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Defcon, Need to read some of the older threads on BB reactivation . And their worth. Can you name the last time BBs were used for NSFS to support an amphibious landing?
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The Navy no longer supports opposing amphibious landings. Everyone knows this.
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Please explain how you believe that designing a new 16" turret, barrel, loading system, projectile, projectile guidance and propellant and a new class of ship to mount them to (have I missed anything) will be cheaper than Block 3 and 4 Tac Toms at 500 thou each. Or more important, cheaper than a F/A 18 or B-52 firing the latest version of JSOW/JDAM/JASSM?
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It won't, that price is the unit price. Guns are cheaper to design, thats that. Please explain how firing 40 million dollars at the enemy every time you need to hit an armored target is cheap? It's not. The AGS system already exists, so I'm not proposing the creation of something new. Just a scaled up rendition. The projectiles you mention are already being created for the AGS system on the DD(X). By the way, you missed something.
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Oh yes the industrial capacity/capability to build these 16" barrels.
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The barrels aren't that tremendous to make. Industrial steel support beams weigh more and are usually longer.
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Why have you chosen ESSM and Seawolf together? Are the radars compatable?
Why not use RAM and ESSM, since they are both already in the US inventory. And compatable.
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I could use the Rim-116b but I concluded SeaWolf is better. Doesn't really matter though, this entire design is theoretical.
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If you think you are going to build a ship that isn't Aegis compatable then you are kidding yourself.
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I stated it would be Aegis if possible. So I'm not kidding anyone.
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Prices of steel and alum are so far off its not even funny. What grade steel are you planning to use? The ability to produce armor strength HHS is lacking in the US. We have had to outsource for some of the armor kits being sent to Iraq.
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The prices are right on. Here, I'll even provide sources.
http://www.grede.com/customer_servic...teelPrices.jsp
Says current price is $339 per ton, and if you notice, my price for steel was accurate last month when I drafted these ship specs. Prices for scrap aluminum are rather hard to find. However the price I gave was accurate over a 3 year span, which is the proper way of gauging metal prices, since they fluctuate from day to day.
Additionally I'm considering a new steel alloy the U.S Navy is developing for the CVN carriers.
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Same with the alum. Are you planning on using "Beercan" formula alum for your superstructure? Or 5083 grade alum armor? Will it handle the stresses? After the Belknap fire I'm betting that any talk of alum superstructures will go over like a fart in church
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Quite frankly it doesn't matter. I could use steel if I wanted.
The armor has no aluminum.
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Mermaid pods? Did they get those things working? If they didn't live up to a cruise lines standards what do you think the USN will have to say? From Maritime News in Aug 03:
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That story is from 2003. It's old. The Queen Mary 2 set sail January of this year with four Mermaid pods and they have had nothing but praise. Mermaid pods were released in 2002 with initial problems, it was new technology so it really isn't that surpirsing. So yeah, had you bothered to do more than google the subject you would have found plenty of new articles praising the technology. It's an electric motor, you understand that right? It's not as if it's some type of futuristic engine type. Simply a modern rendition of something that's been around for the past century.
The fact that the largest most expensive liner in the Cunard Line (and the world for that matter) uses them, and it's new, just makes clear that your throwing dirt on the matter with an outdated news article.
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An AB can change out an engine in less than 72 hours. How long to replace a mermaid pod? can they troubleshoot, change out components/assemblies without having to drydock?
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Mermaid pods are self contained, and independant. A Mermaid pod takes less than a day to replace.
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For such a large ship and your crew numbers, what will you do about DC? Will you be able to fight the ship and do DC? How many casualties before you have to go offline?
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The idea is to prevent damage control. But moreoever this has nothing to do with ship design. Please ask relevant questions in the future.
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Check your little "Battlefield tactics" wargame. Why are you waiting until the "enemy" planes get into ESSM range to engage? Neither F-18 nor F-35s can carry AIM-54. Only F-14s could and even now"While they last" they cannot because 54s were taken out of service.
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Checking your little "ego", I would point out it's made to be simple. Loadouts for the F-35 have not been specified, and there are three different versions. I simply was using a fire and forget air to air missile with proper range. It's a simple display of tactics, and it does it rather well. As for the enemy planes coming into range of the ESSM, They did engage prior to that.
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Many other questions/observations but work on these first.
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alright