Re: Ortillery platforms

On Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 12:36:46PM -0500, Ryan M Gill wrote:
> I've been thinking about the Ortillery platform/Bomb ketch idea. Why
not 
> a DD or CG sized vessel that has mostly Ortillery, lots of armour, PDS

> low thrust and perhaps a fighter group for Air support? It would be 
> fairly self escorting with a fighter group, but that would push the 
> cost up and the ortillery availabilty down? Granted this doesn't
deviate 
> from what people have proposed already, its merely a futher support of

> such concepts. 

	I think most navies would adopt specialized versions -- an
all-ortillery ship for fire support and a mini-carrier for "air
superiority". You gain flexibility, and can make better use of your
supply chain.

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