I never saw where they mentioned this craft's military use or involvement in war efforts (I am a retired disabled Vet). Second, I see many commercial uses for this as well. I would love a half-scale version of this vessel for my private use.
from what i see it not meant to part of the first or maybe 2nd wave of a attack but to bring in the heaver thing so speed to the area and cost of shipping more important
Not the same type boat, although it has some advantages, especially in the secondary phase of a beach landing (secured territory). Better put a gantry crane on it also..
It’s not a comparison video this video is a sales videos. Places like Fraser island this type of bike simply would not be allowed due to the erosion it would cause when departing beach every time
Ha...I'll agree with half of this comment, the Navy design and approval of the LCS bought us a POS ship.... AUSTAL (from a ship perspective, not a warfighter) is actually a stable design. But still, LCS is a big fat POS, a waste of resources.
They don't say if some kind of water jet system is being used. It would make sense to have a common universal water jet system with intakes and outputs 360 degrees around the ship, or at least dual stern and dual bow giving rudder axis control. This would also give a safety and redundancy to the propulsion system in an environment with a lot of for example organic debris, mud, rocks. It wouldn't protect from mines of course, that is another matter. Altogether, I'm impressed by the design, going for dispersed nodes. Yet it's slow and I'd be more impressed with a Corps that was free to pursue a fully airborne force structure, including amphibious wing-in-ground-effect vehicles perhaps. Simultaneously the US Navy would have to be free to pursue a land-based aircraft-based projection program; no more carriers, just long-range aircraft operating globally. So it's immediately a kind of bureaucratic fight, interservice rivalry; the solution I think would be to have redundancy and competition directly between the services. So yeah, you'd have two airborne systems, and two air forces really. Not necessarily a bad thing.
