We Are The Mighty: Why this weak, slow ship is the most important one in the fleet
She doesn't look like much. Weighing in at just under 19,000 tons, this ship doesn't have much in the way of firepower, either. She's relatively slow with a top speed of 23 knots. So, when you look at a Blue Ridge-class ship, you may wonder to yourself, "just what the heck is this thing's purpose?"
The short answer: She's the brains of the fleet. To be more precise, she's there to "provide command and control for fleet commanders" according to the United States Navy. But it's not entirely uncommon for a lesser-armed ship to take on such an important role.
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WNU Editor: I have been studying wars and conflicts and the tools and weapons that are used to wage them for decades. But I have never knew about this ship .... and there are two of them. It also makes sense .... the U.S. Navy will need a command and control center to monitor and coordinate its fleet.
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A LCC is to the Navy what an AWACS is to the Air Force, more or less.
The Iranians know what they are and given them special, loving attention.
Big, fat, slow, high value > i.e. target
Something has to change.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_early_warning_and_control
Great...the brains of the whole operation and it looks like you can sink it by accidently leaving the toilet door open
Anon,
You are a ship's architect now?
Anon,
In tune?
I can observe, read news accounts, etc.
It is not hard to figure out the hominid machinations of the ruling regime. The ayatollahs could act like people and treat the Iranian people decently, but all you need to know about their behavior is to watch a documentary on monkeys.
Your brain smith is a skitzo circus monkey addicted meth
Man Anon, you are going old school with those psych taunts.
I guess you do not read science periodicals and thus have not kept up. The periodicals you read tend to have lots of pictures in them.
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