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| Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light (HSL) 42 departs Mayport, Fla. June 29 with four Fire Scout aboard USS Klakring (FFG 42).With a record number of Fire Scouts aboard the ship, the Navy’s goal is to significantly increase maritime surveillance support to combatant commanders.(U.S. Navy photo) |
Friday, June 29, 2012
4 FireScouts deploy a board the USS Klakring
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So the innovative USN ship deploying with 4 Fire Scouts is a general purpose frigate scheduled to be decommissioned next March? Too bad the ship "replacing" them, LCS, can't escort, radar picket, asw (unless it has the asw module), even protect itself from aerial threats much less provide other ships with coverage, or provide any SSM capability against warships.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing actually useful LCS does is carry two helicopters exactly like the 1970's designed FFG-7 class general purpose frigate. One might be forgiven for suspecting that on various levels the USN is out of it's mind.
Lane theres no suspecting about it IMO, they are out of their mind on the LCS issue, we need a true frigate/corvette/destroyer escort type ship, i would love to see something like a weaponized version of the JHSV, you can add some radars, torpedo tubes, sonars both on the hull and towed, etc. Either that or the international variant of the LCS that has VLS cells in it along with AEGIS combat systems.
ReplyDeleteAh wait a minute. the Navy has been talking about FireScout only air dets for awhile now (using HSL crews). While LCS-1 has a hangar limited to two birds up to H-60, the LCS-2 class can definitely house a "combined air det". I think the earlier limitations were on control systems istalled?
ReplyDeleteWhile not an LCS lover, this does move the Navy forward with mulitple UAV ops off one ship. And probably gets some air assets needed "over there"?
Having wathched JHSV and been ON Spearhead, I too would like to see a armed naval auxiliary, BUT the Navy ain't buying that concept. Not room for heavy weaps you mentioned onboard JHSV, could take one H-60 with mods.