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Old 05-14-06, 07:50 AM   #124
SeaQueen
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Originally Posted by LuftWolf
In a sense, this is why it is so fun to be able to make one work from scratch with a database alteration and a few lines of script.

I have no problem making a hypothetical 2nd generation ASW UUV.

The biggest issue is that is HAS to be shared between the russians and the US, although I can do some funny things to the doctrines to make them a bit different.
http://www.lockheedmartin.com/wms/fi...=0&ti=0&sc=400

In my mind, I have a picture of something very different from anything like the current DW UUV. If possible, I wouldn't bother to make it a tube launched weapon. I'd make it a whole new unit that just links data, like the Predator UAV. It's just way too different from anything that the current UUV does. The Sea Talon UUV is a semi-semersible, trailing an active VDS. It's almost more like a surface ship.

I don't know anything about Russian UUVs or if they exist at all. I'm also not clear that it really fits with their current strategic focus. But what do I know?
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