Only 2 DDX ships?
Did anyone catch Matt's latest posting on the DD(X) repository thread? Latest post 5/1 It appears that this proposal is being taken seriously. If we build only 2 DD(X) -- sorry, DDG1000 ships -- as...
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the cost of the Army and Air national guards; no surprise there. My guess is that by the FY 09 budget, we'll be looking at a 50 percent cut in the current OOB, all branches - the Navy and Marines will...
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FY2007 NDAA - Summary of Committee Mark-Up (05/03/2006) Congress Daily Article (04/27/2006) Aerospace Daily Article (04/28/2006) MARINELOG Article (04/28/2006)
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The Senate Armed Services Committee completed its markup of FY07 National Defense Authorization Bill yesterday (05/04/2006), which contains no provision for a 2-ship limit on DD(X) : FY2007 NDAA -...
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Quote:Prediction: DDX goes away, and the LCS is expanded into a more capable "DEX" type design. The hi-lo mix are Burkes (including probably a Flight IV) and the resulting DEX... LCS will evolve into...
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Quote:LCS will evolve into a somewhat more capable frigate replacement within the hi-lo mix Most probably. Quote:but DDX/DDG-1000 will not be cancelled since the program feeds too many Congressional...
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I think that the US armed forces are going to end up going to their historic "peace time" levels, which is probably on the order of 2% of GDP (vs about 4% now, according to...
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Hi, Ive seen a couple people suggest that they think the LCS will eventually turn into some form of Frigate or light destroyer, but it is unclear to me what they really mean. As I understand it, the...
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I have a different take on the changes, mostly due to the compelling Testimony given to both chambers regarding the results of the QDR, the questions raised regarding the 313 ship plan, and the Navy...
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Interesting, I had not considered counting VLS cells as a measure of fleet sufficiency. I can see the validity of it, but in a narrow sense. Isn't it usually countered with the "only x # of hulls...
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Quote:Isn't it usually countered with the "only x # of hulls available, and we need them in x + 1 regions of the world" argument? Didn't the Navy concede that argument when the number of hulls was...
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Your argument also assume the 8000 VLS is all that is needed, with out providing proof that 8000 is enough to cover the needed of the navy. It should be remembered that one reason for building DD21...
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Quote:Your argument also assume the 8000 VLS is all that is needed, with out providing proof that 8000 is enough to cover the needed of the navy. Therefore I ask you to prove that less that the 8000...
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Quote:The problem isn't Congress going after the DD(X) program, the problem is how rediculous the 313-ship plan is, and how it doesn't even meet the Navy's own stated requirements, unless 30% fewer...
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Quote:Ah, I get it. You're arguing that the Navy's surface fleet plan is too low. It appeared (to me at least) that you were arguing the opposite, based on the VLS metric. I am not advocating either...
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Excellent sources, thank you, exactly what I was looking for. Ben
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Galrahn, in your various responses, you have put your finger on a number of important issues. I would place these issues into the following context: (1) The cost in time and money needed to achieve...
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where Defense "needs to meet requirements" are adjusted to match the budget without openly admitting it... or even changing the public list of "needs".
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Hi, I looked over the discussions at the link you provided, and have to say that, although I'm definitely not an LCS enthusiast at this time, I didn't really find the arguments in support of an LPD-17...
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In Construction Project Management 101, we were told that if your customer really doesn't know what he wants, tell him to bring lots of money. He'll need it. Etc etc. Anyway, something which was left...
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