Think how fast the Navy could convert other ships once a prototype proves itself. Also imagine the applications if such ships were used for putting down domestic rebellion in coastal areas. It would also blend into domestic ports much better by not having a traditional military profile/appearance.
This appears aimed for domestic use. Most nations' coast guards, or equivalents, would recognize this for what it is, but sailing it into a domestic port would not be as suspicious, at least until rockets are fired from it, and attack helicopters and SEALs on jetskis are seen leaving it. Probably full of rocket & cruise missile launchers too. Definitely something for domestic use.
Sure would be funny to watch some Somali Pirates try to hijack this ship. I still remember watching movies as a kid about the Q Boats that looked like freighters that when a submarine surfaced to use their deck gun (save the torpedo for war ships) the sub got the surprise of it's life when the deck guns popped out of their hiding places.
Gut makes me wonder how accurate this report is. Typical merchant ship doesn't have a hull up to military standards. Commercial superstructures are also lacking the robust nature of military designs. Does the Navy think it can get close enough to hit a target using jet skis, and still be far enough away to avoid an enemy's wrath? Just seems ill conceived - unless this "mothership" is intended to dominate over mostly unarmed or disarmed populations. BTW, at last check, the Cragside is flagged to the Marshall Islands. How's that for outsourcing?
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Think how fast the Navy could convert other ships once a prototype proves itself. Also imagine the applications if such ships were used for putting down domestic rebellion in coastal areas. It would also blend into domestic ports much better by not having a traditional military profile/appearance.
This appears aimed for domestic use. Most nations' coast guards, or equivalents, would recognize this for what it is, but sailing it into a domestic port would not be as suspicious, at least until rockets are fired from it, and attack helicopters and SEALs on jetskis are seen leaving it. Probably full of rocket & cruise missile launchers too. Definitely something for domestic use.
Or it could, you knoe, be used as a force projection tool in the Pacific where China and North Korea are both credible threats.
Not everything's about stomping patriots.
Sure would be funny to watch some Somali Pirates try to hijack this ship. I still remember watching movies as a kid about the Q Boats that looked like freighters that when a submarine surfaced to use their deck gun (save the torpedo for war ships) the sub got the surprise of it's life when the deck guns popped out of their hiding places.
Gut makes me wonder how accurate this report is. Typical merchant ship doesn't have a hull up to military standards. Commercial superstructures are also lacking the robust nature of military designs. Does the Navy think it can get close enough to hit a target using jet skis, and still be far enough away to avoid an enemy's wrath? Just seems ill conceived - unless this "mothership" is intended to dominate over mostly unarmed or disarmed populations. BTW, at last check, the Cragside is flagged to the Marshall Islands. How's that for outsourcing?
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