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Originally posted by RustyBattleship View PostIf it is an ammo drum, they probably just didn't bother to take it out. Most likely it's some motor system that fit just right in there.Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
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Rusty` got it, just about!
It is indeed the Laser Area Defence System. It is based on a solid state fibre laser of some 20 kW. It isn`t a pulsed laser, the beam is held on target constantly until it is ruptured. Talk is of a range of 550 yds. A real deal ship mounted system is 2 years away according to Raytheon. They will need a hell of a lot more power than 20 kW to give it a decent range. I guess that is what Integrated electric propulsion is for then! The box on top of the Phalanx mount is the actual laser.
I am not convinced they can overcome dust/fog/humidity issues though...
Both Northrop and Raytheon are big players in these types of weapons nowadays, along with TRW etc.. Sandia lab`and Lauwrence Liv` probably do a bit of work as well!
A Laser Phalanx?
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550 yards is a little too close for me. Especially since the standard 20mm Phalanx has a far greater range but is programmed not to open fire until the target is 1,850 meters (2,000 yards) incoming.
I uploaded a real player news report to TopHatter of a Laser not only shooting down missiles but blowing up incoming 8 inch artillery shells also.
I don't know how to upload this kind of stuff but it really is amazing that we have a Buck Rogers type of "Ray Gun" now.
Or is it a Star Wars "Blaster"?
Maybe a Star Trek "Phaser"?Able to leap tall tales in a single groan.
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550 yards would increase pucker factor, the LADS is really aimed at replacing Counter Rocket-Mortar Phalanx, land based systems.
A 100kW system would give a ship based CIWS an effective range of about 3 times that of Phalanx, according to some sources.
It is exciting, the technical problems look pretty tough though.
Rusty`, would love to see those videos you have of the test! If they were from a site, you could post the link or put it on Youtube? I don`t know if this forum has a facility for video upload. If Rochenhost have a video player inbuilt to run video attachments, it would be much like uploading a picture, the player automatically popping up in a window within a post. I am not sure if the site does this....
Phaser or Blaster? I prefer "Disruptor", sounds a bit meaner:)"Liberty is a thing beyond all price.
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Originally posted by RustyBattleship View Post550 yards is a little too close for me. Especially since the standard 20mm Phalanx has a far greater range but is programmed not to open fire until the target is 1,850 meters (2,000 yards) incoming.
I uploaded a real player news report to TopHatter of a Laser not only shooting down missiles but blowing up incoming 8 inch artillery shells also.
I don't know how to upload this kind of stuff but it really is amazing that we have a Buck Rogers type of "Ray Gun" now.
Or is it a Star Wars "Blaster"?
Maybe a Star Trek "Phaser"?
Phalanx is simplicity it only requires minimal electric from its host and cooling water for the mount and its radar/s.
I wonder how much current that pulse laser draws under load.Last edited by Dreadnought; 08 Apr 08,, 14:17.Fortitude.....The strength to persist...The courage to endure.
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She was the first submarine to cirumnavigate the globe submerged.
Adn she was commanded by a great WW II submariner and author Ed Beach
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Originally posted by Albany Rifles View PostWhat was the importance of Mound City?
Union gunboat USS Mound City (iron clad steamer)took the single most destructive shot of the Civil war. It took fire from a confederate shore battery and a boiler exploded. This single shot killed almost 130 men. White River, June 17th, 1862?
Seems more unfortunate than important though!Last edited by Tin Man; 11 Apr 08,, 15:40."Liberty is a thing beyond all price.
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Originally posted by Tin Man View PostI will try this one...
Union gunboat USS Mound City (iron clad steamer)took the single most destructive shot of the Civil war. It took fire from a confederate shore battery and a boiler exploded. This single shot killed almost 130 men. White River, June 17th, 1862?
Seems more unfortunate than important though!
Not quite what I was looking for but I will take it.
Mound City was the lead gunboat in a class of river gunboats used in the American Civil War along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. It was nemed for the city where they were built in southern
Illinois, Mound City.
Tin Man...all yours.“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
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Originally posted by Tin Man View PostYou are very gracious sir!
An easy one.
Which allied aircraft accounted for the most axis shipping destroyed in WWII in terms of tonnage ?
What was the total tonnage figure ? A ballpark figure will do.Semper in excretum. Solum profunda variat.
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