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I was surprised to discover that the U.S. is still building LCSs. I got a tour of one (LCS-2 [0], IIRC) docked at NAVSTANPT [1], and it just seemed so fragile.
by CoastalCoder 4y ago
I was surprised to discover that the U.S. is still building LCSs.
I got a tour of one (LCS-2 [0], IIRC) docked at NAVSTANPT [1], and it just seemed so fragile. It's hard to imagine them being useful for real combat.
I have a working theory that massive organizations like the U.S. Navy tend towards foolishness / wastefulness until they're forcibly reset by existential threats.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(LCS-2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Independence_(LCS-2)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Newport https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Station_Newport
- decafninja 4y agoIIRC the Navy doesn’t like these, and wanted to cut production early and decommission some of them early too. But more were forced on them by Congress.
- abudabi123 4y agoCongress is run by invisible Steven Spielberg's Gremlins. + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gremlins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gremlins
- ChatGTP 4y ago4d chess…
- aynyc 4y agoNavy doesn't want them anymore. Congress is forcing the Navy to build more, like what congress did with the A10 warhog and M1 tanks.
- mcphage 4y agoThe A-10 Warthog is so cool, though :-(
- bombcar 4y agoThe navy should give them to Ukraine.
- decafninja 4y agoWould they be effective? The Su-25, which is roughly analogous to the A-10, doesn’t seem to be doing so well there.
- david38 4y agoThe A10 is an amazing plane. Ugly, but really good.
- wazoox 4y agoThis is clearly not at all the same class as the Independence, the Cleveland isn't a trimaran. But the obvious loss of competence is quite sobering.
- CoastalCoder 4y agoI agree it's not the same class. But AFAIK (I could be wrong) my concerns about the Independence pertain to all LCS designs.