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12-31-08, 08:51 PM | #1 | |
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The U.S. Navy has ordered another eight Virginia class SSNs
Nice article if you wonder how many boats the USN have on order or in service:
http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/hts.../20081230.aspx Quote:
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12-31-08, 09:50 PM | #2 |
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Hrm... this is mildly disturbing :hmm:
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12-31-08, 11:25 PM | #3 |
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I'm a sub buff, but in this economy.....why?
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01-01-09, 10:27 AM | #4 | |
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01-01-09, 11:37 AM | #5 |
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Sad to see the old LA girls go, but they had their day I guess
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01-01-09, 12:02 PM | #6 |
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The 688I's will be in service for quite some time yet. A stroke of genius that was strategic and also economically feasable was the conversion of four Ohio class SSBN's to SSGN's. These will fill a niche that the 688I platform performs and you can carry far more special forces troops in the SSGN's than the 688I's could.
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01-01-09, 12:47 PM | #7 | |
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01-01-09, 02:42 PM | #8 | |
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01-01-09, 03:39 PM | #9 | |
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We need more subs to replace the lost ability of the supers. Last edited by Zachstar; 01-01-09 at 03:40 PM. |
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If you loose the supercarriers, you loose much more than could ever be compensated by tens of new SSN. An attack sub has no strategic value, it cannot project force as a CVN battlegroup can. The strengh of the us navy is not in its submarine force, but in its 12 supercarriers dislocated throughout the world. |
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01-01-09, 05:30 PM | #13 |
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Note that while Kitty Hawk is still on the active roster, she will be decommissioned shortly and for all intents and purposes isn't active.
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01-01-09, 05:39 PM | #14 | |
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01-01-09, 06:06 PM | #15 |
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Another question to ponder is whether the USN will foresee the need (pending evaluation results of the Virginias I guess) the need for an AIP SSK. I know they've borrowed a few Euro-boats to test ASW against but it wouldn't hurt to have a couple handy for brown-water ops.
That being said, if the Virginias and Seawolfs can handle brown-water ops well then there is no real need other than for ASW training, I know the Skipjacks used to do their fair share of Murmansk lurking, I guess the Seawolves do a similar task these days or earlier 688i's. |
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