tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post5945352652400517920..comments2024-03-27T06:40:56.148-04:00Comments on EagleSpeak: Let's Have "Missile Barges" (and More) NowMark Tempesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172703868541571574noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-44179713016735955942020-10-21T16:58:18.720-04:002020-10-21T16:58:18.720-04:00What about the Navy buying a double hull container...What about the Navy buying a double hull container ship, and filling the void between the two hulls with a light weight concrete for added armor protection. It would be easy to retrofit to add the concrete, and the extra protection. From there bolt on the firepower needed. You would have a ship that can take some hits from the side, for pretty cheap, and have a large magazine of ammo.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12663992417985675734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-71645558173277752892020-06-11T08:56:50.143-04:002020-06-11T08:56:50.143-04:00Well, I have been hanging around sealift for awhil...Well, I have been hanging around sealift for awhile and I am not sure what "Sealift Triangle" you are referring to. <br /><br />As to not fitting into the DTS, this is something new. Change is coming, we need to be ready for it. As commercial shipper explore unmanned transportation vessels, so should the Navy.Mark Tempesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18172703868541571574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-54537201955398646842020-06-11T01:25:44.243-04:002020-06-11T01:25:44.243-04:00Well here we go again! DARPA and ONR dream up thes...Well here we go again! DARPA and ONR dream up these advanced marine vessels which go fast and now go unmanned, but they FAIL to understand the Sealift Triangle. And they DO NOT fit into the Defense Transportation Systemleeseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17298885912449392794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-22038375266234321312020-06-09T20:17:43.980-04:002020-06-09T20:17:43.980-04:00I have always thought, when asked, the Navy enlist...I have always thought, when asked, the Navy enlisted men and women come up with some brilliant ideas and often kept me and many others from some really dumb mistakes. Not all the dumb mistakes I could find, but many of them. Mark Tempesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18172703868541571574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-76563264564263362572020-06-09T19:43:48.561-04:002020-06-09T19:43:48.561-04:00Good Idea, Great Article. Sadly, we must never un...Good Idea, Great Article. Sadly, we must never under estimate the ability of the spec writers and procurement bureaucracy to keep adding "upgrades" until the weapon system becomes so outrageously overpriced that it is scrapped. The "pros" are the problem, not the solution. But heck, what do I know? I was just an enlisted numbskull. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-12808208749001375492020-06-09T15:16:15.414-04:002020-06-09T15:16:15.414-04:00As missles get smarter, the missle transporters ca...As missles get smarter, the missle transporters can be simpler and ideally carry more of them. <br /><br />Your and others promotion fits this and not just for navies. I remember an idea from way back of taking a 747 and having it simply carry a lot of missles. More recently the idea is for F-35 s scope out the targets for F-15Xs or others that will deliver the missles on targetAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com