B. A. Friedman
@bafriedman.bsky.social
Amphibious Warfare, Strategy, and Clausewitz.
CLE expat. Malevelon Creek veteran. Substack: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
CLE expat. Malevelon Creek veteran. Substack: https://bafriedman.substack.com/
Happy Thanksgiving!
November 27, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Happy Thanksgiving!
The Navy sets the ridiculous requirements, not an admin. And they’ve been doing this for twenty five years.
November 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM
The Navy sets the ridiculous requirements, not an admin. And they’ve been doing this for twenty five years.
O because the Navy also doesn’t have a way to get those into theater.
November 27, 2025 at 12:48 AM
O because the Navy also doesn’t have a way to get those into theater.
You have Marine E-4s solving comms and radar incompatibility issues by tinkering around with them in tents but the Navy absolutely cannot handle learning a NATO radar? It’s bullshit.
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
You have Marine E-4s solving comms and radar incompatibility issues by tinkering around with them in tents but the Navy absolutely cannot handle learning a NATO radar? It’s bullshit.
I have zero sympathy for that argument. Would it be better to have the fleet it wants? Of course. But the time to make that work is long past. They shat the bed and now they don’t want to lie in it.
November 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I have zero sympathy for that argument. Would it be better to have the fleet it wants? Of course. But the time to make that work is long past. They shat the bed and now they don’t want to lie in it.
YES. That’s exactly what it’s supposed to do because it has no other options. It fucked up every chance to have things it prefers and it’s out of time. Beggars can’t be choosers.
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 PM
YES. That’s exactly what it’s supposed to do because it has no other options. It fucked up every chance to have things it prefers and it’s out of time. Beggars can’t be choosers.
If the ship is operating alone without CRUDES. But that’s true of every surface vessel including carriers. That’s why we wouldn’t do it.
Basing ship requirements on something we wouldn’t do anyway is bonkers, and exactly why the Navy can’t build anything anymore.
Basing ship requirements on something we wouldn’t do anyway is bonkers, and exactly why the Navy can’t build anything anymore.
November 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
If the ship is operating alone without CRUDES. But that’s true of every surface vessel including carriers. That’s why we wouldn’t do it.
Basing ship requirements on something we wouldn’t do anyway is bonkers, and exactly why the Navy can’t build anything anymore.
Basing ship requirements on something we wouldn’t do anyway is bonkers, and exactly why the Navy can’t build anything anymore.
Fairfax County Hegemony is inevitable.
November 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Fairfax County Hegemony is inevitable.
Based on what the Navy thinks is a minimum capability.
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Based on what the Navy thinks is a minimum capability.
Those and anything unmanned. Doesn’t matter what. Could be unmanned staplers, it’ll get funded.
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Those and anything unmanned. Doesn’t matter what. Could be unmanned staplers, it’ll get funded.
We have Navy ships home ported in Europe and Asia. We DON’T need every single ship to be an exquisite world wide multi-mission Death Star. Subs yes. Carriers yes. CRUDES yes. Frigates? No. It could have just been a frigate.
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 AM
We have Navy ships home ported in Europe and Asia. We DON’T need every single ship to be an exquisite world wide multi-mission Death Star. Subs yes. Carriers yes. CRUDES yes. Frigates? No. It could have just been a frigate.
But we’re INNOVATING and DISRUPTING.
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
But we’re INNOVATING and DISRUPTING.
That’s exactly what I mean.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
That’s exactly what I mean.
They bought the frigate design off the shelf AND THEN tried to redesign it. The worst of both worlds.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
They bought the frigate design off the shelf AND THEN tried to redesign it. The worst of both worlds.
They’re going to end up with off the shelf frigates that they don’t like anyway because they can’t build anything that’s acceptable to them.
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
They’re going to end up with off the shelf frigates that they don’t like anyway because they can’t build anything that’s acceptable to them.
The LSM is the perfect program to get Navy shipbuilding back on track. It just has to float. That’s it. Just make it float.
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The LSM is the perfect program to get Navy shipbuilding back on track. It just has to float. That’s it. Just make it float.
Yeah that’s the problem.
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Yeah that’s the problem.