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The new sexy
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 2:43 pm
by LoBlo
In military design, form meets function and aesthetics are inconsequential. But wow, if this is the future of naval design, talk about sexy ship designs.
http://defensetech.org/2015/09/02/brita ... more-25635
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:29 pm
by magi
Very cool indeed…
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 4:09 pm
by NakedWeasel
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 8:18 am
by Dysta
Will the future's naval warfare becomes a one-ship fleet loaded with everything it could fit in?
(Actually, it's the Soviet's idea -- the Kirov-class is designed to pit against a principal fleet by its own)
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 9:05 am
by ziolo
A plastic warship?
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:56 am
by CapnDarwin
Cool looking ship. Not sure what it is using for ASM defense close in.
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 11:11 pm
by LoBlo
ORIGINAL: ziolo
A plastic warship?
No one said the design of realistic.. or even useful in some aspects. But you got to admit that it looks like a hotrod on water.
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 1:27 am
by Casinn
Like the Star Trek bridge/CIC.
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 3:37 pm
by SeaQueen
No missiles? No point defenses? That rail gun better be pretty good.
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 3:46 am
by NakedWeasel
Does it not appear to have upward directed VLS ports built into the outriggers? And naturally the PDS would be a combination of: soft defense, electronic defenses, hard defense, and DEWs.
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 4:20 am
by NakedWeasel
I make out what looks like, 48xVLS tubes (possibly multi-celled), 4xDEWs, (possibly each attacking 5 individual targets or focusing firing on one or more (maybe 10!?) Beams on a single target, from at least 2 turrets simultaneously. Below and aft of the VLS tubes, there are long rectangular hatches that could hide torpedo launchers, possibly for ASW/Torpedo defense, and maybe larger tubes for heavy weight torpedoes. That odd looking cluster atop the PLANAR array might also house DEWs as well. The vessel also seems to have a very well equipped aircraft operations capability, large enough to host several multi-mission attack VTOLUAVs.
With an equivalent level of technologies including: LO, ECM/ECCM, sensors, DC, (armor???) the ship could probably be better defended than a current day CVN.
RE: The new sexy
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2015 4:47 am
by NakedWeasel
According to the article:“The ship would not have a conventional mast but a tethered quad-copter which could be flown above the ship. This tether would be made of carbon nanotubes and cryogenically cooled in order to transmit significant power to the quad-copter for multi-spectral sensors and act as a high-power (i.e. laser) weapon to knock down enemy missiles or aircraft.
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