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PXM -- A modern subchaser for the USN
A few months ago, I posted a thread on a briefing with several more or less obscure frigate concepts for the USN. One of the designs included in that brief is the PXM, which I described at the time as a rabbit hole. This thread is my attempt to chase that rabbit as far as I can go, starting from...- TomS
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- 1980s advanced marine vehicle anti-submarine warfare anti-surface warfare boeing continuing concept formulation (conform) escort vessel frigate hydrofoil naval sea systems command navsea navsea surface ship continuing concept formulation north atlantic treaty organisation patrol combatant multi-mission patrol vessel subchaser surface effect ship united states united states navy
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US Navy CONFORM submarine
Images of a model from the US Navy concept formulation (CONFORM) submarine project from the late 1960s. CONFORM was a possible follow-on to the Permit (SSN 594) and Sturgeon (SSN 637) classes devised by Naval Sea Systems Command (NavSea) circa 1967-68. By November 1968, the initial CONFORM...- Triton
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- aec atomic energy commission attack submarine buships cold war continuing concept formulation (conform) navsea navships nuclear powered vessels ssn submarine united states united states navy
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USN Aviation Cruiser Concepts (CGV & MEU Studies)
I cross-posted this at the Warships Projects Board.... The 16th edition Norman Polmars' Ships and Aircraft of the US Fleet (pp89-90) mentions a number of unusual carrier proposals being looked at at by the bottom up review at the time of publishing (1997). They range from an "ultra large...- Brickmuppet
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- 1980s cold war continuing concept formulation (conform) cruiser guided missile aviation cruiser swath united states united states navy us navy
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