Belesarius Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 Thread for naval warfare technology and general naval weapons and ships discussion. "Keel laying ceremony of Borei-A-class nuclear submarine Emperor Alexander III is will take place in Severodvinsk on December 18." http://mil.today/2015/Navy7/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 LCS buy cut from 52 to 40, and they are to deselect one of the two current programs. http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/2015/12/16/littoral-combat-ship-lcs-navy-budget-fighter-super-hornet-joint-strike-fighter-lockheed-martin-fincantieri-austal/77452734/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted December 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 What it takes to Sucuessfuly attack an American Aircraft Carrier. 4.8 Meg pdf from the Lexington Institute. http://lexingtoninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/aircraft-carrier-invulnerability.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted December 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2015 Want an aircraft carrier? 4.8 m Euros! http://alert5.com/2015/12/20/ex-spanish-aircraft-carrier-principe-de-asturias-to-be-sold-as-scrap/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted December 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2015 ONI Report on Russian Navy. http://news.usni.org/2015/12/18/document-office-of-naval-intelligence-report-on-russian-navy#more-16201 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Russian Navy less than a third of the size of the former Soviet Navy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 Russian Navy less than a third of the size of the former Soviet Navy: And to think people flat out didn't believe me when I said on TS the PLAN is actually the 2nd largest navy in the world now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 And to think people flat out didn't believe me when I said the PLAN is actually the 2nd largest navy in the world now. I thought this was pretty much a given fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted December 24, 2015 Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 I thought this was pretty much a given fact. Well, I forgot to add the "In TS" part initially. But yeah, apparently not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted December 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2015 I posted that infographic on Dec. 21. http://sturgeonshouse.ipbhost.com/index.php?/topic/752-the-interesting-ship-photosart-thread/page-6#entry40731 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Interesting look at US Fleet Strength. Down to 191 combat vessels. http://navy-matters.blogspot.ca/2016/03/combat-fleet-count-update.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted March 27, 2016 Report Share Posted March 27, 2016 Re: Boaty McBoatface thing: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted March 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2016 Sea Trials aboard the Zumwalt. http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense-news/2016/03/31/zumwalt-sea-trials-bath-iron-works-ddg1000-navy-navsea/82456618/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted April 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2016 http://www.janes.com/article/59438/germany-s-first-type-125-frigate-begins-sea-trials Type 125 begins sea trials. Armament: 1 × 127 mm lightweight Otobreda naval gun with guided VULCANO ammunition for land-attack missions (range: more than 100 km (62 mi)) 2 × 27 mm MLG 27 remote-controlled autocannons 5 × 12.7 mm Hitrole-NT remote-controlled machine gun turrets 2 × 12.7 mm heavy machine guns (manually controlled) CIWS: 2 × RAM Block II surface-to-air missile launcher/CIWS, 21 cells each Anti-ship missiles: 8 × RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles (interim solution until joint sea/land attack missile RBS 15 MK4 becomes available) Non-Lethal: Water cannons Aircraft carried: 2 × NH-90 helicopters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted April 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2016 USN Mk IV 85 foot patrol boats made their operational debut in the Arabian Gulf this month. 3 RCWS with .50s and a 25mm RCWS on the bow. Decent firepower for a patrol boat. http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/ships/2016/04/13/us-navy-patrol-boat-mark-vi-debuts-arabian-gulf/82985870/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 http://defense-update.com/20160523_railgun-2.html USN getting power banks for the two competing railgun projects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Russia just commissioned their 2nd Project 11356 Frigate the Admiral Essen. It will be joining the Black Sea Fleet. "Project 11356 firgates are equipped with 100mm A-190 naval gun, Kalibr-NK (SS-N-27 Sizzler) cruise missiles, Shtil/Shtil-1 (SA-N-7 Gadfly/SA-N-7C Gollum) naval surface-to-air (SAM) systems, torpedoes and one Ka-27 (Helix) helicopter (optionally). Project 11356 frigate has a draft of 3620 t, a length of 124.8 m, a maximum speed of 30 kt and a range of 4850 nm." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted June 17, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2016 Italy lands a 4.28 Billion deal to build ships for Qatar. "Qatar is acquiring four corvettes, one landing platform dock and two offshore patrol vessels, with a six-year construction program due to start at Fincantieri’s Italian yards in 2018. The corvettes will be over 100 meters long and displace 3,000 tonnes, or 6.61 million pounds, officials said, while the OPV vessels will be 60 meters long and weigh in at 700 tonnes. The largest vessel in the order, the landing platform dock, will be modeled after the LPD Fincantieri delivered to Algeria, albeit with “enhancements”, a source knowledgeable of the deal said." They also expect another 1 billion euro contract to supply Exocets and Aster 30 missiles to arm the corvettes shortly. They beat out the French, who were lobbying to supply FREMM frigates. http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/2016/06/16/italy-lands-largest-ever-naval-export-deal-qatar/86012956/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 http://www.defencetalk.com/new-russian-navy-destroyer-to-replace-several-warship-types-67882/ New design that Russian Navy is proposing. Nuclear powered large destroyers. "The Leader will be a versatile ship triple-hatted as destroyer, large ASW ship and guided missile cruiser while being smaller than Project 1144 ships and carrying far more weaponry. The self-contained operation capability of similar ships is usually based on their stock of provisions, and their nuclear propulsion plants can do without refueling for years. The advanced destroyer will be equipped with the RITM-200 nuclear power plant fitting the future Project 22220 icebreaker, which lead ship, the Arktika, was launched in June. The Leader’s power plant will propel her to 30 knots. Judging by the mockup exhibited at the Army 2015 show, the warship will carry vertical launch systems (VLS) of the Kalibr (SS-N-27 Sizzler) missile system. Her long-range air defense (AD) weaponry will be in the form of the S-500 Prometei SAM system. The VLS of the Poliment-Redut system will handle short-range aerial threats. The VLS will be controlled by the Poliment active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system. The Leader may carry two modules of the navalized version of the Pantsir-M SAM/gun system. She also will get a 130-mm A-192 versatile gun. Overall, the destroyer’s weapons suite will include, inter alia, a total of 200 missiles." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted July 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1689217-navy-lcs-to-deploy-deck-fired-hellifre-2017 LCS to get Vertically launched Hellfires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted August 5, 2016 Report Share Posted August 5, 2016 Analysis and speculations made from a controlled leak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted August 25, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2016 http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4297 Pictures of the PLAAN's new 10000 ton displacement destroyer under construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Source: RuMOD seeks 8 nuclear destroyers "Lider" class (23560) By 4 destroyers for Northern & Pacific fleets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxn Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Old naval tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9orjD9xj6z8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted September 13, 2016 Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Russia ordered some new Kilos for its Pacific Fleet; http://thediplomat.com/2016/09/confirmed-russias-pacific-fleet-to-receive-6-new-attack-submarines/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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