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Originally Posted by maximusslade
I take it ESSM is tech lingo for SeaSparrow.
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ESSM = Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile. It's the next generation of Sea Sparrow, and is said to be VERY accurate. So much, that recent Arleigh Burke class Destroyers have been built without the CIWS's in place, because they carry ESSM in the Mk 41's.
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Originally Posted by maximusslade
show me a picture and I'll try to adjust my picture accordingly.
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Why, they come in canisters for the Mk 41, you can't see them in your designs, a lid for a Mk 41 canister looks the same no matter what it's packin' underneath.
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Originally Posted by maximusslade
Looking at it, my first inclination is to keep the VLS cells for the land attack and antiship missles and keep the ESSM in the box launchers. The primary mission of this ship is not AAW, but I want it to have some AAW capability. But on the other hand with four rounds per cell and 360 cells to work with
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The POINT would be that you could carry the same number of Sea Sparrow missile as your 7 Mk 21/29 box launchers in just 14 Mk 41 VLS canisters. You can also vary the number of ESSM's carried with mission requirements using the Mk 41, and I wouldn’t worry about swapping a few TLAM's for ESSM's when you've got 360 canisters on board.
The biggest reason is probably is to eliminate a missile launcher class from your design. Having all these weapons and launchers is cool...but not practical.
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Originally Posted by maximusslade
I am thinking of rearraging the lay out of stuff in the superstructure. That may be where you find the RAM in the future.
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I look forward to seeing it. Perhaps replace half of the Phalanx mounts with RAM launchers?