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They all (UUV, USV, UAV/UAS) come home to roost sooner or later and that's when PMS and the like gets done.
How about Roombas? Of course the Navy's version will cost a fortune because it will be stainless steel for the constant salt spray and EMI hardened so the ship doesn't have to set EMCON during sweepers. ("Now set condition Roomba???")
090901-N-6814F-046 GULF OF ADEN (Sept. 1, 2009) Sailors assigned to the guided-missile cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68) and members of U.S. Coast Guard maritime safety and security team 91104 prepare to investigate a skiff during a maritime security operation in the Gulf of Aden. Anzio is the flagship for Combined Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian K. Fromal/Released)
090901-N-9123L-067 PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 1, 2009) The guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) fires the MK 45 five-inch gun system off the coast of Okinawa, Japan during a live-fire exercise. McCampbell is one of seven Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers assigned to Destroyer Squadron 15 and is permanently forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Byron C. Linder/Released)
QUESTION: Which 'platform' do YOU want to be supporting YOU when YOUR face is buried in the dirt w/ incoming shit getting in YOUR way ... ???
I know the answer ... do YOU ???
QUESTION: Which 'platform' do YOU want to be supporting YOU when YOUR face is buried in the dirt w/ incoming shit getting in YOUR way ... ???
I know the answer ... do YOU ???
Yeah. I'm going to go ahead and go with option 'C' on that one.
QUESTION: Which 'platform' do YOU want to be supporting YOU when YOUR face is buried in the dirt w/ incoming shit getting in YOUR way ... ???
I know the answer ... do YOU ???
The one that can launch TLAM and delouse with SM-3 as I'm coming off-target.
Brett
The one that can launch TLAM and delouse with SM-3 as I'm coming off-target.
Brett
We're ONLY talkin' what's permanently bolted onto the foc'sul ... or foredeck ... not the Air Group ... nothing more, nothing less ...
SM-3 ready for just about anything
090730-N-XXXXX-001 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 30, 2009) During exercise Stellar Avenger, the Aegis-class destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) launches a standard missile (SM) 3 Blk IA, successfully intercepting a sub-scale short range ballistic missile, launched from the Kauai Test Facility, Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sans, Kauai. This was the 19th successful intercept in 23 at-sea firings, for the Aegis BMD program, including the February 2008 destruction of a malfunctioning satellite above the earth's atmosphere. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
The one that can launch TLAM and delouse with SM-3 as I'm coming off-target.
Brett
090730-N-XXXXX-001 PACIFIC OCEAN (July 30, 2009) During exercise Stellar Avenger, the Aegis-class destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) launches a standard missile (SM) 3 Blk IA, successfully intercepting a sub-scale short range ballistic missile, launched from the Kauai Test Facility, Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sans, Kauai. This was the 19th successful intercept in 23 at-sea firings, for the Aegis BMD program, including the February 2008 destruction of a malfunctioning satellite above the earth's atmosphere. (U.S. Navy photo/Released)
We're ONLY talkin' what's permanently bolted onto the foc'sul ... or foredeck ... not the Air Group ... nothing more, nothing less ...
That's right, we are.
Brett
That's right, we are.
Brett
O.K. ... more focused, then: big guns ... proven guns ... not $1,000,000+ missiles ... to kill a .25 RagHead ...
Why would ANYONE ever WANT to do that ... ???Shall we also limit the platforms to those with wooden decks?
Brett
You use what 'works' to get the job done ... not high-tech excess that wastes $$$ and doesn't change the game tomorrow ... you use just what you need. Anything more is extravagance, stupidity, and useless waste ...
BTW ... speakin' of 'wooden decks' ... have YOU ever walked on, stood duty one one ... or *** gasp*** holystoned one ... ???
Somehow ... I seriously doubt it ... but since you mentioned 'em ... I have ...
^^ If you keep narrowing your criteria, I'm sure you can find a few situations a BB would be better than a DDG...
At the end of the day, you're wading around ass deep in nostalgia to actually believe a Battleship is a better warfighting platform than its modern day equivalent.
At the end of the day, you're wading around ass deep in nostalgia to actually believe a Battleship is a better warfighting platform than its modern day equivalent.