Вот такую маленькую штуку придумали австралопитеки - 112-метровый скоростной авианесущий десантный катамаран!
JANE'S DEFENCE WEEKLY - JULY 02, 2003
Incat unveils air-capable catamaran concept
Ian Bostock JDW Correspondent
Sydney
High-speed catamaran builder Incat has released to Jane's Defence Weekly details of its new Littoral Command and Control vessel concept (LCC(X)) that the Tasmania-based company has been developing.
Although unclear which military customer the LCC(X) (several views shown left) might be aimed at, the concept has attracted the attention of the US Navy's (USN's) Office of Force Transformation. However, the USN has no known requirement for such a vessel.
Essentially, Incat's LCC(X) takes the concept of a fast multipurpose sealift vessel and adds a full-length flight deck for the operation of both fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. Operationally, this would permit a naval combat air group to distribute its assets on a number of vessels, rather than collectively on one large conventional aircraft carrier.
To this end, the 112m-long LCC(X) permits the operation of short take-off and vertical landing (STOVL) aircraft, such as the version planned for the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, or existing STOVL aircraft like those from the Harrier AV-8 family.
Four or more STOVL aircraft the size of the F-35 can be stored in hangars below deck, along with two fixed-wing unmanned combat air vehicles. Depending on the required aircraft load mix, two or more medium-sized helicopters can also be accommodated with rotor blades and tail boom folded. A bow-mounted ski ramp facilitates the take-off of aircraft carrying a full weapons load. All aircraft would access the deck via lifts aft to port and starboard.
With a nominal deadweight of 1,000 tonnes, the LCC(X) has berths for about 350 embarked troops and a deck dedicated to command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance functions. The vehicle deck would carry general-service wheeled vehicles and light armoured wheeled and tracked vehicles. These would load/unload via an angled stern ramp.
Constructed of marine-grade aluminium and featuring the trademark Incat wave-piercing twin-hull design, the LCC(X) would have a maximum speed of about 40kt (loaded) or 50kt (lightship). Four Ruston 20RK280 diesels, coupled to LIPS 155E waterjets, provide the main propulsion.
The armament would depend on customer needs but a typical primary weapons fit would include autonomous close-range hard-kill self-defence weapon systems such as Phalanx or SeaRAM.
