be the priority.
I'm so glad you explained that. I was looking at the word "semicolon" and wondering why the heck you spelled it out instead of just typing ";"!
Actually, it was poor tactical doctrine. The British got sloppy with their ammunition storage and handling.
At some level, I hope someone in the Navy is thinking about alternatives to the current carrier-based mega ships. This was a great strategy for WWII, but that was over 70 years ago. Longer range, heavier weapons like nuclear tipped hypersonic cruise missiles could potentially wipe out a carrier with a single strike. A carrier represents too much capital wrapped up in one platform.
That’s certainly how you did it when you were dictating into a microcassette recorder so your secretary could type it up for you. BTDT, back in ancient times.
A good secretary is a lot smarter than a computer.
Once nukes are used, the ballgames over.
In other words, let’s add more weapons to things that should already have had more weapons to begin with.
Another knuckle bandage approach to the severed femoral artery of the United States military.
Why in the hell do we need to outsource our anti ship missle requirements? With all the top notch defense contractors in the USA, really?
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