My chips are wet
Well Jonsey…thanks for pissing on the chips,
You make some valid points…and some obvious ones…thats why there are not too many small carriers around and no mini carriers yet. TLAM/Mk41 as an alternative for some contries such as Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia take things to a new level…could they be sold TLAM’s??.
Crossbow concept seems interesting and reflects more recent thinking out of america – stealth vessel with stealth UAV’s – pin point first strike capability against key assests. Its easy to nay say an idea, its something better to explore and test the possibilities and limits of a concept…war fighting is a thinking game. Its not the weapon itself but how it is used…and we can rely on human inventivness to come up with differrent applications and operational approaches. Anyway enough..
As for skyhook you do have to be careful that the images shown are not interpreted in the wrong way. I think as a recovery ‘method’ it was something worth investigating…not necessarily for application to frigates. Prehaps its best application would have been to vessels such as Moskova, Vittorio Veneto, Jeanne d’arc and some AOR’s. Just a couple of drawings of skyhook ships.
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