10-15-2024, 12:31 AM
(10-14-2024, 10:58 PM)UltraBudgie Wrote: The US Navy has been reloading ships at sea since WWII. TRAM is an evolution of STREAM (Standard Tensioned REplenishment Alongside Method) which is an evolution of FAST (Fast Automatic Shuttle Transfer). Marvin Miller proposed this all the way back in 1986.
More info: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-his...shment-sea
Actually, VLS has no capability to reload at sea currently. They can pass ammunition to a VLS capable ship, but they can’t reload the missiles. That’s why this is a big capability leap. They’re reducing the reload time from days to hours.
Logic is dead. Long live BS.