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To: sukhoi-30mki
Let's see if I "get" this...

We're talking about a scaled-up USS Zumwalt, right?
Instead of 15,000 tons our new battle-arsenal ship will be 30,000+ tons and will do everything the Zumwalt does except more & cheaper?

But with nuclear power, it won't be all that cheap.

So, can somebody explain how one 30,000 ton ship will do a job more & better than two 15,000 Zumwalts, or three+ Arleigh Burkes?
What weapons go on a 30,000 ton "arsenal" ship that won't fit in smaller, more numerous, destroyers?



12 posted on 06/01/2017 6:25:27 AM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BroJoeK

There is no need for a Battleship. The Zumwalt class destroyers are larger and heavier than the Ticonderoga class cruisers.

When the Zumwalts main weapon system becomes available, the magnetic rail gun; everything within 250 miles of its position will be in range.


20 posted on 06/01/2017 8:26:27 AM PDT by yuleeyahoo (Those are my principles, and if you do not like them...well I have others. - Groucho Marx)
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