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To: sukhoi-30mki

Nice looking ship, but 8 m41 VLS tubes is a joke, especially as it has a SPY-1F Aegis system.


8 posted on 01/20/2011 10:31:35 AM PST by rmlew (You want change? Vote for the most conservative electable in your state or district.)
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To: rmlew
Each VLS tube has 4 missiles, giving the ship 32 ESSMs. That number is still nowhere close to that carried by US/Japanese/S.Korean AEGIS vessels, but it is quite formidable for a frigate. It may not be good enough for the South Koreans or the Japanese or the USN, but for Norway it should more or less fit the bill quite well.

On a different note: I am still wondering why the AEGIS system is still a PESA and not an AESA?

10 posted on 01/21/2011 12:24:31 AM PST by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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