USS Freedom : The coolest thing you'll see today

AntEater · 11-27-08, 06:24 PM

I think the LCS concept is the result of buzzword bingo!
What are its key features:
- network centricity
- COTS - Commercial off the Shelf : both LCS designs are based on foreign commercial ferry designs (LM is italian, GD australian)
- outsourcing: they basically bypassed the traditional shipping industry
- modularity: why make it simple when you can make it complicated?
- innovation: a new solution for an old well known problem

IMHO the best thing would be to implement certain ideas from LCS like waterjet propulsion or UAV/UUV integration into a single mission ship designed to military standards by military shipyards.
And give it a decent armament, for christ's sake...

11-27-08, 06:24 PM	#20
AntEater Grey Wolf Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Germany Posts: 936 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I think the LCS concept is the result of buzzword bingo! What are its key features: - network centricity - COTS - Commercial off the Shelf : both LCS designs are based on foreign commercial ferry designs (LM is italian, GD australian) - outsourcing: they basically bypassed the traditional shipping industry - modularity: why make it simple when you can make it complicated? - innovation: a new solution for an old well known problem IMHO the best thing would be to implement certain ideas from LCS like waterjet propulsion or UAV/UUV integration into a single mission ship designed to military standards by military shipyards. And give it a decent armament, for christ's sake... __________________ Last edited by AntEater; 11-27-08 at 06:26 PM.