Friday, January 28, 2011
Pic of the day. Jan, 28, 2011.
M-1A3?
I saw this over at MilitaryPhotos.net...
I'm slightly intrigued. Could that be the prototype for a new M-1A3 that the US Army is developing? The only external difference seems to be the turret but some are speculating that a new larger gun is being used.
I report, you decide.
I'm slightly intrigued. Could that be the prototype for a new M-1A3 that the US Army is developing? The only external difference seems to be the turret but some are speculating that a new larger gun is being used.
I report, you decide.
Large Vessel Interface Lift-on/Lift-off (LVI Lo/Lo) crane
*Note, this is a follow on to the "LCS Tender" post. What do we need to make it work? How about something as mundane as a good crane to transfer gear, containers and such at sea in almost any sea state. The Office of Naval Research already has it covered with the LVI Lo/Lo Crane.
via Office of Naval Research...
it must have a safe deep-water port. By adding the LVI Lo/Lo crane to the Sea Base, the container ship can be off -loaded at sea, with the containers transferred to other modes of transportation for the final leg to the shore. This eliminates the need for a secure deep-water port and enables the flow of containerized logistics through the Sea Base to the shore.
via Office of Naval Research...
What Is It?
The LVI Lo/Lo crane is an advanced motion-compensated at-sea cargo transfer system that will be able to transfer fully-loaded cargo containers between ships at sea in Sea State 4 and below by providing six degrees-of-freedom control of the payload without taglines.How Does It Work?
The system enables the rapid and safe at-sea transfer of standard ISO containers and other heavy loads from military and commercially available ships onto the Sea Base. Capability details include:- Ability to maintain optimal cargo throughput rates through Sea State 4
- Ability to transfer cargo between two ships directly alongside each other at zero forward speed or underway at slow speed in the open ocean.
- Motion sensing and compensation for the ships and/or the cranes will allow safe and efficient transfer of cargobility to transfer car
What Will It Accomplish?
The LVI Lo/Lo crane is a key technology for enabling the fl ow of joint logistics through the Sea Base. Currently, to off -load a container ship,it must have a safe deep-water port. By adding the LVI Lo/Lo crane to the Sea Base, the container ship can be off -loaded at sea, with the containers transferred to other modes of transportation for the final leg to the shore. This eliminates the need for a secure deep-water port and enables the flow of containerized logistics through the Sea Base to the shore.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Rocket fire.
LCS Tenders.
USS Shenandoah |
What does the LCS class desperately need? Some are calling them motherships but the proper name for ships that would carry replacement crews, mission modules (if the tasking changes), extra munitions or even transport specialist or Special Operations troops to support the LCS mission are Tenders. This from Wikipedia...
A destroyer tender is a ship designed to provide maintenance support to a flotilla of destroyers or other small warships. The use of this class has faded from its peak in the first half of the 20th century as the roles of small combatants have evolved (in conjunction with technological advances in propulsion reliability and efficiency).Replace the word 'Destroyer' in the above paragraph with the word 'LCS' and you realize the need exists.
Due to the increased size and automation of modern destroyers, tenders are no longer as necessary as they once were.
My modest proposal. Build a stripped down LPD-17 class hull, place cranes on it and you have instant modern day LCS Tender.
*While looking up information on the Dash Drone, I ran across this site which provides more information on Destroyer Tenders of old. Check it out.
C-5.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Nigel is AWESOME!
A few days ago I ran the a video featuring Nigel Farage. While I support his cause and his words echo my feelings... comments from my European readers were alot less than flattering.
I wrote the UKIP to get a response to the criticisms that flew Nigel's way.
Today I got that response.
Wow.Dear SolomonMany thanks for writing to me about this. I notice that the comments you mention, from your "readers in Europe", do not address the substance of my speech - which was all about the EU's Central Bank bailing out failing eurozone-countries - at all!What those "readers" are saying amounts to an ad hominem attack - an ancient rhetorical device for avoiding an argument you can't win - and, in addition, this attack is the oldest canard in the book - "racism", if you please, when UKIP is a declared libertarian, inclusive, democratic Party, battling to remove the megalomanic grasp of the Brussels-bureaucrats from our social, economic, political and judicial throat!I don't think you can take it seriously. UKIP always says , "love Europe - hate the EU!" It is the neo-soviet EU-system, we are fighting, and the Quisling-conspirators in national governments, who have created this system, and who stay in power, because they are using taxpayers' money, via the EU and directly, to bribe the media and all society's opinion-formers to support them.As for our neighbours, European and otherwise, we fear for them - as the EU's power grows - just as much as we fear for ourselves.What your critics are saying is cynical tosh.Yours sincerelyNigel
Nigel rocks!
Navy/Marine Team Practice "Logistics" in the runup to Cobra Gold 11...
“An MPF squadron, like MPSRON 3, can support a brigade sized element of more than 16,000 for up to 30 days. For Exercise Cobra Gold ’11, the MPF will provide 160 pieces of equipment that will be utilized by units within 3rd MEB,” said Lt. Col. Michael Curtin, 3rd MEB logistics officer. “MPSRON 3 is an operational asset to the Navy’s Seventh Fleet focusing on the Asia-Pacific region.”
Monday, January 24, 2011
F-35 final development jet.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Appeasement is the proper policy towards Confucian China???
via The Telegraph.
The correct statecraft for the West is to treat Beijing politely but firmly as a member of global club, gambling that the Confucian ethic will over time incline China to a quest for global as well as national concord. Until we face irrefutable evidence that this Confucian bet has failed, 'Boltonism’ must be crushed.Wow!
Appeasement, your hour has come.
Wow!
Wow!
Before any action is taken...after we have acquiesced to every demand...the pacifist want even more.
Wow!
If you feel like being highly pissed off then read the whole thing, but remember, I warned you!
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