gral
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Exactly my thoughts.
Warship Appreciation Thread
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Harlock
I should have expected that really
Story is the catapult tore off the forward landing gear during launch, jet was at max thrust so it couldn't stop. Both men did manage to eject but sadly one got dragged under the carrier. The other made it
Not a proper warship I suppose, but a beautiful pic nonetheless of the South African Icebreaker Endurance22.
Searching for Shackleton?
Sauce (Twitter)
Searching for Shackleton?
Studying the Weddell Sea ice pack is an integral part of Endurance 22 mission - Digital Journal
The search for the Endurance will also give scientists a chance to study the pack ice in the Weddell Sea.
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Sauce (Twitter)
How old is the class?
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
The oldest ship is 8 years old
Well, from what I've heard, the darn things were just boondoggles from the get-go. So I can't say I'm sorry to see them go.
Doomsought
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Basically they wanted to fit some of bulkiest features of a frigate onto a corvette to perform the duty of a PT boat. It would have been more effective to just buy a hundred patrol boats and some merchant ships or America class LHAs as tenders.
Honestly they're another great example of the military industrial complex making promises so they can make sales, and then failing to deliver on those promises. The entire point of these things was they they had a shallow draft so they could be in close to shore, since that's where most of the action was at in the early 2000s, and automation was supposed to mean they could have a small crew, while gas turbines were supposed to let them go fast, and other than the shallow draft, none of the promises have actually been kept as far as those ships were involved. My understanding is that they are kind of scary to be on in anything but the smoothest waters, and are unpleasant to live in, too.
gral
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Makes some sense. They have all the failings of the LCS, while not having the huge helideck of the Independence Class.
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
also the reduction gearings for the non prototypes are just bad
bintananth
behind a desk
Reduction gear ain't easy to get right and ships don't have automatic transmissions.
Knowledgeispower
Ah I love the smell of missile spam in the morning
The problem was that they changed manufacturers from a US based on to a German one and they German one apparently can't make them worth a darn.
Crewmember practicing with a Curved Sword while onboard the Japanese Maritime Self Defense Force Destroyer Ohnami while passing behind them is the Chinese-built Pakistani Naval Destroyer Zulfiquar. From a November 2020 Counter-Piracy Operation in the Gulf of Aden led by the Turkish Navy.
combinedmaritimeforces.com
Japanese Warship concludes its counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden
After six months conducting counter piracy operations with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) in the Gulf of Aden, the Japanese ship Ohnami prepares to return to her home port. The Takanami class d…
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I eagerly await the $500 bucks those SBers who said I didn't know what I was talking about when I said the LCSes were shit to pay me.
gral
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What I've heard about this one is the problem is specifically on the AIP system. The Thais want a German AIP system, and as said above, the Germans refuse to deliver it to China. The solution would be fitting the system in Thailand after completion of the sub, but that increases the price of the sub, and the Thais are trying to get the Chinese to pay for it(I'd say they won't be able to).
