The Ship Model Forum

I saw an article online yesterday of a Huntington Ingalls Industries LPD-17 "Flight II BMD" model.

http://blogs.defensenews.com/intercepts/2013/04/hii-shows-off-new-bmd-ship-concept-at-sea-air-space/

A bit of googling found some additional information a HII, too:

http://www.huntingtoningalls.com/flight2/

I also seem to recall a proposal to built CGN(X) on an LPD-17 hull, tho I am not sure how serious that was.

Anyways, if nothing else it would make for an interesting model.

Chris

The idea of using a larger hull, possibly even a very large commercial hull, for aBMD warship is not new, but is a very good one.

Given the problems with LPD-17 propulsion plants, I am not sure how viable that hull is.