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Praxus · 09-06-2003, 23:12 PM

My dad worked on the arsenal ship(he was on the team to sell it) for Lockheed Martin and he said the Arsenal Ship was cheaper to run then the Battleship(he said that all the research has been done on the cost), because it only has a crew of 16(BB has crew of over 1500), requires less maintance, and burns less feul.

He says the munitions were going to be a small cost of the whole system. What do you have to say about this?

He also said that the Government gave a 1 billion dollar contract to three different teams to develope the MOB(Mobile Offshore Base) which is gonna have a 1.5km long airstrip and can have a C-5 land on it. He is supposidly involved in this program. This will probley die once the Carrier Admirals get their hands on it. They want to be in charge of a Carrier Group not like 6 barges.

09-06-2003, 23:12 PM	#50 (permalink)
Praxus *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 08-26-03 Posts: 3,237	My dad worked on the arsenal ship(he was on the team to sell it) for Lockheed Martin and he said the Arsenal Ship was cheaper to run then the Battleship(he said that all the research has been done on the cost), because it only has a crew of 16(BB has crew of over 1500), requires less maintance, and burns less feul. He says the munitions were going to be a small cost of the whole system. What do you have to say about this? He also said that the Government gave a 1 billion dollar contract to three different teams to develope the MOB(Mobile Offshore Base) which is gonna have a 1.5km long airstrip and can have a C-5 land on it. He is supposidly involved in this program. This will probley die once the Carrier Admirals get their hands on it. They want to be in charge of a Carrier Group not like 6 barges.