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JALU3 · 12-12-08, 07:33 PM

So the biggest reason for the enormous raise in cost/hull has been the fact that the Navy did not have a solid non-changing plan before they finished the two hulls. So that means the navy has to come up with a concrete design which is large enough to be high endurance for a small crew, have more than one screw, can handle two V-22s/MH-60s, have ASW/AAW/ASuW/AMineW, small inflatable boat launch capability, can take a good sized hit, and can possibly support smaller attached PCs.
Can a ship under 4500 ton displacement, have a 155mm artillery gun (like that on the Crusader or FCS-NLOS), SeaRAM/VLS, CIWS, Mounted Sonar systems, a boat launch ramp and docking stations for ships that are about 100-300 tons, and can maintain 33 knots.

12-12-08, 07:33 PM	#7
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So the biggest reason for the enormous raise in cost/hull has been the fact that the Navy did not have a solid non-changing plan before they finished the two hulls. So that means the navy has to come up with a concrete design which is large enough to be high endurance for a small crew, have more than one screw, can handle two V-22s/MH-60s, have ASW/AAW/ASuW/AMineW, small inflatable boat launch capability, can take a good sized hit, and can possibly support smaller attached PCs. Can a ship under 4500 ton displacement, have a 155mm artillery gun (like that on the Crusader or FCS-NLOS), SeaRAM/VLS, CIWS, Mounted Sonar systems, a boat launch ramp and docking stations for ships that are about 100-300 tons, and can maintain 33 knots. __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One Last edited by JALU3; 12-12-08 at 07:47 PM.