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Navy warship to trade some speed in firepower, heavier armor
Source: Associated Press
Navy warship to trade some speed in firepower, heavier armor
By DAVID SHARP
Jun. 19, 2016 9:54 AM EDT
BATH, Maine (AP) — The Navy spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to fulfill its need for speed with a new class of fast and agile warships capable of zipping along at highway speeds.
It turns out speed is overrated.
The Navy has learned lessons from the light-and-speedy littoral combat ships: Upcoming ships will trade some speed in favor of more weapons and heavier armor.
Rear Adm. Peter Fanta, director of surface warfare, said the goal is to increase the offensive punch of all warships from the biggest to the smallest. For the littoral combat ship, that'll begin with the installation of over-the-horizon missiles this summer.
"Each ship that I now have — I have to make more lethal because I cannot build ships fast enough, or enough of them," Fanta told The Associated Press.
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By DAVID SHARP
Jun. 19, 2016 9:54 AM EDT
BATH, Maine (AP) — The Navy spent hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to fulfill its need for speed with a new class of fast and agile warships capable of zipping along at highway speeds.
It turns out speed is overrated.
The Navy has learned lessons from the light-and-speedy littoral combat ships: Upcoming ships will trade some speed in favor of more weapons and heavier armor.
Rear Adm. Peter Fanta, director of surface warfare, said the goal is to increase the offensive punch of all warships from the biggest to the smallest. For the littoral combat ship, that'll begin with the installation of over-the-horizon missiles this summer.
"Each ship that I now have — I have to make more lethal because I cannot build ships fast enough, or enough of them," Fanta told The Associated Press.
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Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/aa738d3887a9488bbe504ea53347e801/navy-warship-trade-some-speed-firepower-heavier-armor
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