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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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You have no idea what your talking about do you? There is 1 place in the US that makes gun barrels. When 16” 50cal barrels were built each one took approx a year. You will notice that no BBs that were ordered after the war started were ever built. It takes too long and consumes too many resources.
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The prices are right on. Here, I'll even provide sources.
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.
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Then I take it you are not using Armor Grade hardness but regular structural grade steel. What are you using for armor then?
Your “It doesn’t matter” answer concerning the Alum actually would matter just as the type of steel you use. Those little variables like Flexibility, expansion rates, strength do matter when you are figuring out prices.
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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(and the world for that matter) uses them, and it's new, just makes clear that your throwing dirt on the matter with an outdated news article.
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Or could it be that they were so far along in the build that they couldn’t rip the ship apart and install conventional systems.
If you googled mermaid pods you would find many articles stating that the ship lines are still having bearing problems with the pods,
That they are changing them out every 6 months. That they have a tendency to stick and not very efficient in rough water.
You would also see that the Brits decided against using pods on the new CV. In part because as Simon Knight of BMT Defense Services after the CVF design was selected in early 2003. "The principal worry with pod engines is the shock loading." Pod engines have not shown a great resistance to shock. The effect has been to move the shaft out of alignment within the pod so that it comes into contact with other parts of the engine, causing the bearings to fail. “
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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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It has everything to do with designing a warship. If not than ABs and Tycos could be designed with a crew of 30 using systems used in the civilian sector.
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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
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Well since AIM-54s were taken out of service I would have thought you would use
A system that is in service or something on the drawing board like AMRAAM-ER
Not a 70s system that was retired a year ago.
Since the radar system has been picked(The AN/APG-81) you can figure the missiles. The ones to be cleared for the 35 are:internal carriage JDAM, CBU-105 WCMD , JSOW , Paveway II , AIM-120C AMRAAM ; for external carriage: JASSM , AIM-9X Sidewinder and Storm Shadow cruise missile.
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You just don't get it, we have a 5" AGS. Why build a 10" over a 16"? By the way, a caliber has nothing to do with 16" That proves furthermore you don't understand ballistics.
Let me explain something to you, the desert eagle handgun is .50, while the Iowa battleship guns are .50 as well. You don't even know what your talking about here and it's really starting to irritate me.
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I know this was in answer to a B. Smitty post but I couldn’t help it.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. But then again I see that you visit Meyers site so it doesn’t surprise me.
Caliber has everything to do with the 16 in measurement as well as the 50 cal measurement
Caliber as your example of the “Desert Eagle .50 cal, is the inside diameter of the barrel measured between the lands. Normally used for Small arms
In artillery it is the diameter of the projectile ie 155mm. Or 16”
The Iowa guns are 16”/50cal
The 50 cal in this case denotes the length of the barrel from breach to muzzle divided by its diameter.
Ie 16 (diameter) x 50= 800 inches. The tube of the Iowa main batteries are 800 inches long.
The M-109 howitzer with M185 tube is a 155/38cal.
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When firing unguided munitons you have something called COF. Which is the chance that the munition would land within the designated target zone. The further away you are, the larger the circle of fire becomes. WW2 guns used un guided munitions, so firing more round increased the chance it would hit the target. Thats the salvo efficiency. And thats also common ballistics
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Do you make this stuff up as you go? You are thinking of the dispersion pattern of rounds. In small arms(machine guns) you would come close in that you would discuss the “Cone of Fire” while its airborne but once it hits the ground it is called the” Beaten Zone”
For aircraft dropped munitions the pattern is express as a Circular Error Probability
In Artillery and NGF it is expressed as Probable Error in 2D or Spherical Error Probability. 1 PE is a distance in which 50% will impact in relation to the target.
These are expressed as PE range, PE deflection and PE Height Of Burst.
Lastly in NGF the "circle" doesn't become bigger. It does become more eliptical.
Maybe you need to hit the books
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As for refuting my claim, there are a lot of targets around the world such as in north korea and china, which are within 320 miles. And as I said, those exotic shells I mentioned could go 700+ miles. The ram jet shells I mentioned, which the air force are testing currently. Now even if one of those shells cost the same as a tomahawk, they still deliver more destructive power on target.
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Could you give me any reference on those Ram Jet shells that the Air force is testing? Those that apply to Naval gunfire. I hope you are not using the NASA X-43
Scramjet project. Or the 120mm gun scramjet project. As they do not apply to a 16in weapon.
Also, and especially in Korea, although you see the claim on many Pro BB sites. Although many targets would be within this “Super16 in round” you wouldn’t be able to hit them. Since you see to be so “Up” on ballistics can you tell me why? If not I’ll be sure to let you know next post.