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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Strike_Missile

If you're keeping TLAM with the AAW capability, be sure your VLS is Strike Length, since that's the only one that'll hold a TLAM. That also opens the door for Standard and the larger Aster missiles.

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The drawing is in need of an updated, but this is a real USN proposal for a fire support ship:

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5" Surface to Surface rockets?

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I think so yeah.

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Sweet. I'd hate to be on the business end of that beastie. 80 rounds per minute of 5" shells, 20-24 rounds per minute of 8" shells, and a massive volley of those rockets...It's a whole case of whoop-ass.

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Is it my imagination or does it look like she would roll over in the first half decent fart of a cross wind?

If her beam is wide enough, maybe not.

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lol, there's a lot of work that needs to be done on that drawing, such as the rocket launchers and the layout needs work too....
...wait what?


Also, lol, "Pride of the Fleet." I'm glad some of his drawings survived, at least.

Well it's very very close to the USN designs that were developed and shown in Friedman's US Amphibious Ships and Craft
I have a few saved.

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It's sorta like a super-charged USS Carronade (Which I am working on btw)

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