RE: [FT]SML question

At 9:05 PM -0400 6/18/01, Ryan M Gill wrote:
>If we're worrying about our Littoral that much (full on combat vs 
>customs/border patrol) then the cow waste has hit the HVAC system.
>

You could get a space game out of that concept too.

>I seem to recall one version of some DD having a well deck, but I 
>may be mistaken.

A well deck reminds me of a littoral concept described in Naval Inst. 
Procedings back in 1999  (that still sounds weird). The concept was 
for a small hydrofoil craft, with the ability to semisubmerge and 
equipped with modular bays for on deployment reconfiguration. With a 
stealth design and the hiding thing, they'd be able to lurk off the 
coast until a target presents itself. The bigger amphib ships would 
be able to service them. It's a very futuristic concept and a very 
different type of FAC, but it should work well for extended 
operations off someone elses coastline.

here's the issue TOC, with full text for the above article
http://www.usni.org/Proceedings/Articles99/PROweeks.htm      (I did 
*not* know that Proceedings back issues were online, now we all do)

Speaking of littoral warfare, the same issue (November '99) had an 
article (Lt.Col. Stout, USMC) proposing that the USMC build  a 
twin-engine *prop* plane for the close support role. The author 
suggests an updated F7F. They compare well to the Harrier in many 
important categories, and use proven technology unlike the JSF VTOL. 
The main idea is to get a plane capable of loitering for hours over a 
battlefield with four times the ordnance load of an AV-8B. Operating 
off the amphib carriers would be a cinch for an F7F. They could even 
escort Ospreys

Sadly, this article is not on the USNI website.

>Speaking of small craft...There is an excerpt on Janes about a new 
>Russian FAC..
>
>http://www.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/jni/jni010614_1_n.shtml

Replacing the Tarantul ? I've got a model of a Tarantul class boat 
sitting right over 'there'. I've always liked that class.

And I'm crossposting this to NavWarGames, because we're way OT, 
unless someone wants to adapt FT for mid 21st century littoral 
operations.

http://www.usni.org/Proceedings/PRO1999toc.htm#NOV1999

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