(06-26-2021 10:23 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  FWIW---this is why I keep thinking we need to figure out how to make the LCS useful for our current world landscape.

I'm not sure that is doable. For one thing, they can't take a hit. Their basic approach to damage control is if you take a hit anywhere, abandon ship. I don't know how you can take that into a fight.

Quote:On a minimally related topic---I've been amused watching videos on YouTube discussing the absolute mess the Aussie's have made of trying to procure submarines to replace their 6 aging front line subs from the 1980's.

One big problem they've had is too much intervention by politicians with little or no understanding of the situation. Here is an example where Senator Pauline Hanson shows her ignorance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYF08jJi9Hg