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Dorstein posted:I'm amazed they actually picked the reasonable small boy design. Good job Fincantieri lobbyists! It's 3/4 the weight and 50 ft short of burke. Seems pretty big no? piL posted:Personally, I think it was when we emphasized survivability over lethality and got bigger than an LCS instead of smaller. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFG(X)#/media/File:Proposed_Government_Furnished_Equipment_for_FFG(X).png I have a hard time seeing how the requirement for mk 41 32 VLS, 8 (16 objective) NSMs and spare power for a 150kw laser would fit in a smaller platform than the LCS. Also, these requirements seem quite a bit more lethal than either the LCS or the "up-gunned" LCS that was discussed for some time.
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Madurai posted:Does the NSM have a tri-service number? RGM-something? Or have we just ditched that system entirely? Google says https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/10/nsm-naval-strike-missile-now-has-a-u-s-navy-designation/
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DustyNuts posted:Endless subdivision, cultureless, strip mall hell. So - most of America.
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Nick Soapdish posted:I mean, one was an enemy mine and one is a pier-side fire, I could see them decomming a non-combat casualty streets ahead of a combat casualty I'm guessing it's more of a fiscal issue. What would it take to repair LHD-6 that's now 22 years since commission vs adding an additional buy on the LHA line. The Roberts was pretty early into it's service life which was the tail end of the FFG line and no immediate FFG replacement line.
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piL posted:Has anyone seen any literature on this phenomena of how hard it is to actually make these systems work in the dod cyber beauracracy? GAO type reports can sometimes - enlighten your world, but my assumption is anything current is going to be FOUO or higher. There have been case studies on various USG IT projects that have gone off the rails. This one in particular has some good reports. https://www.infoworld.com/article/2672020/anatomy-of-an-it-disaster--how-the-fbi-blew-it.html
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cubivore posted:Hi Navygoons. I have a little less than a year left so I'd like to ask advice about what I should do, what I should look into, etc. If you decide to not go down the programming road, throwing at a link for DOS FS gig: https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/565821000 based on your .mil experience. You do mostly spend your career OCONUS, and occasionally you may find yourself working in such gems as Benghazi, so buyer beware. But, you can also get 3 year gigs in London with paid housing so...
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MrYenko posted:I have an old-payscale Operations Manager (so, guesstimate ~$180k/yr gross after locality and everything) who seems to be convinced that they’re going to be able to pick up a similar salary in the private sector (where no one is hiring without proof of vaccination.) If my guy quits over this, I'm 99% sure a "card" will materialize for his next job, assuming it's not for uncle sam. So loving stupid
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Do you call, say, Mexico "the Mexico" too? Yes, the United Mexican States similar to why we also use "the" when in reference to the U.S.
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:That's not what I was talking about though. Or do you actually use the phrase "the Mexico" verbatim? What about "the Canada" or "the Sweden"? My point is, if you're discussing the significance of Ukraine dropping the English article "the", "Mexico" isn't the best example, because the official name of "Mexico" would likely be correct to use "the" i.e. Estados Unidos Mexicanos (which would probably be said los Estados Unidos Mexicanos), and that has it's own history around the official name vs colloquial name. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mexico-is-technically-the-united-mexican-states-and-isnt-too-happy-about-it-143048853/ "Mexico" has a little bit of a challenge in that when we usually reference say, "Germany" it traces back to Federal Republic of Germany whereas you get Mexican or States with "Mexico". Estados Unidos Mexicanos is also a little similar to Estados Unidos de America, which has it's own issues.
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