tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post845775743746024820..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: LCS WTF of the WeekCDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-6480357483783604612011-09-08T01:55:20.045-04:002011-09-08T01:55:20.045-04:00Leesea,
I believe you competley. I was just doing...Leesea,<br /><br />I believe you competley. I was just doing some free thinking while going through my morning routine of reading the blogs and commentsSouthernAPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-17491203067325931442011-09-08T01:02:12.143-04:002011-09-08T01:02:12.143-04:00SAP, I have already sent Sal et all my comments on...SAP, I have already sent Sal et all my comments on using a modified JHSV as the transport for NECC or NSW units. If you look closely at the loads put on APD and what JHSV are suppose to carry, you will find the LATER has more capacity at higher speed. The Marines were part of the project from the beginning and are already planning to use a basic version for littoral transport.<br /><br />BUT when I say modified I mean completely i.e. Armed Naval Auxiliaries crewed by sailors and with significant self-defense weapons and sensors.<br /><br />My comments are at USNI Proceedings article.leeseanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-71947374018317233062011-09-06T21:31:22.722-04:002011-09-06T21:31:22.722-04:00when i was doing my chemotherapy the guy in the ne...when i was doing my chemotherapy the guy in the next chair was an ex BM2c who had been a coxwin on one of those things. he said that they were very good and could out run the competition from other countries because they could bank into a turn just like an airplane. everybody else had to slow down and tippy toe around a corner at reduced speed.<br /><br />he mentioned the whale strike (said it was another boat than the one he was on) and said that it really got their attention and they cut back on some of their more radical maneuvers.<br /><br />Cpknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-49038000011893902892011-09-06T21:17:01.203-04:002011-09-06T21:17:01.203-04:00Hey! Maybe it is time to change the laws? And purs...Hey! Maybe it is time to change the laws? And pursue tax-evading immigrants for tax evasion, not being immigrants? (worked for Al Capone...) Oh, but that could inconvenience those that employ those immigrants and pay for politico's campaigns... This is so fscked up just like feminists employing latino nannies to pursuit own careers.<br />AAAARGH!ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-25220936536403945292011-09-06T21:13:32.297-04:002011-09-06T21:13:32.297-04:00during the democrats first depression the navy bui...during the democrats first depression the navy built a couple or three destroyers per year. they were different because the gang was feeling out the usefulness of the various weapon mixes. such as was a five tube elevated torpedo mount better than 5 guns. just what would they get if they used the weight of the torpedo tubes and directors for speed, for range..........<br /><br />currently we are betting the farm on two designs that have taken what 20 years to develop and one of them is in the water and turns out to be grossly inadequate for anything and probably having a trunkated life span and way to expensive to risk in battle.<br /><br />then we have a couple of "large fighting ships" comming down the pike that probably will be to expensive to do anything but anchor in the patomac to protect the nit wits in the round house.<br /><br />on top of that we have a shadowy bunch that is trying to get rid of pretty good ships so that they can build crappy little ships at a horrible price to replace them which they will have to do because the good elderly vessels are being used for reefs in florida.<br /><br />so whats to do when a group of ships appears off of the east or west coast and starts to lob missiles into the political contributors back yards, send marines in rowboats out to "negotiate".<br /><br />of course we could send the air farce out to deal with them. but yes thats the bunch that could only scramble what 4 aircraft on 9/11 in the morning.<br /><br /><br />AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH<br /><br />Cpknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-10522455006125794132011-09-06T20:50:39.014-04:002011-09-06T20:50:39.014-04:00good substitute for the campbeltown.
Cgood substitute for the campbeltown.<br /><br />Cpknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-16764431641378283022011-09-06T20:47:11.199-04:002011-09-06T20:47:11.199-04:00yes but she guarded ellis island.
the man that lo...yes but she guarded ellis island.<br /><br />the man that looked in the mouth for bad teeth and into the eyes for a host of things was a horrible step to get by far tougher than a contemporary immigration hearing.<br /><br />Cpknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-73061088329696586402011-09-06T17:34:21.934-04:002011-09-06T17:34:21.934-04:00Must the CNO view everything--including shipbuildi...Must the CNO view everything--including shipbuilding it seems now--through a "diversity and inclusion" prism? My God man...worry as much about the operator as you do the contractor will you please.Boat School Gradnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-48197170904220194342011-09-06T13:59:47.875-04:002011-09-06T13:59:47.875-04:00El Camino was also not maxed out upon leaving the ...El Camino was also not maxed out upon leaving the showroom floor - even with the crappy soft cammed 305 ;) . At least you could fool yourself into thinking it was a Chevelle SS with a swap here and there and some Rally Rims.<br /><br />LCS is already maxed out. A pricey, high maintenance, occasionally gorgeous and occasionally homely, high-maintenance, bi....Surfcasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-54959644261509594682011-09-06T12:13:50.431-04:002011-09-06T12:13:50.431-04:00I thought about adjusting the comment to be about ...I thought about adjusting the comment to be about cars, but, we have not been builing them as long as we have been building ships. <br /><br />The Dodge Super Bee vs the Dodge Neon?Bubbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-39575287735091139722011-09-06T11:38:00.735-04:002011-09-06T11:38:00.735-04:00Leesea,
Yea but they could be the modern version ...Leesea,<br /><br />Yea but they could be the modern version of the APD though. With just enough space to carry either a reinforced platoon or two of SEALS, Rangers, Marines, Force Recon, Delta and other spec war operators. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nazaire_Raid" rel="nofollow">Though I don't think it might be powerful enough to pull off this stunt of the APD class that they were most famous for doing</a>SouthernAPnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-28912182640335622922011-09-06T11:30:59.917-04:002011-09-06T11:30:59.917-04:00El Camino looked better doing nothing (and that...El Camino looked better doing nothing (and that's not saying much) - the BRAT, not so...<br />w/r, SJSsteeljawscribenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-87948675020103166992011-09-06T11:15:20.077-04:002011-09-06T11:15:20.077-04:00Let me stop this threadjack right now. Do not go ...Let me stop this threadjack right now. Do not go down this road on an LCS post. Fullstop.cdrsalamandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-73311369985608029462011-09-06T11:05:49.560-04:002011-09-06T11:05:49.560-04:00Open borders = freedom.
We love a free market, un...Open borders = freedom.<br /><br />We love a free market, until we see one. <br /><br />Let them cross the border; maybe americans would work harder if they had more compitition. Wanderernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-81752859754906074202011-09-06T11:03:52.939-04:002011-09-06T11:03:52.939-04:00<span>All our USN warships like CVN, LHD, D...<i><span>All our USN warships like CVN, LHD, DDG, CG, LPD, and now LCS are already "networked" using good old Link-16, JTIDS. Have been for many years.</span></i><br /><br />Retired...Thats been so, since well before JTIDS and link 16.<br /><br />Heck.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.nelsonsnavy.co.uk/traf-signals.html" rel="nofollow">Nelson used "networking" to great benefit</a>...sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-33026794417663221542011-09-06T10:55:14.932-04:002011-09-06T10:55:14.932-04:00All our USN warships like CVN, LHD, DDG, CG, LPD, ...All our USN warships like CVN, LHD, DDG, CG, LPD, and now LCS are already "networked" using good old Link-16, JTIDS. Have been for many years. Yes, even the few LCS warships can join into this existing Link-16 network. <br /><br />What's so "transformational" about an existing USN Fleet network ?<br /><br />Some day, if they actually deploy 2 LCS at the same time, there will be an additional link just between those LCS that have not yet run out of fuel. But no non-LCS can join this additional LAN. Why bother ? Our Fleet including every LCS already has Link-16 !!<br /><br />Quit doing PR on a minor additional new, private network just for LCS. Enough already.Retired Nownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-19033379994297756232011-09-06T10:52:34.583-04:002011-09-06T10:52:34.583-04:00<span>But I must say that there was no guran...<i><span>But I must say that there was no gurantee we could win the Cold War when the Enterprise was built.</span></i><br /><br />I would say its the attidue which produced the Big E is why we ended up winning the Cold War...Not the other way around.<br /><br />And, how come it took -with pencils and slide rules- only four years to get the Enterprise built...<br /><br />Along with ...count 'em...5 new aircraft types (H-2 A-5 F-4 A-6 E-2) to festeoon her decks.<br /><br />And today...with all the super computers...and Six Sigma... we can't even get a functional (oxymoron I know) LCS in 8?<br /><br />The Modern USN:<br /><br /><b>We Cannot <span><i>Afford</i></span> To Fight!</b><br /><br />(but Damn! We sure look cool in the powerpoints!)sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-82413075713495957512011-09-06T10:44:30.036-04:002011-09-06T10:44:30.036-04:00Bubba, you make some interesting points...
One ca...Bubba, you make some interesting points...<br /><br />One can do the same with aircraft...<br /><br />Look at the A-5 and the F-4...Aircraft that came to life during the era of muscle cars.<br /><br />Big. Noisy. Fast. Exuded Power.<br /><br />Then the F-18...<br /><br />An econo aircraft that came to life during the era of econo cars (Sorry Capt'n Lex...but its true).<br /><br />But I must say that there was no gurantee we could win the Cold War when the Enterprise was built. If anything, it was the sense that this country was an industrial juggernaut that could conquer any technological problem, and people by a people with the collective b-lls to shove it anybody's face.<br /><br />Now, we are unsure of oursevles. Unable to come to any consensus. Ashamed of our past glories. And lack any sense of moral courage.<br /><br />So what's getting built?<br /><br />A ship which embodies an effeminate, feel good, Everybody Gets A Trophy mission philosophy...<br /><br />Which makes it completely ineffective in achieveing any one of them.<br /><br />Everything is <b>"EQUAL"</b> that way.<br /><br />And a ship that, when challenged...<br /><br />Can only...<span><i><b>RUN AWAY</b></i></span>!sidnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-21097036333336675152011-09-06T10:32:40.708-04:002011-09-06T10:32:40.708-04:00<span>"Give me your tired, your poor, ...<span>"Give me your tired, your poor, <br />Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, <br />The wretched refuse of your teeming shore."</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>This applied to LAWFUL entry into Ellis Island. Crossing El Rio Grande into Los Estados Unitas is NOT LAWFUL. Your parents were criminals.</span>Salty Gatornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-23553512145584596722011-09-06T09:50:45.605-04:002011-09-06T09:50:45.605-04:00Homeless, tempest-tossed Ecuadoran and Guatemalan ...Homeless, tempest-tossed Ecuadoran and Guatemalan gangs? Transiting back and forth across the borders? <br /><br />I didn't realize the Lady with the Lamp was welcoming MS-13. Or the Mexican Mafia. Or the Latin Kings. Or the other Cholo gangs that murder indiscriminately. Or the 9/11 hijackers. <br /><br />No more than it welcomed IRA members in the 1960s and 70s.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-78442485988507399232011-09-06T09:49:05.043-04:002011-09-06T09:49:05.043-04:00The borders are open. Money flows from the federa...The borders are open. Money flows from the federal government which refuses to enforce the laws on the books. State budgets are sucked by non tax paying immigrants. So, yes, maybe you are right. LT Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-89721398526057411452011-09-06T09:40:34.530-04:002011-09-06T09:40:34.530-04:00It is more capable of absorbing battle damage than...It is more capable of absorbing battle damage than either LCS.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-23710280451743509812011-09-06T09:40:26.407-04:002011-09-06T09:40:26.407-04:00El Camino? Or Subaru BRAT?El Camino? Or Subaru BRAT?Surfcasternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-16683444509235521842011-09-06T09:25:23.520-04:002011-09-06T09:25:23.520-04:00So, man up that LaserJet and send her to sea.So, man up that LaserJet and send her to sea.Bubbanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-89456094106053267072011-09-06T09:12:04.616-04:002011-09-06T09:12:04.616-04:00^WIN!^WIN!steeljawscribenoreply@blogger.com