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Post by richardburton on Oct 22, 2009 11:26:29 GMT 1
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Post by RustiSwordz on Oct 30, 2009 0:43:57 GMT 1
Bloody ace!  |
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Post by Relyt on Oct 30, 2009 1:00:06 GMT 1
A truly remarkable class of warships. Sadly, as you all may know, your Navy lacks the funding to have more than just a handful of these very capable warships. For comparison, my country's Navy has in commission more than fifty Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyers (or DDG's as we call them). They're about the same size as your Navy's Type 45 (Daring) class ships, but our ships have one distinct advantage over them: Aegis. Aegis is a combat system designed to simultaneously attack multiple targets at once and has a successful "kill" rate of more than 85%. In short, it controls lots of guided missiles at once and is ideal for defending an aircraft carrier battlegroup from large numbers of enemy aircraft. But on the bright side for you people, at least your ships are still launched the old-fashioned way. All we do is put ours in drydocks, then flood the drydock to launch. Safer, but not nearly as exciting. Here's a picture of an Arleigh Burke flight IIA destroyer for viewing pleasure. And just so you know, I wasn't reading anything on warships while typing this. I don't mean to brag, but all this is memory. (Wow, that was a long paragraph.)  Pictured here is the USS Bainbridge, DDG 96. This vessel, in April this year, rescued the captain of a US cargo ship. The captain was being held hostage by Somalian pirates for ransom when snipers on the stern of this destroyer killed the pirates, saving the captain. |
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Post by RustiSwordz on Oct 30, 2009 1:05:54 GMT 1
Thats funny our Daring class is meant to engage multiple aircraft too. |
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Post by Relyt on Oct 30, 2009 19:21:29 GMT 1
All modern destroyers are designed to take on aircraft. The US Navy's are just the best at doing that. Other countries we have shared Aegis with are Japan, South Korea, and Norway. I (and this may sound shocking to everyone) don't even know why Britain does not have Aegis. Of course, modern destroyers can also take on submarines and surface warships, as well as land targets.
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stevesudz
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Post by stevesudz on Feb 11, 2010 12:47:12 GMT 1
Interesting read this! One thing I can say for sure is that the military from any country never give all the correct information out about anything new. According to official reports in the early 80s, the Harrier jumpjet was SUBsonic. Try telling that to the argentine mirage pilots who had a hard time outrunning and catching them. The jets were capable of a great deal more than the press release stated, and certainly more than the jets sold abroad. It makes total sense for any military organisation to do this. Yes, they want to sell their creations aboad, but you dont give your biggest guns away either. Many a war has been waged where the good guys have suddenly discovered that the crappy little enemy has got something they haven't. Its a sure fire way of getting new big budgets to spend on new weapons. Lets face it. All this military hardware is outmoded already, and is only there for financial reasons. There are far more subtle ways to cripple a country...
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