At the 32:10 mark brings up the subject of how Survivability drives design costs, and he pretty much directly states that Survivability is measured solely on the effectiveness of Crew Survival. I will posit that is the wrong focus. What matters most is Combat Effectiveness. Can your platforms ...manned and unmanned "Stay In the Fight" long enough to make a difference? That should be the measure of that protection they need. Good example was the Battle Off Samar. The Fletchers were able to stay in the fight long enough to help decisively turn back the force of battleships and cruisers because they had Survivability attributes like redundant emergency power, and protected cable runs to the gun directors and taking multiple hits while still fighting back. By contrast, the DE Sammy B, and much less robustly built ship (none of these were supposed to be fighting the battle they did) and fought heroically and caused some serious damage to the Japanese, was taken out by just one hit. So, its not just the people (who are vital), but its the ability to, Stay In The Fight! Now, that does NOT mean every platform manned and unmanned should be impregnable Death Stars. However, the unmanned platforms will never be at the battle in the numbers we want, and will require to be robust enough to last long enough to make a difference. Thats going to be a given. How many can we lose before we've lost the battle?
What are you talking about? Shipbuilding, a noble job 😂 these people will not pay your health insurance and lay you off without any hesitation once their stock buyback plans don’t work. Give me a break.
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At the 32:10 mark brings up the subject of how Survivability drives design costs, and he pretty much directly states that Survivability is measured solely on the effectiveness of Crew Survival. I will posit that is the wrong focus. What matters most is Combat Effectiveness. Can your platforms ...manned and unmanned "Stay In the Fight" long enough to make a difference? That should be the measure of that protection they need. Good example was the Battle Off Samar. The Fletchers were able to stay in the fight long enough to help decisively turn back the force of battleships and cruisers because they had Survivability attributes like redundant emergency power, and protected cable runs to the gun directors and taking multiple hits while still fighting back. By contrast, the DE Sammy B, and much less robustly built ship (none of these were supposed to be fighting the battle they did) and fought heroically and caused some serious damage to the Japanese, was taken out by just one hit. So, its not just the people (who are vital), but its the ability to, Stay In The Fight! Now, that does NOT mean every platform manned and unmanned should be impregnable Death Stars. However, the unmanned platforms will never be at the battle in the numbers we want, and will require to be robust enough to last long enough to make a difference. Thats going to be a given. How many can we lose before we've lost the battle?
Bwahahahaha! Scrubbed previous insightful, but inconvenient comments.
What are you talking about? Shipbuilding, a noble job 😂 these people will not pay your health insurance and lay you off without any hesitation once their stock buyback plans don’t work. Give me a break.