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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.I suspect most of us share that concern. Indeed. Political winds can change ... and consequences could be dire. My hope (in part) is...
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The problem with many discussions around the future RCN Fleet is that people still think in terms of replacing one ship class with...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.I think, nominally navies need to assess why they need ships, and based on that the type of ship procured, if possible. My...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.Indeed. and you believe a 'battleship' design named after Trump is relevant enough to the Canadian design, that it must be covered in...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.This is a thread about the Canadian Continental Corvette (last I looked) and not about battleships. Still, in response to this...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.These large long range drones are 'all the rage' in various news articles, but in truth, they are very untested. Anyone who has been to...
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Kept us in the submarine game without having that skill set evaporate/vanish, hopefully long enough for a small core of submariners to...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.No you are not mistaken. But that was a different time when the RCN had both the manpower and the budget. Today the RCN (like the rest...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.Indeed ... I think in the most part our views are similar. As I noted previous, I am a believer in one or more UVX warship (or...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.Its conceivable a future system could use such, ... although at present I note that the Sea Spider (an anti-torpedo torpedo system) is...
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Yes, the world built dreadnoughts. Canada didn't. Then the world built aircraft carriers. Canada didn't. Then the world built nuclear...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.I agree. What you note was seen with the attacks in Operation ASPIDE and Operation Enduring Freedom, where as I noted, warships were...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.My own view is such would work in the first week or two of a conflict. Only in first week or two. Maybe less. ... but after that the...
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oldcpu replied to the thread Continental Defence Corvette.Yes. Its been that way pretty much since the invention of the torpedo re attack devices and larger warships. This is an issue going...