Jaydub said:It's too valuable of a resource for the Navy to stripped from Ships and used like this.
von Garvin said:I agree, because those ships alongside in Halifax and/or Victoria face a daily threat of sea-skimming missiles coming along.
von Garvin said:OK, I was indeed being very sarcastic, but my point was that there are ships that are no longer used, no? Do they not have Phalanx on them? (This is a real question, not rhetorical, I honestly don't know...) I would NEVER agree that it would be a good idea to rid the ships of them. In this case, since we aren't buying any Phalanxes, put them to good use somewhere. Having said that, perhaps buying new Phalanxes would be the preferred solution?
AgreedEx-Dragoon said:Buying addition would be the preferred option rather then robbing peter to pay paul.
Ex-Dragoon said:I wonder if an option could not be to adopt the Oerlikon 35mm (if any are still around) and combine them with a CIWS radar.....
geo said:While many have said we need a system to knock down mortar shells and rockets from falling onto our base camps.... do we really need such a beastie? From those friends I have that have gone thru Kabul and Kandahar, the odds of being hit by anything shot in the general direction of the camp are somewhere between slim and none.....
Ex-Dragoon said:I wonder if an option could not be to adopt the Oerlikon 35mm (if any are still around) and combine them with a CIWS radar.....