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Old 01-12-2008, 16:18 PM   #118 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by B.Smitty View Post
My main problem with this is it starts with a solution (Capital Surface Warship), and then looks back to the requirements.
Actually, it started with Col. Welch's paper which showed the requirements flowed naturally in to using large tube artillery. From there I'd like to lay out the requirements, and from there see what kind of ship emerges.

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Originally Posted by B.Smitty View Post
There are other ways to meet NSFS requirements besides building huge, expensive, gun-armed warships.
So far our current DDX or carrier options are pretty huge and expensive.
No where in my suggested requirements does it say (besides the title) what kind of ship must emerge. Of course, the post assumes that the reader has read Col Welch's paper.
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