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Title: I knew Europe was stingy with their defense spending, but this is ridiculous...
Post by: GRUNHERZ on August 03, 2003, 04:01:33 AM: Thx Nilsen! :D

(http://www.26mtb.com/bilder2001-2002/1-20/images/skjold.jpg)
Title: I knew Europe was stingy with their defense spending, but this is ridiculous...
Post by: takeda on August 03, 2003, 05:42:57 AM: Aren't you yanks flying your silly RC planes all around? :D
Title: I knew Europe was stingy with their defense spending, but this is ridiculous...
Post by: Darkfire on August 03, 2003, 05:47:20 AM: yea rc planes with nukes lol :p
Title: I knew Europe was stingy with their defense spending, but this is ridiculous...
Post by: Jack55 on August 03, 2003, 08:08:28 AM: New Malibu Barbie accessory?
Title: I knew Europe was stingy with their defense spending, but this is ridiculous...
Post by: _Schadenfreude_ on August 03, 2003, 08:20:34 AM: What is it anyway?
Title: I knew Europe was stingy with their defense spending, but this is ridiculous...
Post by: Nilsen on August 03, 2003, 08:39:13 AM: LOL grun... :D

That is a model of our new class of FPB, the Skjold class. The big one has finished its trials and series production is starting soon.
The Skjold is actually the worlds fastest warship and has made 59,8 knots with sandbags onboard to simulate full warload. It has been in the US for a while cause they may buy several of them for use by special ops and coastal warfare.

Its a stealthy designed cushioned boat with waterjets. Its gonna be armed with 8 newly designed 150nm asm missiles and an oto melara gun + chaff/flares and manpad mistral missiles. Plenty of room inside for special forces and their ribs. Ive been on a short trip with it and its wierd driving a boat with a joystick :D

(http://www.knmskjold.org/logg2001/Little%20Creek.jpg)
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Post by: Dowding on August 03, 2003, 08:58:31 AM: It looks the business. Twin hulled, nilsen?
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Post by: Nilsen on August 03, 2003, 09:02:45 AM: yep dowding

"A SES is in principle based on a catamaran hull where lift fans blow air into an air cushion between the hulls. Rubber finger type seals in the bow and a bag seal in the stern close the air-leakage. An air pressure equivalent to abt. 0.5m water column is maintained and controlled by a Ride Control System"
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Post by: _Schadenfreude_ on August 03, 2003, 09:59:58 AM: Be pretty good for the export market for coastal waters and small navies.
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Post by: DiabloTX on August 03, 2003, 02:49:26 PM: You're gonna see a huge growth in littoral weapon research and development over the next few years here in the US.
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Post by: Furball on August 03, 2003, 09:28:17 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Nilsen10
LOL grun... :D

That is a model of our new class of FPB, the Skjold class. The big one has finished its trials and series production is starting soon.
The Skjold is actually the worlds fastest warship and has made 59,8 knots with sandbags onboard to simulate full warload..

Its a stealthy designed cushioned boat with waterjets. Its gonna be armed with 8 newly designed 150nm asm missiles and an oto melara gun + chaff/flares and manpad mistral missiles. Plenty of room inside for special forces and their ribs. Ive been on a short trip with it and its wierd driving a boat with a joystick :D

Who you gonna use all this against? :D

Norway is making weapons! invade them!
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Post by: Tarmac on August 04, 2003, 12:16:13 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Furball
Who you gonna use all this against? :D

Norway is making weapons! invade them!

Us? As long as your bud Tony B. comes along, we have a coalition! :p
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Post by: Nilsen on August 04, 2003, 01:17:36 AM: yeah sure...come on you infidels :D
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Post by: GRUNHERZ on August 04, 2003, 01:23:21 AM: It's a cool ship Nilsen, where are the missle bays and how are they stowed and fired?
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Post by: Nilsen on August 04, 2003, 01:43:27 AM: The 8 missiles are launched from tubes under deck behind the "cockpit". Land attack missiles are under development to from the same missile (NSM)
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Post by: Maniac on August 04, 2003, 02:20:00 AM: I tought that was Swedish made...
Title: I knew Europe was stingy with their defense spending, but this is ridiculous...
Post by: Nilsen on August 04, 2003, 02:50:19 AM: visby?
Title: I knew Europe was stingy with their defense spending, but this is ridiculous...
Post by: Maniac on August 04, 2003, 02:55:56 AM: Ya Visby...

Couldnt find an better picture but here it goes...

(http://www.kockums.de/News/oldnews/Resources/visby2s.jpeg)
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Post by: Nilsen on August 04, 2003, 02:59:42 AM: http://www.kockums.se/SurfaceVessels/visby.html

http://www.fmv.se/index.asp?K=005003007&L=SE
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Post by: Maniac on August 04, 2003, 03:14:07 AM: Kewl, Swedish version :

(http://www.fmv.se/bilder/korvett/visby1.gif)

(http://www.fmv.se/bilder/korvett/visby2.gif)

(http://www.fmv.se/bilder/korvett/visby3.gif)

(http://www.fmv.se/bilder/korvett/visby4.gif)

(http://www.fmv.se/bilder/korvett/visby5.gif)

(http://www.fmv.se/bilder/korvett/visby6.gif)
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Post by: StSanta on August 04, 2003, 03:21:11 AM: Both made by relatively tiny countries.

These are our new longboats. As soon as we find a place to hang our shields and fit the oars, the French and British shall once again learn to fear the wrath of the Northern Ones.

:D
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Post by: nuchpatrick on August 04, 2003, 08:53:37 AM: I've personnally seen that FPB at a distance. Very cool looking..better the drab gray :D
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Post by: Rude on August 04, 2003, 03:20:06 PM: I wonder who sells one to a terrorist first?
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Post by: AWMac on August 04, 2003, 03:59:06 PM: Quote
Originally posted by GScholz
A couple of cool animations of the new Fridtjof Nansen (F85) class stealth frigate now under construction.

http://www.mil.no/multimedia/archive/00019/Northsea__WMV__976kb_19334a.wmv

http://www.mil.no/multimedia/archive/00019/Eskorte__WMV__1_209k_19336a.wmv

(http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/images/Nansen-12_big.jpg)

Main Dimensions:
Length Overall 132.0 m
Length on the Waterline 121.39 m
Max Height Above Water Line 30.0 m at Minimum Op. Displ.
Design Draft Baseline 4.90 m
Maximum Beam 16.80 m
Beam on the Waterline 15.90 m
Full Load Displacement Incl. Margins 5121 tonnes
Complement 120 (Accommodation Capacity 146)

Where is it? I can't see it.... is it behind the boat?

:D
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Post by: Nilsen on August 15, 2003, 05:25:53 AM: It looks like the one year marketing tour that KNM Skjold did to the US payed off :)

JOHN J. MCMULLEN ASSOCIATES AND RAYTHEON TEAM AWARDED US NAVY LITTORAL COMBAT SHIP (LCS) DESIGN CONTRACT
06 August 2003 17:00:45
John J. McMullen Associates, inc. (JJMA), A leading U.S. naval architect / marine engineering firm, announced the award on July 17th, 2002 of a $10million contract to the Raytheon led team for preliminary design of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The ship, as part of the DD(X) family of ships, is intended to be a light, high-speed surface combatant capable of fighting intense battles in Littoral waters.

Other team members include Norwegian shipbuilder, UMOE Mandal, Goodyear Engineered Polymer Products Division and Atlantic Marine inc. Three contracts were awarded from among six bidders. At the conclusion of this phase, one or two teams will be chosen to continue into the contract design and build phases of the program.

It looks kinda like Skjold but bigger(http://www.jjma.com/Documents/Features/news/LCS_Painting_smla.jpg)
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Post by: Nilsen on August 15, 2003, 05:44:05 AM: BTW..

I just found the promo video of the skjold showing where the weapons are, speed and lots of other stuff...aprox 12mb WMV

http://www.raytheon.com/broadcast/lcs300.asx
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Post by: gofaster on August 15, 2003, 10:19:07 AM: Looks like an updated version of the Higgins PT boats.

Sounds like we finally found an answer to those pesky Pirates of the Caribbean!
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Post by: OIO on August 15, 2003, 11:27:23 AM: you do realize that they spent all that money to make something 'stealth' when all they need to do is SUBMERGE the damn thing.

i should be hired by those defense companies, i'd build them the world's first submarine battleship.

:rolleyes: :p :D
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Post by: Nilsen on August 15, 2003, 11:55:05 AM: ROFL OIO :D