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There is already a seaplane capable of efficient theater-range transport of large payloads at speeds far exceeding existing sea lift platforms? Because this is

There is already a seaplane capable of efficient theater-range transport of large payloads at speeds far exceeding existing sea lift platforms? Because this is an article about DARPA asking for a new sea plane capable of efficient theater-range transport of large payloads at speeds far exceeding existing sea lift platforms.

cheaprentalyeti 4y ago
Well, sometimes the hard part is the part _between_ "We got it to work a couple times in the Caspian Sea, kinda, sorta..." and "we carried this tracked anti-aircraft missile truck from Hawaii to Guam."
Terry_Roll 4y ago
So military equipment has a constant, it keeps going up in weight so I'm not surprised they are asking for this, but the total equipment weights need to come down and nobody is seeing this. When the weights go up the effectiveness goes down. Thats why special forces can use what they want instead of standard issue equipment. This image highlights this fact perfectly. https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2012/08/the-beach-recovery-vehicle/ https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2012/08/the-beach-recovery-ve... The other thing you may not know is various military's will develop equipment for what if scenarios. The Hippo aka the Beach Recovery Vehicle in the link above is designed to push out assault landing craft that have got beached. One of the what if scenarios is a war which involves attacking from the sea. Now that Hippo is based down at Instow at the Royal Marines depot where its tested on Saunton Sands which is pretty good for surfing and thats where the photo was taken. The contract the UK MOD agreed was so tight it put the manufacturer out of business which meant they had to be bought up because sometimes govt's can get value for money for taxpayers contrary to media reports. So to answer your question, it depends on Crimea & Russia because Crimea has the 4th largest oil deposits on this planet so there might be a need, how soon is hard to tell, not that they make these things quickly, but they could if pushed. Now I cant help but notice that British oil companies have made record profits which will be useful for buying up foreign oil companies and investing overseas, me thinks there might be some investment going into Crimea soon but it depends on Russia and how that goes.

cheaprentalyeti 4y ago

Well, sometimes the hard part is the part _between_ "We got it to work a couple times in the Caspian Sea, kinda, sorta..." and "we carried this tracked anti-aircraft missile truck from Hawaii to Guam."

Terry_Roll 4y ago

So military equipment has a constant, it keeps going up in weight so I'm not surprised they are asking for this, but the total equipment weights need to come down and nobody is seeing this. When the weights go up the effectiveness goes down. Thats why special forces can use what they want instead of standard issue equipment. This image highlights this fact perfectly. https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2012/08/the-beach-recovery-vehicle/ https://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2012/08/the-beach-recovery-ve... The other thing you may not know is various military's will develop equipment for what if scenarios. The Hippo aka the Beach Recovery Vehicle in the link above is designed to push out assault landing craft that have got beached. One of the what if scenarios is a war which involves attacking from the sea. Now that Hippo is based down at Instow at the Royal Marines depot where its tested on Saunton Sands which is pretty good for surfing and thats where the photo was taken. The contract the UK MOD agreed was so tight it put the manufacturer out of business which meant they had to be bought up because sometimes govt's can get value for money for taxpayers contrary to media reports. So to answer your question, it depends on Crimea & Russia because Crimea has the 4th largest oil deposits on this planet so there might be a need, how soon is hard to tell, not that they make these things quickly, but they could if pushed. Now I cant help but notice that British oil companies have made record profits which will be useful for buying up foreign oil companies and investing overseas, me thinks there might be some investment going into Crimea soon but it depends on Russia and how that goes.