3 ms·
Why can't we just have a technology transfer agreement? Purchase the ships from Finland but make them at a US shipyard? Other countries do that with US defense
by darth_avocado 2y ago
Why can't we just have a technology transfer agreement? Purchase the ships from Finland but make them at a US shipyard? Other countries do that with US defense manufacturers all the time. Purchase items, but with the condition that it will be manufactured in that country.
- fredgrott 2y agothey already do see https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2024/07/10/us-partners-with-canada--finland-to-build-arctic-icebreaker-ships https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2024/0...
- jahewson 2y agoTechnological knowhow is one thing, but the real problem is that we can’t build any kind of ship anymore, neither commercial nor naval: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41456073 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41456073
- supportengineer 2y agoWhat about nuclear powered submarines and aircraft carriers built in Newport News, VA ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport_News_Shipbuilding
- rjsw 2y agoThat is what is being done with the next class of US Navy frigates [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation-class_frigate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation-class_frigate
- pixelesque 2y agoWhich itself is turning into a bit of a disaster in terms of how different they are to the original Italian design...
- seb1204 2y agoYeah, I like to buy that ship again and while you are at it I want you to use imperial bolts, doors opening to the right and extra tall showers. A copy job is never just a copy job.