Comments on: The 1000- 979-ship Navy http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/30/the-1000-979-ship-navy/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:36:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Flatlander http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/30/the-1000-979-ship-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-243010 Flatlander Thu, 04 Sep 2008 18:24:20 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5031#comment-243010 Thanks for that. Call it what you will, it seems an important but rather narrower role. Given this vision, maybe the Navy should be part of the Marine Corps. Thanks for that. Call it what you will, it seems an important but rather narrower role.

Given this vision, maybe the Navy should be part of the Marine Corps.

]]> By: sid http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/30/the-1000-979-ship-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-242451 sid Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:33:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5031#comment-242451 Flatland, <a href="http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/dreadnoughts/" rel="nofollow">here is a more erudite discussion</a> than I can provide. Expeditionary ships are this century's dreadnoughts. Flatland, here is a more erudite discussion than I can provide.

Expeditionary ships are this century’s dreadnoughts.

]]> By: Flatlander http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/30/the-1000-979-ship-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-242269 Flatlander Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:16:11 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5031#comment-242269 Xbrad, if boarding parties are all we need, then the Brits have the right approach. Sid, I am still struggling to break the "littoral warfare" code. Expeditionary assets sounds a lot like the Marine Corps to me. Is it just a fancy way of saying "safe delivery of the Marines ashore?". Xbrad, if boarding parties are all we need, then the Brits have the right approach.

Sid, I am still struggling to break the “littoral warfare” code. Expeditionary assets sounds a lot like the Marine Corps to me. Is it just a fancy way of saying “safe delivery of the Marines ashore?”.

]]> By: XBradTC http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/30/the-1000-979-ship-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-242245 XBradTC Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:16:18 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5031#comment-242245 Flatlander, when you can find me a plane that can stay on station for 45 days and send a boarding party to every vessel that passes by, then we can discuss the irrelevancy of ships. Flatlander, when you can find me a plane that can stay on station for 45 days and send a boarding party to every vessel that passes by, then we can discuss the irrelevancy of ships.

]]> By: Maritime Monday 125 | gCaptain.com http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/30/the-1000-979-ship-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-241635 Maritime Monday 125 | gCaptain.com Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:12:34 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5031#comment-241635 [...] Lex has budget cuts for the Royal Navy in “The 1000- 979-ship Navy“. One commenter points out that the Royal Navy has almost as many active Admirals as they [...] [...] Lex has budget cuts for the Royal Navy in “The 1000- 979-ship Navy“. One commenter points out that the Royal Navy has almost as many active Admirals as they [...]

]]> By: virgil xenophon http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/08/30/the-1000-979-ship-navy/comment-page-1/#comment-241413 virgil xenophon Mon, 01 Sep 2008 04:42:21 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/?p=5031#comment-241413 I'm going to repeat, at the risk of nausea, a previous comment about procurement of expensive systems: "There is a cost to doing something, and a cost to doing nothing; and the cost of doing nothing is often far greater than the cost of doing something." Unfortunately the costs of doing something are heavily concen-trated and occur upfront, while the costs of doing nothing are visited much later when most of the original decision-makers have long since retired or are dead. I’m going to repeat, at the risk of nausea, a previous comment about procurement of expensive systems: “There is a cost to doing something, and a cost to doing nothing; and the cost of doing nothing is often far greater than the cost of doing something.” Unfortunately the costs of doing something are heavily concen-trated and occur upfront, while the costs of doing nothing are visited much later when most of the original decision-makers have long since retired or are dead.

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