Re: Ortillery platforms

All the ideas I've been seeing have been really informative.  I've been 
thinkign a bit more and got to wondering if Ortillery might be included
in 
Assault ships for initial support, speicalized vessels coming in when
more 
punch was needed, with dedicated barges, satellites, and platforms being

used for those really nasty, drawn out campaigns.

Eli

>From: Robert Crawford <crawford@kloognome.com>
>Reply-To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
>To: gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
>Subject: Re: Ortillery platforms
>Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:43:24 -0500
>
>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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