Posted on 05/11/2016 9:06:31 AM PDT by Jeff Head
Exactly and spot on.
Hehehe...the first captain of this ship happens to be named, Captain James Kirk.
No lie.
Actually, the first rail gun was planned to be tested at sea to sea this year. It will be tested at sea on one of the new Joint High Speed Transport ships being set up specially as a test bed for it.
This may still occur, but an alternate plan was announced in March to forego that testing and put the 1st gun on the 3rd Zumwalt vessel, The Lyndon Baines Johnson, currently under construction and set to launch in 2017.
Not sure which they will do at this point...final decision not made.
We shall see.
But it is definitely well tested and coming close to being available.
I expect we will see what deployed to sea in the 2020 time frame.
Hi guy. I hope you are doing well.
Looks like an old ship design. I’m having a senior moment here,...oh right, the Merrimack or the Monitor, I forget which one.
5.56mm
I’m a mechanical engineer and well aware of the advantages of forward sweep. Also that it brings disadvantages. What I was pointing out is that the forward sweep on a turn into a wave is going to create one huge bow surge versus backward swept. I’m sure it operates great on the design points.
I have often wondered why that hasn’t been tried (Well, except for the 10 gazillion dollars for acres of flat panel displays!)
Well, the radar signature is apparently very, VERY small, but...if someone stuck a periscope up, well...a MK-48 would probably do just fine...
Hahahaha...that picture nearly made me fall out of my chair!
I just watched a u tube on a rail gun test by NAVSEA. Flames everywhere. What? What’s with a the fire and brimstone I wasn’t expecting that.
I heard they were upgrading the electronic infrastructure on a few late model Arleigh Burkes (Flight III?) which was bringing up from 450 volts to 4,160 volts...there was speculation it was being done to handle the high requirements of a rail gun, IIRC.
Wow. Looks like she means business.
I believe that NAVSEA test was done in 2012 with very un-aerodynamic slugs.
Try the one from 2013 and later with the more aerodynamic rounds.
Here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7Xh28hNRBQ
...and watch this one. where two protytpes are seen on the US Navy JHSV that may test one of them this summer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXF0n6aojSc
Good stuff.
How are they going to hide from all the missiles coming in?
They have several methods:
1. They are very stealthy. All angles, no masts, no protrusions, no barrels, etc. Very hard for an enemy to find and lock on to.
2. They have electronic counter-measures galore to electronically jam and confuse missiles. Even butn their electronics out.
3. They have systems that blast stealthy clouds of material and/or chaff into the air to have missiles lose their lock.
4. They have anti-missiles, quad packed into each vertical launch cell carrying them. it is likely that they will carry upwards of 100 of these missiles. These shoot down incoming missiles
5. Last, they will have a Close-in-Weapon System, Probably a couple of 30mm guns for last defense. They too can shoot down incoming missiles.
Once the rail gun is added, they have anti-missile projectiles that will also be very effective.
US Navy ships are the best defended vessels on earth against incoming missiles...but no matter how you dice it, if the enemy finds you and launches, it is a very dangerous thing.
Isn’t that just beautiful.
Power.
To quote Bill Whittle: “She’s a bad, Baaaad, girl...”
Embarrassing if it is the Iranians or North Koreans that sink the ship.
It seems to be working, AFAIK it hasn’t been torpedoed yet.
While neat as hell, and likely very capable, the DDG-1000 cannot perform the mission of two Burkes.
And definitely cannot be in two places at the same time.
It carriers approx 20% more VLS tubes (120 I think)for more than twice the price.
While it does carry the 155mm gun, what will that do that a 5in/54 won't at sea?
As for stealth, I don't buy it. There's no way to hide a 15kt warship.
While neat as hell, and likely very capable, the DDG-1000 cannot perform the mission of two Burkes.
And definitely cannot be in two places at the same time.
It carriers approx 20% more VLS tubes (120 I think)for more than twice the price.
While it does carry the 155mm gun, what will that do that a 5in/54 won't at sea?
As for stealth, I don't buy it. There's no way to hide a 15kt warship.
I would much rather the Navy point that money at more Burkes, Some Frigates and a Sub or two.
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