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| Aboard the USS Freedom |
| 2010-06-02 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #8 Aluminum hull and superstructure should make a good Purple Heart Box. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2010-06-02 21:28 |
| #7 This class is a loser. To find out why, read this site. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-06-02 20:56 |
| #6 IF you wanted to equip it with better missiles you could attach vertical launcher modules for ESSMs to the side of the hangar or the roof of the hanger. It's a modular system. I do get the impression, however, they needed to spend a little less money on those last 5 knots of speed and a little more on a decent radar. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-06-02 19:56 |
| #5 I don't particularly care much for the name. It sounds like the name of a ship which is sunk, starting a war. I would prefer the "USS C.B. Momsen". |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-06-02 19:16 |
| #4 Closeup still shots |
| Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC 2010-06-02 17:55 |
| #3 LCS doesn't have any anti-ship missiles and none are planned. Any anti-ship missile capability will have to reside in the 2 Seahawk helicopters. As Snowy mentioned, it does have some anti-ship cruise missile defenses w/ RAM, but no offensive punch. It is supposed to be able to carry a mission module with modified anti-tank missiles (NLOS) to take out speedboats and such. Too bad the Army canceled it for nonperformance and stuck the Navy w/ 100% of future development bills. Nor does it have any air defenses greater than 5 miles range. There are better armed patrol boats that are 1/10th the size of LCS that are a hell of a lot more flexible in the "Littoral" combat environment than a $500 million, 3,000 ton aluminum (read flammable) monstrosity. LCS might not be able to fight worth a damn, but it sure can deliver meals to ungrateful Somalis in 30 minutes or less. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-06-02 17:16 |
| #2 It's supposed to carry a launcher for Rolling Airframe Missile antimissiles, and a decoy launcher. Also, the gun could be used, but I've read stuff saying the fire control radar might not be good enough for antimissile/aircraft use. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-06-02 16:11 |
| #1 It didn't look like it had an ability to deal with anti-ship missiles. That seems like an oversight. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-06-02 16:05 |