Next-Gen Naval Gunfire Support: The USA’s AGS & LRLAP

Next-Gen Naval Gunfire Support: The USA’s AGS & LRLAP

AGS fires LRLAP(click to view full) It’s easy to forget that the original rationale for the DDG-1000 Zumwalt Class centered around naval gunfire support for troops ashore, as the ship’s estimated costs have risen and its missions have proliferated. Heavily...
Next-Gen Naval Gunfire Support: The USA’s AGS & LRLAP

Of Ukraine and Wishful Thinking

* The Economist and the Telegraph urge Western leaders to confront not just Ukraine’s government but also Vladimir Putin. After 3 months of unrest the country is now expected to have early elections (the official presidential statement in Ukrainian doesn’t...