Posted on 08/27/2017 5:45:08 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
The Krylov State Scientific Center for the first time presented the advanced corvette concept at the Army-2017 forum. Thanks to improved seaworthiness, the ship can operate in ocean zone and carry up to 24 Caliber cruise missiles, Valentin Belonenko, the concept developer heading the naval ships advanced designing department at the Krylov Center, told Mil.Today.
According to Belonenko, the corvette-subclass multirole ship combines seaworthiness, fire power and the capability to operate in littoral, long-range sea and ocean zones. Estimated displacement of the ship is 2,000-2,500 tons.
"This corvette is armed nearly like a frigate. Commissioning of Calibers helped to perform attack missions using small-size ships. All warships must pose maximum threat for the opponent. This will enable to use the navy more flexibly, especially in the present-day conditions", added the ship designer. High sea-keeping performance is achieved through wider hull, special shape of the underbody and the forecastle, said the expert. The ship’s center of gravity is switched to aft, which helps to damp the seel. The corvette is supposed to have water-jet engines, and if faster speed is needed, the gas-turbine ones, too.
In the interview to Mil.Today, Valentin Belonenko emphasized that the ship creation process was at the very beginning: "It is not even a project yet, just a concept, a kind of a military and technical research". As for him, the corvette’s characteristics, including weapons configuration, can be changed depending on the navy’s demands.
The ship presented at the Army-2017 show is equipped with 16 vertical launch systems for Caliber cruise missiles. Designers say number of missiles can be increased up to 24.
Air defense of the corvette is ensured by 16 long- and 32 short-range antiaircraft missiles. In addition, the ship is equipped with the 100-mm standard gun mount and two 30-mm six- (or twelve-) barreled rapid-fire automatic guns. Antisubmarine and antitorpedo weapons are represented by two Paket-NK 324-mm four-tube torpedo launchers.
On August 23, the Krylov center’s showroom was visited by deputy defense minister Yury Borisov. The shipbuilders explained him advantages of the ship over analogous projects.
Earlier on, media called the prototype corvette Breeze, its model was supposed to appear at the IMDS-2017 naval show, but at the last minute the demonstration was cancelled.
“The ship’s center of gravity is switched to aft, which helps to damp the seel.”
What’s a seel, and why would I want a damp one?
In the era of modern stealth technology , which is only getting better every day, the era of big surface capital ships is over. How can you defend a huge carrier with 5,000 sailors against an attack from a flock of stealthy “seagull” drones each armed with a pound of C4 explosive. They would be launched from a platform far far away, directed to target by some junior rating sitting in a bunker and swarm the ship.Just one scenario. Sadly it will takes a terrible real loss to impress this point on the current hide bound “battleship” politically correct admirals who run the Navy.
Damp refers to 'reducing' and seel refers to a ship rolling in a storm.
So.... with the COG switched to aft(rear), the ship tends not to roll as much in a storm.
Each drone would have dilithium crystal propulsion to give it that “long range” so the delivery platform wouldn’t have to get too close to release them.
Of course, then any large ship might just shoot the “bird” drones down with large shotguns.
Seel: To incline to one side; to lean; to roll, as a ship at sea.
Six trips across the Pacific.
I know a seel when I see one...
Thank you! You’re smarter than google on this one!
Thanks! Miriam-Webster says it’s stitching a falcon’s eyes closed...
Speaking of shotguns. Always wondered why anti aircraft big “shotgun” shells were not deployed for the big 8”,!0”, 15” and 18” guns on cruisers and battleships to deter attacks from torpedo planes and dive bombers during WW II. Such shotgun shells may still be useful as a last defense against missile and drone attack.
I have thought that as well...it is the history of war. For everything that is developed, some countermeasure is developed.
Except for nuclear weapons, which are so terrible they are almost never an option to be actively used.
Phalanx CIWS just shot down your idea. Then shot down the pieces of the pieces of your idea.
Hope you are right. Hate to be at sea to find out.
Apparently the Yamato had a shell for that very reason but was still ineffective.
Computer controlled radar, precision laser guidance systems, state of the art rocket propulsion systems and bad add weaponry are literally a century ahead of anti-aircraft defenses.
Do you think that we put men on the moon just collect some cool rocks?
After the Korean war my dad told me of his tank unit looking over a ridge into a valley at approaching NK and Chinese troops. A lot of them. Every one was told to hunker down because the battle ships were gonna shell the valley, and they did. He didnt know if they were bee hive rounds but the kill rate was very high and a day later they rode thru the valley on the way to the Yalu river.
We had bee hives on the M-60 and M-1 tanks (105 and 120 mm rounds) but a 16” one, no, 3 - 16” beehive rounds, each as big as a volkswagon? Thats anti-personnel at its finest!
Should read;
“ahead of flak type anti-aircraft defenses.”
With a flock of carrier-launched anti-seagull drones, each equipped with an IR sensor and a few ounces of C4.
Looks like a yacht Paul Allen might buy.
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