LST Development and Death

The LST was a WWII development intended to provide amphibious assault landing capability on a much larger scale than the individu…

Navy's Manned-Unmanned Fleet Concept

Breaking Defense website has an article about the role of unmanned surface vessels in the future combat fleet.   Fascinating stuf…

LCS MCM - What's The Point?

As we all know, the LCS is, by design and intent, utterly useless without a module.   Of course, the first LCS was commissioned…

Why Not Battleships?

The WWII battleships were retired, multiple times, for various reasons, none of which were particularly valid.   The fact remains…

Frigate? That's A Battleship!

The cry from observers for the US Navy to build a frigate is incessant and deafening.  Further, most observers want the frigate t…

How To Build A Cheaper Carrier

Here’s a companion piece to the recent post describing how to build a better, cheaper aircraft and in only five years (see, "…

Break Up The Burkes

The Burke class destroyers are considered a marvel of modern engineering and have set the bar for all subsequent naval warship de…