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    crest replied to the thread The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread.
    Yeah this is a real problem, without large urban areas or prepared defences drone crews are very vulnerable, not to mention the quality...
  • Feanor
    Feanor replied to the thread The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread.
    It appears Russia has begun injecting infantry teams across the Gaychur river. Technically this means they've penetrated Ukraine's last...
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    Volkodav replied to the thread US Navy News and updates.
    Then there is the whole "fallacy of the existing design" ethos. Basically you reach the point, very rapidly, and in particular if you...
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    Volkodav reacted to Systems Adict's post in the thread US Navy News and updates with Like Like.
    When the Constellation class was 1st announced Type 26 was NEVER considered, as it "Was not a proven in-service design". The sad thing...
  • John Fedup
    John Fedup replied to the thread US Navy News and updates.
    Built in Canada isn't an option of course but the River design could be licensed by a US yard. Given the USN's record lately, probably...
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    John Fedup reacted to swerve's post in the thread US Navy News and updates with Like Like.
    Not really surprising. They either picked the wrong ship, or couldn't resist specifications creep. The whole thing has certainly been...
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    d-ron84 reacted to John Fedup's post in the thread US Navy News and updates with Like Like.
    Not likely or this would have been done after the LCS program. To be fair, at least they cancelled Constellation earlier rather than...
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    Likely? Likely?! That is sort of like asking if water is wet. One of the other things to consider is whether or not Japanese...
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    Jezza reacted to hauritz's post in the thread US Navy News and updates with Like Like.
    Should make the free world very concerned that the US seems to have lost the ability to build ships. First the failure to lift the build...
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    hauritz replied to the thread US Navy News and updates.
    Should make the free world very concerned that the US seems to have lost the ability to build ships. First the failure to lift the build...
  • Systems Adict
    Systems Adict replied to the thread US Navy News and updates.
    When the Constellation class was 1st announced Type 26 was NEVER considered, as it "Was not a proven in-service design". The sad thing...
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    swerve reacted to SolarisKenzo's post in the thread US Navy News and updates with Like Like.
    The USN selected the FREMM to have a proven-design already being used in dozens of units in Europe, then decided to basically order a...
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    swerve reacted to spoz's post in the thread US Navy News and updates with Like Like.
    Or just build to print Mogamis, or the USCG OPC or Legend with revised armament and sensors (for which they are already scoped) or T31...
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    swerve replied to the thread US Navy News and updates.
    Not really surprising. They either picked the wrong ship, or couldn't resist specifications creep. The whole thing has certainly been...
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    swerve replied to the thread Royal New Zealand Air Force.
    The C-2 would have higher operating costs, probably quite a lot higher.
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