France May Scrap Russian Warship Deal over Ukraine Crisis

Two more Mistral for french navy?

sI mean there could be Flanker flying around at further distance. Flanker has long legs with longer range missile. any time it can come after those Short range old F-16s from very far distance. This short endurance fighters have this disadvantage of wasting a lot of imported fuel in takeoff and landing. Combat air patrol are better done with long endurance fighters like Su-27/MIG-31.

Specifications (F-16C Block 50)
Combat radius: 340 mi (295 nmi, 550 km) on a hi-lo-hi mission with four 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs
Ferry range: 2,280 nmi (2,620 mi, 4,220 km) with drop tanks

Specifications (Su-27SK)
Range: 3,530 km (2,070 mi)at altitude; (1,340 km / 800 mi at sea level)

Specifications (Su-35S)
Range:
High altitude: 3,600 km (1,940 nmi)
Ground level: 1,580 km (850 nmi)
Ferry range: 4,500 km (2,430 nmi) with 2 external fuel tanks

Seem fairly comparable to me. That, plus aerial refuelling …..

Yes – add in small vessels, ferries, and hospital ships as part of the combat fleet to hide the actual size of the USN.

`Ships that do not regularly deploy overseas, for example, won’t be counted, but ships of the same type that do will be included.`

So…. USN keep your ships at home.

So the sole qualified bidder “wins” the contract?

You could always decide to NOT built it?

The frigate USS Taylor.

US warship deployed near Sochi runs aground

Well…. ran aground?

A senior Turkish port official said the ship’s propeller scraped the surface as it was mooring at Samsun

http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2014/02/19/us-warship-deployed-near-sochi-runs-aground

US MLP completes acceptance trials

That thing is so weird..

I wanted to turn the Hamilton Class into a Command and Control Frigate and that is why I added the large 3D Long range surveillance radar and a two layered CIWS defense with the Phalanx and the RAM systems. I was going to add the SMART-L Radar to the image but it did not look right so I settled on the AN/SPS-48 radar. These ships would act as flagships with their advanced long range sensors and command the Sea Fighter Class Corvettes and Ambassador MK.III Class Attack Craft in fleet operations.

It used to have a 250 nM SPS-40 two-dimensional, long range air search radar
Larger, heavier AN/SPS-48E displayed range: 220 NM
RAN-40L?
Why not something a little more compact and lighter (Smart S Mk2, TRS-3D, MRR-3D)?

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triple ASW tubes go on the flanks

Schiebel also has designed a larger model, provisionally dubbed the S-200, which would offer 10 hours of flight endurance and a payload of up to 440 pounds.