New battleships and frigates won’t solve the Navy’s problem
New battleships and frigates won’t solve the Navy’s problem
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B3VyWRmilg
Tag: ships
The US Navy’s $1.6 Trillion Plan to Defeat China
The US is having trouble building its navy partially because it doesn’t have enough skilled people. It takes 8 years to get people fully up to speed, and it is having trouble keeping its aging workforce on the job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2W99bL_TEQ
Affordable Lethality: Why the U.S. Needs Conventional Submarines by Jim Halsell and Jordan Spector
The U.S. needs more diesel attack submarines in addition to their nuclear subs because numbers matter and nuclear subs are too expensive.
They could have partners help construct these subs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DV6I7jyOeuQ
Why America’s Littoral Combat Ship is NOT in combat
The Navy said they didn’t want any more littoral combat ships because they sucked, but Congress spent a bunch more money building more of them due to district politics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT7TWwMj8OQ
US Navy and Coast Guard Shipbuilding in Disarray and No US Commercial Shipbuilding
U.S. having major problems building and maintaining ships.
Many leadership positions are empty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOHKog66DaA
US Navy and Coast Guard Shipbuilding in Disarray and No US Commercial Shipbuilding
U.S. having a lot of trouble building and maintaining ships.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOHKog66DaA
The Houthi Red Sea Crisis – Complete Animated Documentary
The Houthi Red Sea Crisis – Complete Animated Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7C2XMRbgmQ
How Russian Tricks Try To Hide Its Warships From The Ukrainians
Ships are painted and covered in such ways as to camouflage them and make them hard to identify.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijdb9BYe18Q
This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.
“The Aiviq’s Louisiana builder has made more than $7 million in political contributions since 2012. For much of that time, Edison Chouest sought to sell or lease the ship.”
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“The Coast Guard’s $125 million purchase of the Aiviq, made under congressional pressure, follows the service’s failure to get its preferred, $1 billion model built.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/aiviq-icebreaker-military-coast-guard
RUSSIAN Sabotage?
Ship with Russian captain “accidentally” rammed an anchored ship carrying fuel for U.S. Navy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlPgAIuALWk