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Originally Posted by Defcon 6
GAO-05-39R Report:
Marine Corps requirements now captured in this draft document.
Document identifies four Joint Fires capabilities gaps:
�� Joint environment—Integrated Fires command and control is not well
defined
�� Weather restrictions—Existing and future target acquisition systems
do not provide sufficient capability to engage moving targets under
restricted weather conditions
�� Collateral damage—Existing and future target acquisition systems do
not provide sufficient capability to engage targets when friendly forces
are in close contact or when causing collateral damage is a concern
�� Fires volume—Insufficiency in existing capability to deliver a large
quantity of fires on multiple targets simultaneously or over a short
period of time
If you take notice of the "Fires Volume" mission requirement, which by the way is one of the 4 gaps listed above. I point out that an Iowa BB would indeed fulfill that requirement if using guided shells.
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Could you tell me where in GAO 05-39R that is? And how they apply to NSFS.
This is in the report: (pg 18 I think)
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No single document has ever addressed the overall capabilities – nor the balance
between different systems – that will be required to provide effective, continuous,
and sustainable supporting fires for increasingly capable expeditionary forces
operating ashore.
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Now what that tells me is we havn't seen if these "Gaps" are highlighting a real lack of capability or if it is a percieved shortfall in one leg of the triad that has been replaced by an increase in the ability of a system in another leg.