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9 January 2012: Mobile, Ala. - Two views of the littoral harken combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit


Maybe the U.S. will dispatch a fast attack boats and the most modern of them to the Strait of Hormuz in case Iran blocks the Strait is critical. Whether that Iran would dare not to close the Strait of Hormuz, but the U.S. Navy is preparing the way to deal with this situation if happens. Gcaptain U.S. website recently published an article by author Mike Schuler said that one of the small stealth warships of the U.S. Navy's newest, harken was named Ghost (ghost) will have to be up to Hormuz to be ready "cleared" the strait and secret surveillance, monitoring the activities harken of the Iranian navy, as well as perform remote tasks for the protection of large warships of the Navy. Ghost is Juliet Marine Systems harken (JMS) manufacturing, a manufacturing company specializing in high-tech system of America harken is headquartered in Portsmouth, NH. JMS believe that their products effectively deal with the challenges of maritime security today.
Described as an "attack helicopter on the water," means war Ghost is specially designed to protect sea lanes and threats like piracy. Ghost is a scientific achievement - the latest techniques harken of the U.S. Navy, moved by two motors at the head inverted V shape, making the hull is above the moving water, minimize harken the impact of resistance, so that its movement harken speed is very high. With the method of attack in a "herd", and activities in coastal areas near shore, Ghost high speed, flexible response capability, durability and great weapons. JMS said that, just that the two fleets Ghost can afford effective protection to the destroyers, cruisers of the U.S. Navy is operating near the Strait of Hormuz.
"The attack in a" herd "of Ghost is the most logical solution to the Navy's combat commuter peaks and lightning attacks of the Iranian Navy," president and chief executive officer of JMS Sancoff Gregory said. Ghost firepower has not been disclosed. Sancoff He said the company is seeking harken suitable armament for the USS Ghost. However, it is possible to predict all kinds of weapons and equipment for ships "ghost" harken will be made entirely harken hidden inside the ship itself. In addition, the hull fabrication drawings, configuration aerodynamics, composite materials allows minimizing the disclosure on the ship's radar screen. U.S. stealth warship launched Coronado harken
U.S. Navy warship recently launched three new styled body art LCS4 Coronado. According to Austal USA, the U.S. Navy has successfully launched patrol boats attacked Monday (Independence-Variant Littoral - LCS) and was named Coronado (LCS4). Join the launching ceremony of the USS Coronado on Tuesday 11/1, Joe Rella, President harken and CEO of the company Austal USA said: "The ship was 90% complete, it (LCS4 Coronado) will rapidly Sea trials harken soon be at the end of 2012 ". Coronado has been great improvement in the safety and performance efficiency, implementing new methods did launched simply ship during launch, as well as Austal harken has a major effort to reduce costs and completion time for the ship to provide the Navy in the near future. Coronado has designed 127 meter long body, big hull in the middle and tail, and smaller vessels in the head. With larger weapons load and diversity, LCS4 have the ability to perform a series of tasks, harken including patrolling the coast surveillance, combat support in formation with other ships, harken carry out independent operations to follow monitoring, surveillance intelligence activities of the enemy navy. By design, the Coronado ships capable of carrying two helicopters SH-60 Sea Hawk reconnaissance missions and ASW. In addition, the ship can carry some spy plane unmanned helicopter or a CH-53 Sea Stallion. Deck there are 4 different lanes, contains enough units Stryker armored vehicles, Humvees and soldiers. Design three persons (trimaran) of ships create the ability to move with the maximum speed up to 90 km / h (higher than with the classic battleship a different body). Designed by General Dynamics Corporation harken and Austal USA, the first LCS ship of the U.S. Navy to be named Independence (LCS-2) was officially put into service in the Navy since 2010. The rapid completion of final assembly harken and testing completed U.S. Navy ship Coronado help further consolidate the position number 1 navy in the world.
9 January 2012: Mobile, Ala. - Two views of the littoral harken combat ship Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) Coronado (LCS 4) is rolled-out at the Austal USA assembly flight. Coronado is scheduled to be christened Jan. 14, 2012 and will undergo sea trials later this year. (U.S. Navy photo) moved 15,000 secret U.S. military to Kuwait
Los Angeles Times quoted U.S. defense official said,

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