LPD's- WOW
Sep 4, 2018 21:22:38 #
Impressive is an understatement
This is a must watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kujcUdWAIwc
Swede
This is a must watch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kujcUdWAIwc
SwedeSep 4, 2018 23:03:03 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
Amazing machinery. Wonder where they think they might use such?
One missile and down it all goes.
One missile and down it all goes.
Sep 5, 2018 07:38:11 #
For security purposes, the defensive capabilities of this ship were not mentioned.
Sep 5, 2018 08:54:11 #
Many uses including, as mentioned and sort of demonstrated, humanitarian. Think rescue missions from hurricanes. Yes, they will also go on military missions. As for one missile - the ship is built so that radar can't get a fix on a straight, flat surface; it's all angles. (also shown in the complete 40 minute video.)
IDguy wrote:
Amazing machinery. Wonder where they think they might use such?
One missile and down it all goes.
One missile and down it all goes.
Sep 5, 2018 12:08:23 #
Sep 5, 2018 12:43:04 #
IDguy
Loc: Idaho
DragonsLady wrote:
Many uses including, as mentioned and sort of demonstrated, humanitarian. Think rescue missions from hurricanes. Yes, they will also go on military missions. As for one missile - the ship is built so that radar can't get a fix on a straight, flat surface; it's all angles. (also shown in the complete 40 minute video.)
There are many ways to guide missiles. Or a nuke within a mile or two.
I have a growing feeling that many of the militaries expensive complex machines are for last centuries’ wars against state armed forces. That world, with a couple of exceptions (Iran and N Korea) is gone.
The future wars against terrorists or insurgents mixed with innocents need different technology.
“Twelve ships of the San Antonio class were proposed, but only eleven were funded. Their original target price was $890 million; as built, their average cost is $1.6 billion.”
The last cost over two billion.
Sep 5, 2018 13:11:19 #
The LPD ship in general is not a new type of ship. They may have been redesigned but they were around over 40 yeas ago. I was a Navy Corpsman with the Marines over 40 years ago and was aboard the USS Austin, LPD-4, for a Mediterranean Cruise. At the time it was a fairly new ship. Its appearance and abilities were undoubtedly less than the new ones being built now, but it was an important ship back then, too
Sep 5, 2018 13:16:19 #
sirlensalot
Loc: Arizona
A definite upgrade from the old LST, but not so revolutionary IMO. It remains an engineering marvel though.
Sep 5, 2018 14:02:57 #
sirlensalot wrote:
A definite upgrade from the old LST, but not so revolutionary IMO. It remains an engineering marvel though.
I do not believe this is an upgrade of the LST, just an upgrade/update of the LPD. The LST was a very different ship, it could get very close to shore due to it's flat bottom construction plus it discharged its cargo and vehicles from the bow of the ship, not the stern as the LPD does. I rode aboard one of them also while with the Marines. My final assignment was aboard a LSD which had a helicopter pad and carried vehicles in a central hold. It also discharged vehicles and watercraft from the stern.
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