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Colossal Stealth Destroyer USS Zumwalt Ready to Set Sail and Join the Navy
Associated Press ^
| Sep 7, 2016
Posted on 09/07/2016 8:18:01 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
Edited on 09/07/2016 9:32:11 AM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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To: ClearCase_guy
The Zumwalt is, in fact, basically a pocket battleship. I was thinking more a battle cruiser, given the lack of armor.
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09/07/2016 10:53:19 AM PDT
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PAR35
To: Dagnabitt
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posted on
09/07/2016 11:16:27 AM PDT
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reed13k
To: Lower Deck
oops. you are right, Spruance it was. In fact it's interesting (to me) to note that for the Ticonderoga they adapted an existing hull with a new weapon system (AEGIS). Then for the Arleigh Burke class they created a new hull and made adaptations to the existing weapon system. This was a good approach to limit the risk, indicative of the so-called "build a little, test a little" approach of not doing too much all at once but always build on previous success in a systematic manner.
This new destroyer is the first time in 30 years that we've seen a new hull with a new weapon system. Will watch with interest to see if that works out as hoped.
To: pabianice
What’s wrong with the Dakotas?
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09/07/2016 11:29:17 AM PDT
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Rannug
("all enemies, foreign and : domestic")
To: Rannug
Well, once you’ve seen Mt Rushmore, there’s not much more to see.
[/rimshot]
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09/07/2016 1:59:42 PM PDT
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ClearCase_guy
(Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
To: elcid1970
The Jolly Green Giants favorite centerfold. Batman, Robin, and Alfred's, too:
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posted on
09/07/2016 2:09:09 PM PDT
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FredZarguna
(And what Rough Beast, its hour come round at last, slouches toward Fifth Avenue to be born?)
To: JoeFromSidney
No kidding! Not my idea of a ‘Tin Can’ by any stretch.
QM2, USS Ault DD698
To: JoeFromSidney
The Ault:
To: pepsi_junkie
No kidding? Interesting. Did not know that.
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09/07/2016 3:31:12 PM PDT
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TalonDJ
To: Captain Rhino
“Heavily armed non-aviation surface combatant of variable tonnage.”
Except those Japanese ones for which the ‘non-aviation’ does not apply.
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09/07/2016 3:33:06 PM PDT
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TalonDJ
To: TalonDJ
You refer to the destroyers that merely look like aircraft carriers?
Come to think of it, the Soviet era Kiev class were officially designated as “heavy aviation cruisers”
This aviation cruiser designation was adopted by the Soviets to apply to several classes of their aircraft carrying ships (Moskova, Kiev, and Kuztnetov) so they could legally transit through the Bosphorus Strait to access the Black Sea under the 1936 Montreux Convention.
The Montreux Convention’s rules are slanted to favor nations that border the Black Sea. So while the Russians to sail very large “aircraft cruisers” through the Straits into the Black Sea, non-bordering states like, for example, the United States, cannot:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreux_Convention_Regarding_the_Regime_of_the_Straits#Terms_and_consequences_of_the_Convention
However, there are maritime navigation issues that probably preclude taking such large warships through the Strait’s confined and dangerous waters:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosphorus#Maritime
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09/07/2016 7:44:33 PM PDT
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Captain Rhino
(Determined effort today forges tomorrow)
To: NorthMountain
Thank you. It was 68 years ago, and I long since lost my pictures of the ship. She didn't have the anti-submarine "dazzle" on her then, but she still showed some WW II battle damage, patched and painted over.
To: traderrob6
function is land bombardment
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09/08/2016 7:22:18 PM PDT
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Oztrich Boy
(NAMBLA to honor Joe Paterno)
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