Posted on 04/07/2017 8:43:21 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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One might reflexively think so, but the anti-ship variant of the Kalibr cruise missile is nothing to f**k with. As the anti-ship variant of the Kalibr, code named SIZZLER, closes on a ship, it goes into evasive maneuvering, accelerates up to Mach 3 and dives to an altitude of about 15-20 feet. Oh, by the way, it has a range of about 250 to 400 miles and carries a shaped warhead of almost 1,000 lbs.
I wouldn’t want to be on ANY ship with a round like that inbound...
The TASS source portrayed this as less of an emergency response and more of a scheduled deployment, saying it is expected to remain off Syria’s shores for “more than a month.”
Let’s hope and pray this is true!
Yeah, we were on the wrong side of that conflict for sure. The muzzies ran wild in Kosovo after we did a Wag the Dog.
“God almighty——I dreaded hearing the news this morning——this is worse than I expected.”
Are you kidding?
What were you feeling last year when Russian jets were flying near our boats.
This stuff happens all the time.
Or in other words, "Sorry Assad, we just couldn't get there in time, but we're here for as long as we can afford it."
The loss of be 20 if Assad’s jets means the MB has More power.
The dogs of war have been unleashed. I said yesterday this was not going to end well. You don’t start a war you are not willing to win. And you don’t launch missiles against a sovereign nation that you are not prepared to go to war with.
There is no question but that the attack yesterday can be considered an act of war against Syria and its allies. We didn’t take too kindly to the Japs attacking one of our military bases.
We were neither threatened nor attacked by Syria. This was an unwarranted unilateral attack. It could conceivably lead to a shooting war with Russia.
To put it in twitter terms: Big Mistake.
Displacement:
Standard: 3,620 tons
Full: 4,035 tons[citation needed]
Length: 124.8 m (409 ft)
Beam: 15.2 m (50 ft)
Draught: 4.2 m (14 ft)
Propulsion:
2 shaft COGAG;
2 DS-71 cruise gas turbines 8,450 shp (6,300 kW);
2 DT-59 boost gas turbines 22,000 shp (16,000 kW) ;
Total: 60,900 shp (45,400 kW)
Speed: 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 4,850 nmi (8,980 km; 5,580 mi) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Endurance: 30 days
Complement: 200
Sensors and processing systems:
Air search radar: Fregat M2EM
Surface search radar: 3Ts-25E Garpun-B, MR-212/201-1, Nucleus-2 6000A
Fire control radar: JSC 5P-10E Puma FCS, 3R14N-11356 FCS, MR-90 Orekh SAM FCS
Electronic warfare & decoys:
EW Suite: TK-25E-5;
Countermeasures:
4 × KT-216
Armament:
1 × 100 mm A-190 Arsenal naval gun
1 × 8 UKSK VLS cells for Kalibr and 3M55 Oniks
2 × 12 3S90M Shtil-1 VLS cells
2 × AK-630M CIWS
8 × Igla-1E (SA-16)
2 х 2 533 mm torpedo tubes
1 × RBU-6000 rocket launcher
Aircraft carried: 1 Ka-27PL or Ka-31 helicopter
20 FIGHTERS that were being used to kill McCain’s “moderates” and ISIS and other jihadis.
That’s just great.
IF Israel and W Europe were so upset, why did WE have to send the missiles?
And who here cried when chemical weapons were used in the Iran/Iraq war?
And even if he did use them, I didn’t know we were at war with them.
As for making a statement to China, lobbing missiles at a third world country’s air base, a country which in NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM can retaliate is a LOT different than doing something against China or NK with its TEN THOUSAND artillery pieces pointed at SK.
Given the tone and tenor of so many replies here over the past day or two, I'm going to assume that this is sarcasm. The "3D Chess" thing gets on my nerves, too, a little too reminiscent of "strategy." But, regarding the intelligence of Donald Trump, look back over the past year and a half. Look at what he's managed to pull off. This is not a stupid or naive man. Clearly very intelligent. Genius? Time will tell, I suppose. A lot of "genius" is in actually succeeding. Nobody cares for brilliant failures. Well, outside of Tesla.
Hey, is Xi still in Florida? Or did he bug out this morning?
“Strategery.”
I wish he'd actually start playing.
Type: Guided missile destroyer
Displacement:
Fully loaded:
Flight I: 8,315 t (8,184 long tons; 9,166 short tons)
Flight II: 8,400 t (8,300 long tons; 9,300 short tons)
Flight IIA: 9,200 t (9,100 long tons; 10,100 short tons)
Flight III: 9,800 t (9,600 long tons; 10,800 short tons)[3]
Length:
Flights I and II: 505 ft (154 m)
Flight IIA: 509 ft (155 m)
Beam: 66 ft (20 m)
Draft: 30.5 ft (9.3 m)
Installed power: 3 × Allison AG9140 Generators (2,500 kW each, 440 V)
Propulsion:
4 × General Electric LM2500 gas turbines each generating 26,250 bhp (19,570 kW);[4]
coupled to two shafts, each driving a five-bladed reversible controllable-pitch propeller;
Total output: 105,000 bhp (78,000 kW)
Speed: In excess of 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 4,400 nmi (8,100 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried: 2 × rigid hull inflatable boats
Complement:
Flight I: 303 total[5]
Flight IIA: 23 officers, 300 enlisted[5]
Sensors and
processing systems:
AN/SPY-1D 3D Radar
AN/SPS-67(V)2 Surface Search Radar
AN/SPS-73(V)12 Surface Search Radar
AN/SPG-62 Fire Control Radar
AN/SQS-53C Sonar Array
AN/SQR-19 Tactical Towed Array Sonar
AN/SQQ-28 LAMPS III Shipboard System
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
AN/SLQ-32(V)2 Electronic Warfare System
AN/SLQ-25 Nixie Torpedo Countermeasures
MK 36 MOD 12 Decoy Launching System
AN/SLQ-39 CHAFF Buoys
Armament:
Missiles:
Flight I: 90 cell Mk 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS)
Flights II and IIA: 96 cell Mk 41 VLS
Tomahawk cruise missile
RIM-66M Standard medium range SAM (has an ASuW mode)[citation needed]
RIM-161 Standard Ballistic missile defense missile for Aegis BMD (15 ships as of March 2009[6])
RIM-162 ESSM (4 per cell) SAM (DDG-79 onward)
RUM-139 Vertical Launch ASROC
RIM-174A Standard ERAM added in 2011
2 × Mk 141 Harpoon Missile Launcher SSM (not in Flight IIA units)[7]
Guns:
1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/54 Mk-45 Mod 1/2 (lightweight gun) (DDG-51 to -80); or
1 × 5-inch (127-mm)/62 Mk-45 mod 4 (lightweight gun) (DDG-81 onwards)
2 × (DDG-51 to -84); or
1 × (DDG-85 onwards) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
2 × 25 mm M242 Bushmaster cannons
Torpedoes:
2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (six Mk-46 or Mk-50 torpedoes, Mk-54 in the near future)
Aircraft carried:
Flights I and II: None
Flight IIA onwards: up to two MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS III helicopters
Aviation facilities:
Flights I and II: Flight deck only, but LAMPS III electronics installed on landing deck for coordinated DDG-51/helo ASW operations
Flight IIA onwards: Flight deck and enclosed hangars for two MH-60R LAMPS III helicopters
It was the canteen that really pissed them off.
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The U.S. Navy calls it the Geedunk. Destroying the snack bar is fightin’ stuff. Same thing if a golf course at a USAF base was attacked. ;)
They’re just delivering another massive shipment of Russian dressing for our president, I’m sure.....
And Russian Caviar to celebrate the election victory together.
Are you practicing Duck and Cover? Buying cans of tomato soup for storage?
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