2003 Artist’s concept of the San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock ships firing a missile from a vertical launch system in the ship’s bow.

2003 Artist’s concept of the San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock ships firing a missile from a vertical launch system in the ship’s bow.[1752x1500]
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As originally conceived the San Antonio Class was gonna be a BEAST! The war on terror gutted our shipbuilding because Rumsfeld was so freaking short sighted. Anyone remember the claim at the time that we would be fighting terrorists for the next 100 years in various hell holes in the Middle East?