Thaum Pentagon tau hloov kho nws lub tswv yim tiv thaiv kom tsom mus rau Tuam Tshoj hauv 2018, tsis muaj kev ua tub rog txav nrawm dua li Marine Corps pib hloov pauv.
Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws Tus Thawj Fwm Tsav Tebchaws David Berger tau tshaj tawm hauv nws qhov kev taw qhia thawj xyoo tom ntej tias Marines xav tau kev cob qhia thiab nruab "ua haujlwm hauv kev sib tw hauv hiav txwv" hauv kev txhawb nqa ntawm lwm cov tub rog tub rog.
Qhov no tsis yog lub luag haujlwm tshiab rau Corps, tab sis vim tias qhov chaw Berger muaj nyob rau hauv lub siab yog thawj zaug thiab qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv Suav cov ntaub ntawv, qhov muaj peev xwm txaus ntshai tsis tau muaj dua.
Tuam Tshoj tau nthuav dav zuj zus muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv nkoj thiab tiv thaiv dav hlau cuaj luaj nyob rau hauv nws cov ntug dej hiav txwv rau qee lub sijhawm, nrog rau cov txheej txheem saib xyuas saum taub hau uas xav tau los nrhiav thiab taug qab cov tub rog tawm tsam.
Ib tus kws kos duab lub tswv yim ntawm yuav ua li cas SECAT yuav saib hauv kev nqis tes ua.
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Lwm lub teb chaws tab tom ua ib yam, tab sis tsis yog nyob rau ntawm Tuam Tshoj txoj kev siv zog; ua ke nrog Beijing txoj haujlwm tsim nkoj loj loj, cov foob pob hluav taws tshiab thiab cov sensors nthuav tawm lub zog tiv thaiv kev nkag mus rau lub cev tsim los tsav US thiab cov tub rog tub rog tawm ntawm Suav dej.
General Berger xav tias nyob rau hauv cov xwm txheej zoo li no, lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb rau Marines yuav ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv cov dej no - hauv lwm lo lus, nyob rau hauv ntau yam ntawm Suav missiles - los pab kov yeej Beijing tus kheej naval rog.
Yog li, Berger tau teeb tsa txog kev rov tsim kho Marine cov tub rog sib ntaus sib tua, tshem tawm cov cuab yeej hnyav thiab rotorcraft tsis cuam tshuam rau Tuam Tshoj kev sib tw thaum txhawb kev nqis peev hauv cov khoom xws li cov dav hlau tsis muaj neeg siv, hluav taws kub ceev thiab kev sib txuas lus - thaj chaw pom tias tsis muaj zog nyob rau hauv lub zog uas twb muaj lawm.
Ib qho kev kho kom zoo uas ua rau loj hauv Berger kev hloov kho yog qhov yuav tsum tau muaj rau Lub Teeb Amphibious Warship, lossis LAW, uas tuaj yeem ua rau cov tubrog nkoj me me ua haujlwm hauv thawj cov kob ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv Suav.
Lub tswv yim tseem ceeb yog tias pawg tub rog loj tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev tsis txaus ntseeg los tsim kom muaj kev cuam tshuam rau pem hauv ntej los ntawm qhov lawv yuav tsom mus rau Suav shipping thiab lwm yam khoom muaj nqis, txav mus tsis tu ncua.
Berger tau sib cav nyob rau hauv tsab ntawv sau rau Lub Tsib Hlis 2021 rau Kev Tshawb Fawb Tub Rog tias, txhim kho thiab cob qhia kom raug, cov chav ua haujlwm siab heev no yuav yog "qhov nyuaj heev rau tus yeeb ncuab los nrhiav, taug qab thiab lub hom phiaj zoo."
LAW yog qhov tseem ceeb rau txoj haujlwm no. Lub Navy lub nkoj uas twb muaj lawm ntawm 30-ntxiv rau cov nkoj loj amphibious warships loj dhau lawm thiab qeeb heev kom ciaj sia nyob rau hauv ntau yam ntawm Suav av-raws li riam phom, yog li me thiab ntau ntau connectors xav tau.
Ntau lub nkoj hauv Teb Chaws Asmeskas tau tsim cov qauv tsim uas tuaj yeem ua tau raws li Marine txoj cai rau lub teeb amphib tshem tawm tsis muaj ntau tshaj li 4,000 tons ntawm dej thiab nqa mus txog 75 Marines ntxiv rau Navy cov neeg coob tsis pub tshaj 40 tus neeg tsav nkoj.
Txawm li cas los xij, Navy thiab Marines tsis tuaj yeem pom zoo rau cov lus qhia tshwj xeeb rau cov nkoj. Navy cov phiaj xwm xav tias yog tias cov nkoj yuav ua haujlwm nyob rau hauv "ib cheeb tsam kev sib koom tes riam phom" ntawm cov tub rog Suav, lawv yuav tsum tau nruab nrog lub tswv yim ntawm kev muaj sia nyob.
Marine Planners ntshai tias ntau yam zoo li no yuav ua rau tus nqi ntawm txhua LAW mus rau qhov chaw uas lawv tsis tuaj yeem them taus tag nrho cov teeb pom kev zoo uas lawv xav tau kom ua tau zoo.
Qhov teeb meem tshwm sim tau ncua kev tsim cov thawj LAW los ntawm ob xyoos - txog 2025 - thiab yog tias tsis muaj kev daws teeb meem ntawm kev tsis sib haum xeeb, nws muaj peev xwm hais tias thaum General Berger tawm ntawm Marine Corps tom qab xyoo no, cov phiaj xwm rau lub teeb amphib tuaj yeem ua tau. tawm mus nrog nws.
Muaj ntau yam nuances rau kev sib cav, tab sis hauv paus qhov teeb meem los ntawm qhov no: yog tias koj yuav ciaj sia nyob rau hauv cheeb tsam ntawm kev loj hlob ntawm Suav soj ntsuam thiab riam phom complex, koj xav tau ib lub nkoj ntau sai thiab ntau yam tshaj li ib txwm steel monohull. .
Qhov ntawd yog qhov feem ntau ntawm cov tswv yim tsim los txog niaj hnub no tau muab - ib qho monohull - thiab txawm tias qee tus tub rog Marines tau pib xav tias kev xa me me mus rau hauv kev puas tsuaj ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv Suav ntawm cov nkoj no tuaj yeem ua pov thawj tua tus kheej.
Li ntawd, puas yog LAW concept doomed? Tsis tas li. Textron (tus neeg txhawb nqa rau kuv lub tank xav) tab tom thov ib txoj hauv kev tshiab rau steel monohulls uas tawg cov pwm, yog li hais, yuav ua li cas lub nkoj amphibious yuav tsum saib thiab ua haujlwm.
Textron lub tswv yim yog rau "Surface Effect Cargo Amphibious Transport" (SECAT) uas yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm txhuas catamaran muaj peev xwm thauj 500 tons ntawm cov khoom thauj thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm 50 nautical mais tauj ib teev.
Txhawm rau muab qhov kev xav ntawd rau cov neeg tsis yog tub rog, 50 nautical mais tauj ib teev yog nrawm dua li qhov tshaj tawm ceev txwv ntawm I-95 yog tias koj tsav tsheb hla Charlotte lossis Philadelphia. Nws ceev tshaj qhov ceev ntawm txhua lub nkoj ua rog nyob rau hauv US fleet tam sim no.
Qhov tshwj xeeb tshaj plaws ntawm lub tswv yim yog tias nws tso siab rau ntau lub cushion ntawm huab cua kom tshem tawm qhov hnyav ntawm lub nkoj thauj khoom, tsuas yog cov txheej txheem nqaim ntawm nws sab tiag tiag submerged hauv qab hiav txwv.
Nrog rau cov cua ntsawj ntshab thiab qhov nrawm dua li cov nkoj hlau ib txwm muaj, SECAT yuav muaj sia nyob ntau dua nyob rau hauv ib puag ncig kev sib tw. Nws tsis tshua muaj kev cuam tshuam rau hom kev poob siab hauv qab dej hiav txwv uas tsim los ntawm mines thiab torpedoes dua li cov monohull yuav yog.
Thiab qhov tsis yog tag nrho: kev teeb tsa ntawm SECAT yog qhov zoo dua rau kev tsaws ntawm cov ntug hiav txwv dej uas tsis muaj kev txhim kho, thiab hloov cov khoom dov los ntawm cov nkoj nkoj hauv hiav txwv.
Qhov kev txiav txim siab zaum kawg yog qhov tseem ceeb, vim hais tias Tuam Tshoj txoj kev muaj peev xwm tiv thaiv kev nkag mus tau loj hlob, US Navy tau kho nws cov phiaj xwm los khiav cov nkoj loj ntxiv mus rau hiav txwv.
Pom tseeb, cov khoom thauj ntau dua SECAT nqa, qhov deb tsawg nws tuaj yeem mus yam tsis muaj refueling. Tab sis Textron hais tias nqa 290 tons ntawm payload, lub nkoj tuaj yeem mus txog 1500 nautical mais ntawm 47 pob caus hauv hiav txwv.
Hauv cov pej thuam mais, uas yog tshaj 1700 mais ntawm 54 mais toj ib teev - txaus kom tau koj los ntawm Guam mus rau sab qaum teb Luzon Island hauv Philippines yam tsis muaj refueling.
Textron hais tias nws tuaj yeem ua rau cov kev kwv yees no nrog kev ntseeg siab, vim tias nws tau ua haujlwm ntawm kev siv tshuab tau ntau xyoo lawm.
Yog li, thev naus laus zis tsis yog qhov tshiab tiag tiag, tab sis nws zoo li qhov tshwj xeeb haum rau lub hom phiaj tshiab uas Marine tau pib. Qhov no yog hom kev daws teeb meem uas qee zaum kev ua tub rog xav tau, yog li lub tswv yim zoo li tsim nyog ntawm kev tshuaj xyuas.
Txwv tsis pub, tag nrho lub tswv yim ntawm kev khiav hauj lwm lub teeb amphibs nyob rau hauv ntau ntawm Suav riam phom tuaj yeem ua pov thawj los ntawm kev muaj tiag.
Raws li tau sau tseg saum toj no, Textron yog tus pab txhawb rau kuv lub siab xav-raws li yog ob peb ntawm nws cov neeg sib tw.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2023/02/03/the-marine-corps-light-amphibious-warship-seems-to-be-faltering-here-is-a-novel- daws/