Maybe, though a fuel-efficient aircraft baseline developed for Boeing Sonic Cruiser presentations to airlines became the basis of the Boeing 787. There were several cruiser proposals in the 1990s that Friedman outlines in his updated printing of US Destroyers. Most of them were not all that similar...
Do you believe that the naming convention for the Ticonderoga -class would have continued with the CGBL in that ships were named for battles? Or do you believe that these cruisers would have been named for cities within the United States of America and its possessions as was the naming scheme in the...
Well since it falls under Never Built or Proposed Designs, I'll use the program's given name UXV Combatant. In my alternate history project, I named her HMS Pegasus , ex- Ark Royal , for the Royal Navy's first seaplane carrier. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pegasus_%281934%29 The second ship of ...
BAE SYSTEMS SUBMARINE SOLUTIONS MARITIME UNDERWATER FUTURE CAPABILITY The BAE Systems Submarine Solutions Maritime Underwater Future Capability (MUFC) is the replacement for the Astute -class and Vanguard -class nuclear submarines for the Royal Navy currently under study. Like the DCNS Swordship, B...
She's a bit CSGN Mk2 and a bit Invincible, both in design and in mission. I've been trying to find a good set of contacts for Mr? Sims to see if he could point me in the correct direction for more info on both CGBL and MEU. I am very interested in what you find out, TimothyC . Do you know how many ...
I wonder if Secretary of the Navy John Lehman would have named this class U.S.S. Bunker Hill , or the name of another famous battle, or if he would have gone back to naming cruisers for United States cities? As for the document, yes I have that and I've referenced it in my work. As for the MEU, it's...