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MCPO Roger Collins
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Questions from a submarine sailor. What battle space is the LCS intended for? Is this vessel superior to existing modern war ships in service, ours and “theirs. How reliable are they?
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CWO3 Dennis M.
CWO3 Dennis M.
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Roger, I will leave that for the younger guys, I am sure LCDR (Join to see) will chime in and maybe LT Brad McInnis too?
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LT Brad McInnis
LT Brad McInnis
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CWO3 Dennis M. MCPO Roger Collins The battlespace, as I saw it when I was working on the CS portion years ago, was to have the LCS cover missions and roles that other ships are doing. These missions can be anywhere, really, but what it does is free up these other ships to do missions only they can do. Kinda like you don't need a Ferrari to get to work everyday, when a Honda will do... Hope that makes sense!
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MCPO Roger Collins
MCPO Roger Collins
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Here is a similar situation to our LCS.


https://m.slashdot.org/story/337137
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LT Brad McInnis
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Not a bad test!
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CWO3 Dennis M.
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LCDR (Join to see) I am no LCS hater, just the opposite! My background as a STO on a SM-2 Nuke Cruiser and Combat Systems Officer at an Aegis Facility was always with the state-of-the-art weapons systems! In my wildest dreams I could not imagine a ship capable of firing an air to surface Hellfire missile!! Wow! I am very impressed!
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CWO3 Dennis M.
CWO3 Dennis M.
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LCDR (Join to see) - Bill The SYS-2 was not in use when I retired in 1990 and we didn't get to play with it at the CSEDS in Moorestown NJ.. I think it deployed in 2000? So, I can't speak to it. From what I heard about it, it is very good, but I personally don't know? It is a bitch being a dinosaur!
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CWO3 Dennis M. - LOL, I got to experience it on the USS MISSISSIPPI then went to an Aegis Destroyer after that. While you have the disadvantage of rotating radars the 48 seemed to offer a more robust ability to overcome environmental effects.
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CWO3 Dennis M.
CWO3 Dennis M.
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LCDR (Join to see) - The 48 has always been a great radar, I remember its predecessor too, the old 30 radar, looked like a dish with a canon!
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SN Greg Wright
SN Greg Wright
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LCDR (Join to see) - Whoa, you were stationed on the Mississippi? Color me jealous. Edit: Oh, CGN 40. I was thinking BB for some reason. Still cool!
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