Posted on Sep 1, 2016
In the last several months, the fourth of six Navy Littoral Combat ships has suffered mission-ending power plant issues. Are more possible?
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Less than 2 days after the US Navy revealed a third mechanical breakdown, in a year, of one of its $360 million littoral combat ships, the service has announced a fourth. The USS Coronado was on its way back to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after suffering an "engineering casualty," a Navy statement said. It is expected to reveal more about what happened after an inspection. Is this "Disaster by Design?"
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The V-22 Osprey, UH-60 Blackhawk, Bradley Fighting Vehicle, M16 rifle...do you know what these things all have in common? These are all examples of early, repeated failures of new systems that evolved into major combat systems that are employed by the US military today. These systems started off with major cost over runs and are blamed for serious loss of life through catastrophic failures during testing or early fielding due to accidents or unreliability. These faults were eventually fixed and have become staples of American military power.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
Right on. Exactly what I said above and in a similar comment about the F-35
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SCPO (Join to see) I know you are probably looking for an educated answer, but just wanted to say that this issue no longer seems to be isolated and quite frankly is dangerous. Recall!!!
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Not going to repeat my comment from a similar post concerning the F-35, so lets just say this is all the same issue. You don't create cutting edge technological weapons systems without problems, period. Dare anyone to come up with any major weapon system that has not had problems and modifications during its first ten years or so of operations.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
LCDR (Join to see) - Had totally forgotten V-22, talk about an aircraft that had issues, but as you said, a mainstay today.
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Could you imagine being the first guy to fire a ballista? I bet he did not live a long life.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
LCDR (Join to see) - Wonder if the guy who cranked it back also fired it or if they had a crew? Either way, glad it wasn't me. Also bet the first wheel had issues
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