Recent content by AirDet

I know Yan. He’s a decent man with high moral standards. If the animal was suffering I’m sure he did the right thing.

Somehow it's always worse when its a young person at the beginning of a promising career. My deepest condolences to all who knew them.

Funny but with 15 years at sea I don't ever remember seeing a T54/55 out there. I have seen lots of large ships with huge hulls and very wide bridges.

Sorry I'm late to this conversation, but I don't see these regulations harming us in any way. I doubt we'll see the extremes very often on parade and if we do, who cares. I care much more about a soldier's competence than his/her appearance.

The Danish have a great system whereby you can change out the weapon system for the mission, StanFlex. The systems StanFlex - Wikipedia can include 76mm, AD missile kits, etc. Personally, I think we would've been better off incorporating this feature into the AOPS rather than that pop gun it...

Actually, you've made my point. This weapon is more suitable on and APC/LAV/etc not a warship. It can't be used for missile defense, nor would it provide any form of intimidation for another ship. I'm not a naval tactician but I was an armorer. Therefore I look at weapons systems...

The tankers had two CWIS. Originally they had and AD turret with twin guns and a missile deck for ManPADS. I'm not saying the AOPS and AORs should be armed like a frigate. I'm just saying they operate often by themselves. As such they need to be able to protect themselves. CIWS at a minimum...

Then they failed. A 25mm isn't going to soften anything other than a soft sided vehicle.. We would be better off removing this useless toy. I get the reply that this isn't a frigate and you're right. However, all warships need to be able to defend themselves.

What gun? Is that what you've calling that useless thing on the bow?

I wrote that hoping to rekindle the same sort of "discussions" we have while underway. However, the new helo makes an amazing force multiplier for any surface ship.

The reality is a surface ship's only reason for existence is to serve as an airport so the helo can do the real work. ;-)

The 57 is an excellent weapon system. Would such a small ship support almost triple (estimated) the weight for just one weapon system? I'd be willing to bet that this revolutionary ship will catch the eye of the rest of Europe and NATO. Who knows what systems others will choose to integrate into...

This entire thread has really been rendered useless with the anouncement that Boeing is out of the competition.

402 is where our ACSOs are trained and while they offer basic EW they wouldn't be able to train to the Growler standard without Growlers and a complete revamp.

I reaad that article too. She looks like an excellent candidate for the type of work the MCDV was originally intended for. There's still no raw specs so we'd be guessing if this platform could fulfill the evolved uses of the MCDV.