Japan amphibious assault ship

[Triton]

Japan amphibious assault ship

Source:
http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/ddogs38/38958680.html

 

[covert_shores]

How official are those sketches?

 

[starviking]

It's from the Japanese MoD: http://www.mod.go.jp/j/yosan/2015/gaisan.pdf

It's a research programme into requirements for a Japanese LHD - budget is around $40,000.

 

[donnage99]

It's from the Japanese MoD: http://www.mod.go.jp/j/yosan/2015/gaisan.pdf

It's a research programme into requirements for a Japanese LHD - budget is around $40,000.

What would $40,000 get you? Setting up a cubicle?

 

[covert_shores]

350,000 decent bowls of ramen. Oishii!!!!!

 

[Triton]

It's from the Japanese MoD: http://www.mod.go.jp/j/yosan/2015/gaisan.pdf

It's a research programme into requirements for a Japanese LHD - budget is around $40,000.

Thank you, starviking. I knew that the graphic came from a Ministry of Defense publication, just couldn't find the right one.

 

[starviking]

It's from the Japanese MoD: http://www.mod.go.jp/j/yosan/2015/gaisan.pdf

It's a research programme into requirements for a Japanese LHD - budget is around $40,000.

What would $40,000 get you? Setting up a cubicle?

It seems to be for conducting research overseas, so I guess seconding someone to the USN, or another allied navy, to gain design and operational insights.