sledge said:I know we can refuel them though, hmm imagine trying to hang fresh bombs on a CF-18 while doing mach 1? be a bad day to be air force hehehehehe
Ex-Dragoon said:Still waiting for you to tell us what your swiss army knife comment has to do with NGS...
genesis98 said:I was refering to sledges comment about the germans putting a panzer 2000 turret on a ship. The mating of two proven platforms does not always equal a good result.
geo said:Warships in the old days were used by countries to project power overseas.
Paul W... said:They should be brought back to support Marine operations.
I don't think Navy or Marine aircraft could provide as much firepower as a group of Battleships could provide and be as fast.
Paul W... said:Lots of firepower,but not as fast for CAS.
Your right..their time is definitely now past.Paul W... said:Yes it's expensive to operate a fleet of them and they're not likey to be pulled of retirement or will new ones be bought,so I'm not holding my breathe.
But for a beach landing they'd more than likely pay for themselves by saving many ground troops and aircrews lives as they would deliver massive and nearly on time fire support and most importantly win the battle.
Well where would Canada get those 2000 sailors to man one battleship let alone the fleet you advocate? Going to an NGS role only for the Navy is just plain shortsighted....If I was in charge I'd spend that extra money.
Paul W... said:If I was in charge I'd spend that extra money.
No not in the near future,I'm just thinking about saving Marines and aircrews lives,I hope the day comes when they'll get that extra support again.CDN Aviator said:We're not talking about "extra money" here......we're talking about billions of dollars and manpower needs that the US military is incapable of filling. All that to provide a limited capability that other assets already deliver in one way or another.
Paul W... said:The US plans are now for using only aircraft and cruise missiles in beach landing operations,but I'm sure the Marines would probably like to have six to eight Battleships to support an operation as they would be quicker to respond to the need for fire support until they can land the artillery.
I'm not thinking in terms of what I'd do if I was in charge of Canada as we have no Marines,I'm thinking about what I'd do if I was in charge in the US.