Monday, May 11, 2009

U.S. Navy Unveils New High-Tech Ship Called USS Freedom That Can Fight Pirates

The USS Freedom can go up against massive enemy fleets and is one of the fastest ships in the Navy to date.

From FOX News:

The United States Navy unveiled a new high-tech ship it says can chase down pirates off the coast of Somalia faster and more aggressively than previous vessels could.

The USS Freedom can go up against massive enemy fleets and is one of the fastest ships in the Navy to date, its commander said in a FOX News "America's Newsroom" exclusive.

"It's more than an evolutionary step forward, it's a revolutionary step forward," Cmdr. Michael Doran told FOX News on Tuesday. "It's highly automated and it's very fast. ... For a piracy mission, we can go out there and cover more water with fewer ships."

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My Comment: This is an expensive ship .... it better do what it has promised that it can do.

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