The expansion of amphibious capabilities is a game changer for the region. It’s a slow shift away from A2AD, albeit locally. This has the Taiwanese General Staff is very worried, and the Philippines are pretty much screaming for help and taking it from where ever they can get it.

Army Apache joint exercises also makes sense when you consider the Cobra upgrade program. The Zulu Cobra finally got the Longbow radar (yay all-weather) and the Marines want to take advantage of Army experience in the nuances the system.

Why not 660’s is a much harder question to answer. The Navy bureaucracy works in mysterious ways

4 tubes are enough. Though 6 would be ideal with the need for decoys considered

perhaps in the next avengers movie we will see a flying submarine. They already got an flying carrier so a sub can’t be that hard.

That was before low interest rates. Why bother getting money from customers when the fed offers it for literally free. Retail banking actually loses them money overall, but is maintained as a form of marketing to keep you in the system.

Aero efficient, I was talking about the missiles. The tube shape isn’t as efficient as say a lifting body would be and decreases effective range of the missile. Which would be possible with the new launch system.

This is what we would call a Big Deal. The 21 inch torpedo tube has restrained naval munition design for so long. Even though most subs fire more missile than torpedoes these days.

oh look summer whites. The one uniform you can use as a prop to tell sea stories, as every event will leave some kind of un-erasable stain on them.

Locked on? probably not. At that distance, getting locked on by aegis might result in broken electronics and funny looking kids

I find it amusing that the battleship arms race of the 20th century was “won” by the US with computers rather than guns, armor, or engines.

Yay for ACLS mode I?

Defensive mines are really effective against Russian naval intrusions. The Russians, and many other burgeoning powers, lack any significant ability in aerial mine clearing, which is critical for projecting power beyond friendly coastal waters and operating in and enemy’s A2AD zone. Minesweeper ships tend to be slow…

The H-6 is the Chinese equivalent of the Bear. They are going to keep those things flying forever and then after that too.

Oh look the old SCANFAR radars.

Yeah this doesn’t make much sense for strike aircraft. Especially strategic bombers.

Well, considering the Parche is the most decorated navy ship ever, expect great things from this boat for a long time to come.

ooo glossy paint, i know the low vis matte stuff is supposed to be better, but damn if fighters don’t look amazing in glossy finishes and clean configs

i can understand mig 23s as f111 stand ins, but what are the 21’s supposed to be?

As anyone who is into motorsports knows, catching up is the easy part. Passing is a whole other story.