Thread 213546835

>>213546835 (OP)
because they painted it in some gay ass 'stealth coating' that they never actually tested at sea

also the upper part is carbon fiber or something where the caoating is totally peeling off

Yep, it's completely over

>>213546835 (OP)
Literally every 7th fleet ship looks like this. Some of the hulls will straight up look orange. This is what happens when you use non-lead based paint and spend several months at sea.

>>213546835 (OP)

> USS Michael Monsoor

saar... I don't feel so good, bloody benchod

>>213546835 (OP)
smoky kuznetsov
vs
shart in the port

who wins?

>>213546835 (OP)
>We're going to equip it with next gen guns because it'll be cheaper and we'll develop a bunch of different ammo types for it
>Weapon system not even finished
>Don't develop any ammo for said guns
>Completely stop development for said guns
>Existing ammo is ridiculously expensive due to low production
>Plan to convert it into a missile destroyer anyway
>Learn nothing from this clusterfuck and turn the constellation class into expensive convoluted mess too
The US navy everybody

>>213549337
Could be worse, read this story from a US officer dealing with indians.

https://defence.pk/threads/us-naval-officer-spent-5-days-onboard-an-indian-navy-warship-ins-delhi.129031/

>>213549337
The USN is so far ahead of everyone that they really don't know where they're going. Look at the pre-Dreadnought era of ship designs where you get all sorts of weird ships. It's easy* to build a ship according to established designs.

*not really. See: latest Nork warship bondoogle.

>>213546835 (OP)
>USS Mihir Monsaar
>covered in shit

Can't make this... well, shit, up.

>>213549337
>Ammunition was supposed to cost 35k per shell; LRLAP cost per shell is up to $1 million.
>Tomahawk with far greater range costs $1.8-2 million
>Replace only one gun
>Hypersonic missiles meant to replace gun also not finished yet

Explain how this shit costs $9B, not counting staffing and maintenance. And they wanted to build 32 of these (nearly $300B) before cancelling the project.

Seems like a huge scam, and somebody's pocketing the money.

>>213549464
Lol. India sunk their brand new submarine because they forgot to close the hatch once
>>213549513
The US navy doesn't have the slightest idea what it needs or wants and is plagued ad hoc requirements, and by starting projects before they are even finished with planning. See latest constellation class- they chose an existing European design to cut cost, and changed 80% of the ship during construction because navy command keeps making up new requirements as they go. Meanwhile the navy has to keep building Arleigh Burke class ships to ensure its navy actually has ships.

>>213549668
>Overly ambitious
>Admiral that want to go back to old doctrine (land attack and shore bombardment)
>Key systems that weren't even finished before the keel was laid down
>Mission shift
>Delays and neglected ship building capability
>Higher ups keep sticking their noses where they don't belong
etc etc

>>213549800
The thing is there was a law that kept 2 of the updated iowa class in reserve status for shore bombardment duty, and the zumwalts were supposed to replace them. That got the last 2 iowas stricken and we didn't even end up with a decent shore bombardment capability from the zumwalts.

Should of named it USS Epstein