"The Navy must redesign a capable follow-on ballistic-missile submarine that it can afford."
Makes a lot of sense but the choice to drop torpedoes would be a hard one to swallow...
The Incredible Shrinking SSBN(X)
Started by Brains, Jun 25 2012 08:31 AM
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 10:38 AM
I think the article author's has never played Harpoon in none of his variants ..."The Navy must redesign a capable follow-on ballistic-missile submarine that it can afford."
Makes a lot of sense but the choice to drop torpedoes would be a hard one to swallow...
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 12:28 PM
I thinking dropping a self-defense option and reducing overall speed capability would both be mistakes.
I can accept that the conventional 21 inch heavyweight torpedo may no longer be the best choice for SSBN(X), but there should be something.
Perhaps a hard kill UUV option that can be deployed from the countermeasures tubes or some smaller scale launching device.
I can accept that the conventional 21 inch heavyweight torpedo may no longer be the best choice for SSBN(X), but there should be something.
Perhaps a hard kill UUV option that can be deployed from the countermeasures tubes or some smaller scale launching device.
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