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We ALWAYS have ay least one Freedom Class LCS in BAE Systems Shipyard in Jacksonville, hard to tell if it is the same one but looks like one has taken up semi-permanent residence.Broncepulido wrote: Thu May 05, 2022 1:58 pm Another bad point for ASW tasks!
"LCS is as noisy as an aircraft carrier"
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/20 ... decisions/
The first destroyed the buildings, and I, at first, thought the second missed but wait till the end and you see the secondaries. There where two targets.Gunner98 wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 7:38 pm Perhaps because they were flying so low, probably to avoid AD, that only one of two bombs dropped by the lead worked and it almost Fragged the second aircraft which has to pull up quickly and his bombs go wildly off target...
Also it only happened a couple days ago and it's not much of a strike for CMO
Maybe, not convinced. The first was certainly a hit, and there were secondaries on that for sure, the two bombs that came off the second Flanker went long, one landing in the middle distance and the one of the left almost in the sea - there is a building there but I doubt it was a target and it is still standing in the end. Primary target (assuming that was the building in the middle) destroyed; low level daring attack - yes but; a bit of separation would have had better effect overall and been much safer I think.Blast33 wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 8:15 pmThe first destroyed the buildings, and I, at first, thought the second missed but wait till the end and you see the secondaries. There where two targets.Gunner98 wrote: Tue May 10, 2022 7:38 pm Perhaps because they were flying so low, probably to avoid AD, that only one of two bombs dropped by the lead worked and it almost Fragged the second aircraft which has to pull up quickly and his bombs go wildly off target...
Also it only happened a couple days ago and it's not much of a strike for CMO
But it was daring, also taking the frag into account..
I was searching for something else and stumbled up on this post. You now look like a tactical genius as far as Ukraine goes.BeirutDude wrote: Mon Nov 22, 2021 11:26 am So on Taiwan, my personal take (and it goes for the Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia as well) is it (they) are indefensible in the short run. The trick is to make them as indigestible as possible. If I were calling the shots (and thank God I am not) the Ukraine would be flooded with ATGMs, MANPADs, and other weapons systems to make Putin's task that much harder. For Taiwan. land based/boxed ASCMs and SAMs to take their toll on any PRC invasion force. That won't stop the PLA/PLAN/PLAAF but will make them pay for every inch of Taiwanese ground.
As far as landing any significant U.S./allied SOF, Airborne or Marines, in Taiwan (or the Baltics), IMHO, that's just dumb. Fighting "China's War" as they envision it is a recipe for disaster. Their Achilles heel is trade, resources and power projection. The USN/RN/ Australian Navy/JMSDF are better served destroying anything PLAN/PLAAF going east of the First Island Arc and eventually retaking Okinawa and other Islands lost (and they will be). Meanwhile we destroy China's trade routes/Merchant Marine/Silk Road Initiative infrastructure (bridges) until their economy crashes. Might take a year or two but they will collapse, and that makes any Taiwanese success a Pyrrhic Victory. Bottom line, is we have this idea we have to rush in and save Taiwan (or the Baltics), we can't, but we can take ultimate victory away from them with the long game.
Of course this all assumes nobody gets stupid with nukes...
BTW: I've through about this for a scenario but sinking merchants is pretty boring!