Comments on: LCS Near Selection

By: mainerunner40

mainerunner40 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:46 +0000

I see that LCS 1 team is pushing hard to get the USS Freedom into the hands of the US Navy. It appears a well designed boat, but needs some testing yet. It should be in use well before LCS 2, and even though neither ship has been fully tested and vetted before the ‘down-selecting’, the decision does need to be made. As I said before, both have pros and cons and both would be a useful asset to the USN. The more I see, the more I believe that it will be LCS 1. It is the more traditional ship, the Navy has a bit too much tradition at times, and the Freedom was first on the water. I am thinking at this time of the PHMs that were a very fast and heavily armed FAC design and far ahead of their times for the USN. Fair winds and following seas to those that take the Freedom into dangerous waters..:). Kill a few pirates.

By: max

max — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:21:21 +0000

The LCS-1’s 60mill lower cost will disappear fast at nearly X2 the fuel usage of LCS-2.
The higher tempo of the T-ake’s, which are already stretched thin, needed to keep an LCS-1 fleet at sea will be a big factor as well.
This is even assuming that the price difference will stay static.
Re-working aluminum is far more costly than steel.
My guess is that LCS-2 will win.

By: freefallingbomb

freefallingbomb — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 12:34:11 +0000

To the poster “Valcan”:
You wrote: “Bomb i rest my case.“
Good. I almost had to become outspoken about your pet barbarians in the hot countries.

By: Valcan

Valcan — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 21:31:21 +0000

Bomb i rest my case. You just proved my point arent you missing a BNP meeting some where?

By: Valcan

Valcan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:16:37 +0000

And another bomb post.….great. I have to say i was able to understand and not understand your post at the same time.
Why cant you you go to like the new york times site and say that or maybe daily Kos.
Realy your post basicly reveal that your a depressed annoying ahole who has no friends and must get his jollies off insulting other peoples countries and people with idiot post that just leave me with that “what a douche bag” taste in my mouth after reading.
“May the melanin tide from the South engulf them all (once they’re brown, they won’t worry anymore — nor will we).“
Thats the best part apparently you see latinos as airheads or something. You realy need to come here or go to south america.
melanin tide? What?.…im scots-irish-french-english-german-italian-scicilian…and im a southerner i got plenty of melanin.
And does that mean black people dont care about the same things others do?
Seriously dont understand your post help me out.

By: freefallingbomb

freefallingbomb — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:06:05 +0000

If the U.S.A. can’t even synthesize all their military-technological expertise and industrial skills into one small, cheap warship, or fighter program, or F.C.S., or camouflage scheme, or even reasonable rifle calibre (!), etc. etc., because of mental chaos, it totally escapes me what’s the point of all their on-going global espionnage efforts, why they even wish to know everybody else’s military-technological secrets: They’re haplessly uncapable to process, integrate, apply and benefit from all these additional new foreign technologies. Result: This military colossus which boasts that its defense budget equals half of the rest of the World’s military spendings isn’t even capable of defeating a few isolated cave-dwellers WHO NEVER EVEN SAW THE COLOUR OF TOILET PAPER IN THEIR WHOLE LIVES !!! My sincerest admiration for this genuine accomplishment!
Moral of this post:
1) Defeat, capitulation, surrender, retreat, kaputt, humiliation, Bataan Death March, suspension in bird cages.
2) “Cost– / Efficiency”, A-N-Y-O-N-E (in the whole U.S.A.) ?! But maybe it’s just the way U.S. American neurons are wired…
May the melanin tide from the South engulf them all (once they’re brown, they won’t worry anymore — nor will we).

By: Cannon Fodder

Cannon Fodder — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:14:54 +0000

Here is a technical look at the Navy’s three latest ships. A definite must read.
http://scogginsnoggin2.blogspot.com/2009/05/three-new-navy-ships.html

By: gruntdoc91

gruntdoc91 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:14:34 +0000

the thing looks like a glorified cruise ship.

By: Autoboss V30

Autoboss V30 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 05:58:09 +0000

I wish the world-war III will never come.

By: Byron Skinner

Byron Skinner — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 02:46:37 +0000

Good Evening X-factor.
This is the private sector going for the prize. I think what is needed is for the Navy to design and spec. their ships, generate a reasonable cost estimates in house and then have the defense industry bid on the ships.
Letting private industry design, spec., cost, and build Naval vessels was not and is not a good idea. With the revolving door of contract and procurement officers from uniform to private industry often a over 4X or more what the Navy was paying them is it no wonder that the cost of ships has blown through the ceiling.
ALLONS,
Byron Skinner