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The U.S. Navy Quietly Tested Mach 3 Heavy Gun Shells That Could Revolutionize Surface Warfare
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| January 8, 2019
| Kyle Mizokami
Posted on 01/09/2019 9:39:43 AM PST by C19fan
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I wonder if this system is scalable. For example, if a 5 inch HVP can fly at Mach 3 with a range of 40 miles what would say an 8 inch version or higher be able to do. What is the capabilities of a 16 inch battleship firing 16 inch versions of these rounds.
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01/09/2019 9:39:43 AM PST
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C19fan
To: C19fan
None. The Iowa class is in mothballs or on display. They won’t be coming back.
To: C19fan
The U.S. Navy Quietly Tested Mach 3 Heavy Gun Shells I doubt it was quiet when they were testing...
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01/09/2019 9:44:21 AM PST
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Izzy Dunne
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To: Izzy Dunne
Yeah, I thought it was anything but quiet
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posted on
01/09/2019 9:46:10 AM PST
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
To: C19fan
any idea of the barrel twist?
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posted on
01/09/2019 9:50:17 AM PST
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sasquatch
To: C19fan
What the Navy really needs are rapid firing 5” “shotgun” shells to send a hail of steel to engage incoming missiles as a last line of defense.
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01/09/2019 9:50:19 AM PST
by
allendale
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To: C19fan
Headline writer has odd idea of what constitutes a naval heavy gun.
18,16,15,14,12.
Maybe even 8.
But not 5
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01/09/2019 9:51:19 AM PST
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BenLurkin
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To: sasquatch
Single barrel (progressive RH parabolic twist)
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posted on
01/09/2019 9:54:35 AM PST
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sasquatch
To: C19fan
The U.S. Navy Quietly Tested Mach 3 Heavy Gun Shells That Could Revolutionize Surface WarfareThese will be a partial defense to high Mach number missiles, but probably not to sub-orbital ballistic warheads.
Bottom line, carrier groups, capital ships and sometimes even submarines will face a growing risk of not surviving an engagement.
What is the capabilities of a 16 inch battleship firing 16 inch versions of these rounds.
Gerald Bull could have told us that 20 years ago, if the US had been smart enough to keep him on the DOD payroll.
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01/09/2019 9:55:33 AM PST
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Navy Patriot
(America NEEDS Mob Rule, another European and Mid East World War and a universal Draft)
To: C19fan
Both up and down...
When does this come to the infantry mans gun ?!?
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posted on
01/09/2019 9:59:43 AM PST
by
Pikachu_Dad
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To: Navy Patriot
"These will be a partial defense to high Mach number missiles, but probably not to sub-orbital ballistic warheads."
I believe their #1 purpose is to defend against China's new high speed missiles/torpedoes that travel barely above the water. They're currently the main threat to our large ships.
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01/09/2019 10:04:30 AM PST
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Tell It Right
(1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
To: Izzy Dunne
The writer of that headline will get to hear that said for years to come.
To: BenLurkin
"But not 5"
I guess if a 5" gun is all you have in inventory - that would be "heavy". I mean, it's heavier than the .50 cal....
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01/09/2019 10:06:52 AM PST
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Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: C19fan
To: Tell It Right
Partial defense, these modern high mach number missiles have evasive ability, and small defensive weapons must hit about a two foot circle while the attacking weapon sees a 1000 foot target 100 feet high.
Larger defensive weapons will use a debris field obstruction, both are only partially effective.
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01/09/2019 10:29:12 AM PST
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Navy Patriot
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To: C19fan
The U.S. Navy Quietly Tested Mach 3 Heavy Gun Shells That Could Revolutionize Surface Warfare .................................. An exact copy should appear on the Chinese navy ships shortly.
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01/09/2019 10:30:28 AM PST
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Bringbackthedraft
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To: 17th Miss Regt
The Iowa class is in mothballs or on display. They wont be coming back.
Actually, the Iowa class battle ships on display like the USS Missouri are capable of being brought into service on short notice.
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01/09/2019 10:36:07 AM PST
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painter
( Isaiah: �Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
To: Snickering Hound
I dont believe The article made mention of modifications to the gun. Not saying it doesnt. But if they could make the round to feed in any gun without gun mods, that would be a game changer.
To: Snickering Hound
Well, the 2015 article was about the program as a theoretical exercise, and this article is about an actual sea trial. So the thing is moving along.
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01/09/2019 10:47:11 AM PST
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buwaya
To: C19fan; LonePalm
Ping. Thinking of you.
#NoHomo
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01/09/2019 10:56:00 AM PST
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Cletus.D.Yokel
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