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2018-03-12 Home Front: WoT

Virtual Mirage: Chewing over US Navy Programs

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Posted by newc 2018-03-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 "The US developed the generally useless (but said to be very 'progressive') Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). It can't defend itself; it's very accoustically 'loud' and is dangerous to use for special warfare/SEAL operations for that reason; it has a very short operational range; there are manning issues because the crew it carries are not adequate for sustained high intensity operations; many of the modular suites of sensors and weapons haven't become available ten years later and may never be because of massive cost overruns, etc. "

Also mentions the half useless trillion dollar airplane.

Posted by newc 2018-03-12 01:02|| 2018-03-12 01:02|| Front Page Top

#2 LCS, the NetworkCentric Transformationalists illegitimate child. Naval warships are not airplanes that you can drop a new pilot and hang a different pod then 'Voila! New Mission!' They are a Team that grows more proficient with practice. Secondly, in a world with budget limits where are you going to stockpile this supply of expert crews that you will switch in and out like USB peripherals? Finally, where are the stupid modules?!? The module hardware should have been developed First and the ship second...

Posted by magpie 2018-03-12 10:37|| 2018-03-12 10:37|| Front Page Top

#3 The A-35... What happens when you try to design a program by committee and everyone gets what they want in. Like a Swiss Army Knife, the more it does the less efficient it does it...

Posted by magpie 2018-03-12 10:40|| 2018-03-12 10:40|| Front Page Top

#4 For those unfamiliar with the LCS

The design strikes me as a helicopter fleet 'bunker' ship. Like the PT boats, useful for control of Pacific atolls. Too bad they ended up more technologically complex than the capability of their builders or operators.

Posted by Skidmark 2018-03-12 12:09|| 2018-03-12 12:09|| Front Page Top

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