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| 2009-01-17 |
| (via Next Big Future blog) |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #10 And no... it should be named Yorktown. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-01-17 20:00 |
| #9 Can one of the experts here explain to me why we aren't designing the future carrier for vertical take-off and landing, and thereby reducing the size of the deck/ship? Because we want to win. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2009-01-17 19:58 |
| #8 I have to add that I was not sayinfg that VTOL planes are useless, only that you can't go to battle with VTOL planes only. |
| Posted by: JFM 2009-01-17 16:51 |
| #7 They should name it Montana. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-01-17 14:08 |
| #6 Because VTOL planes make crummy fighters (low performance) and piss poor bombers (very limited pay load). Did I mention that for most of its carreer the Harrier had no radar and thus was restricted to short range IR missiles? (Another consequence of teh limited payload of a VTOL plane). |
| Posted by: JFM 2009-01-17 14:03 |
| #5 Because the US already has 12 of them. They are called amphibious assault ships. The next gen LHAs won't even have boat docks. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-01-17 13:58 |
| #4 Can one of the experts here explain to me why we aren't designing the future carrier for vertical take-off and landing, and thereby reducing the size of the deck/ship? |
| Posted by: Cynicism Inc 2009-01-17 09:01 |
| #3 Combine a railgun with GPS-guided gliding projectile and you have a range of 100s of Ks. Then there is swarm technology with initial wave projectiles searching for targets relayed to later launched projectiles. |
| Posted by: phil_b 2009-01-17 07:08 |
| #2 We can turn it up to 11. |
| Posted by: gorb 2009-01-17 04:16 |
| #1 Shade of GI JOE's USS AMERICA Carrier toy > IIRC, twas a throughdeck CV which also had Missle Firing ports built into its broadsides??? IIRC, it sank COBRA'S commandeered, BAT-crewed USS MONTANA thanx to SHIPWRECK. ARSENAL/FIRE SHIP??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2009-01-17 01:24 |