I-10 to be widened

[BridgeTroll]

Let's say a Soviet October Class Sub, sold to Iran (they have a few) has a problem off the US coast a few hundred miles. They can't dive, so they putter along at top surface speed. While it's true the "eye in the sky" can watch from a long distance. If you REALLY want to know what their up to, you send in the planes. A few passes and it's time to return to base. Did you know some high tech interceptors only have a flight-fuel time of 20 minutes? TRUE! So you send out the helicopters, cool but within a few hours they too are back for more fuel. 400+ miles out to station, and 400+ miles back and God knows where these nuts in their sub have gone??? GOT BLIMP? She goes up and sits on their heads, minutes on station - hours on station - days on station - weeks on station... You can't get rid of the damn things. Ask any submariners how many ships were lost to submarines in ALL OF THE WARS, on ALL SIDES, when protected by blimps? Answer? ZERO!

Iranians purchased KILO class subs from the Soviets/Russians.  The P-3 Orion has been efficiently and routinely, detecting, tracking, and (simulated)Attacking submarines since the 1960's... and will do so for another 5-10 years.  The new P-8 has been funded and will be replacing the Orion's as quickly as they can be built...

[civil42806]

Let's say a Soviet October Class Sub, sold to Iran (they have a few) has a problem off the US coast a few hundred miles. They can't dive, so they putter along at top surface speed. While it's true the "eye in the sky" can watch from a long distance. If you REALLY want to know what their up to, you send in the planes. A few passes and it's time to return to base. Did you know some high tech interceptors only have a flight-fuel time of 20 minutes? TRUE! So you send out the helicopters, cool but within a few hours they too are back for more fuel. 400+ miles out to station, and 400+ miles back and God knows where these nuts in their sub have gone??? GOT BLIMP? She goes up and sits on their heads, minutes on station - hours on station - days on station - weeks on station... You can't get rid of the damn things. Ask any submariners how many ships were lost to submarines in ALL OF THE WARS, on ALL SIDES, when protected by blimps? Answer? ZERO!

Iranians purchased KILO class subs from the Soviets/Russians.  The P-3 Orion has been efficiently and routinely, detecting, tracking, and (simulated)Attacking submarines since the 1960's... and will do so for another 5-10 years.  The new P-8 has been funded and will be replacing the Orion's as quickly as they can be built...

And true long term on loiter performance will be provided by BAMS.  High altitude long endurance unmanned drone.  max loiter time is 32 hours.  Navy plans to have one in the air 24 hours a day 365 days a week, one of primary bases will be NAS jax

[BridgeTroll]

BAMS wil be a complementary system to the MMA.  Long Range Airborne ASW will still be excusively provided by the P-8.

http://www.globalsecurity.org/intell/systems/bams.htm

[copperfiend]

So much for I-10 talk.

[Ocklawaha]

We kind of screwed I-10 in this one... oops.


This photo shows what I-110 might look like North of the River. This photo? Guess what Norfolk has that JaxPort doesn't (besides 5 aircraft carriers)? TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE = CHOICE.

I would like to see it done right, ONCE and FOR ALL.

Come in with the long range plan, expand and build and get the hell out of the way... rather then the norm of a lane here, then a few hundred yards there, then a new ramp over there...

I'd love to see I-10 spawn I-110 to the Port and North Beaches. An  intermodal corridor from about the Brannon-Chaffee interchange - northeast line up near zoo parkway and blow past all the port terminals ending the limited access at the North Ferry Landing.

All this with a neutural terminal railroad in the center to access all connecting lines and all port terminals and this City would explode with growth.

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As for you "MOD SWABS" sorry charlie, but you can't get a radar loop in those P-8's or AWAC's or anything else that will come close to what we could do with a small Blimp Corps. This is what I've read as to the "WHY" of bringing them back. The on station side is being used already by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department with the first law enforcement LTA's featuring flir.

OCKLAWAHA

[BridgeTroll]

So much for I-10 talk.

You are correct of course... My apologies...

[reednavy]

There can't be an I-110, because there is no way it can tie into I-10. Maybe I-195, but I doubt it.

Damn you thread hijackers, your making me get off track!