tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post4795896919778290734..comments2024-03-27T06:40:56.148-04:00Comments on EagleSpeak: Monday Second Guessing: "Hydrofoil Development by the United States Navy"Mark Tempesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172703868541571574noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-18501377280757968582014-01-18T11:35:14.716-05:002014-01-18T11:35:14.716-05:00many years ago i was doing the chemotherapy thing ...many years ago i was doing the chemotherapy thing and lo and behold the guy in the adjacent chair had been the coxwin on one of the pegasus's. the british and boeing versions could not "bank" for turns which turned out to be very important as they had to slow down to "tippy toe" around a turn anyway. then one of the pegusas' hit a whale at 70+knots off of san diego and after that they just kind of went away.<br />CAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-73659654489745044512014-01-14T04:26:40.476-05:002014-01-14T04:26:40.476-05:00With a closing speed of 5 knots, the LCS will have...With a closing speed of 5 knots, the LCS will have more than enough time to turn and fight back with it's 57 mm, and don't forget that most of the time the LCS will have 30mm cannons and missile launchers to protect their tails.<br /><br />And even if the PHM would use it's Harpoons, the LCS carry a RAM missile system that should knock Harpoon out as well as other defensive systems.<br />G Lofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-82833229147227722732014-01-13T07:10:31.932-05:002014-01-13T07:10:31.932-05:00Imagine how a PEGASUS would rule the littorals! It...Imagine how a PEGASUS would rule the littorals! It could go around a LCS, come up behind, in the LCSes defenseless zone, and pump 76mm shells into it, until it sank.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com