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2023-07-26 -Land of the Free

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Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-26 07:22|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Wait. Doesn't the name of that missile offend the indigenous genes of Senator Warren?

Posted by Bobby 2023-07-26 09:11|| 2023-07-26 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 So there will be Marines fighting from an air conditioned office?

Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-26 12:38|| 2023-07-26 12:38|| Front Page Top

#3 More like an air-conditioned shipping container. And the AC is for the computers.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-26 12:49|| 2023-07-26 12:49|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like the Navy.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-07-26 13:21|| 2023-07-26 13:21|| Front Page Top

#5 The USMC had Defense Battalions before and during WW2 especially in the Pacific. The job of garrisoning and defending naval anchorages and airfields is a valid task.

Posted by magpie 2023-07-26 17:18|| 2023-07-26 17:18|| Front Page Top

#6 Now that TLAM-N is back on the table, the Marines could be in the strategic forces game.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-07-26 17:21|| 2023-07-26 17:21|| Front Page Top

#7 "... use the same ROGUE-Fires carrier of the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) and mount a single Mk.41 vertical launch system cell,"
So if the current munition --and importantly munitions developed in the future -- can fit in a VLS cell the Marines will be able to launch it. This flexibility seems to be very important for the future.

Posted by magpie 2023-07-26 21:42|| 2023-07-26 21:42|| Front Page Top

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