Hello gentlemen. Setting: - This is being submitted to you (the members of the House/Senate Armed Forces Appropriations Committee) one year after I am elected President on 2016. Why or how I achieved this is unimportant... - All remaining Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates decommissioned in 2016-201...
Is four months a necro? Anways... I do appreciate the out of box idea here, but am weary of the hull stresses that make the idea impossible as drawn. So since I am no expert on hull forms a few questions for ace? 1.) My first impression as to why this hull would break is due to the weight of the gun...
Is there a reason for the separated boat decks? If you put them side by side yiu can use one boat davit to revise both. Also since they are recessed into the hull maybe consider a sliding door or screed for both stealth and preservation. Also, are those some sort of VLS cells forward of the forward ...
My first drawing! Ha. Anyways... This is the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle, or LEMV. It is a hybrid airship being developed by the Army for use as an intelligence observation and sensor platform as well as a communication relay for line of sight comms in rough terrain such as mountains o...
I often wonder if ASW blimps could still be used as a relatively cheap "net" in an area with many islands and miles and miles of coastline (see: my SMS nation North Point). I've often stated that North Point has a fleet of blimps used for ASW patrol, but have recently decided to scrap them. However...
A couple of things. I don't think the overall concept of modern military airships is entirely outside the realm of reality, but rather suffers overcoming the momentum of current programs and a limited range of operational opportunities. The fact is that the P-3 and its replacement exist and at the v...