Posted on 09/18/2006 7:41:46 PM PDT by neverdem
Well, one reason would be that todays military is plagued with street gang thugs and the inability to properly 'break down' these individuals. Stern words won't work against these kids.
All of the above and more!
Along with the new guided ballistic shells, oh yea. Anything and everything. Just a massive beast. And if torpedos are a problem, then solve it. Swarms of robotic defenders woudl be cool.
if we don't currently have the workers to produce such a ship, then make them. The workers who did it in the past weren't born with the knowledge. Anyone with that type of thinking should be careful... they've sipped one to many lattes.
Grow a set, say 'we will make this happen'.. then start working on getting it done.
ok, that sucks and is depressing.
It didn't break her spine.
Improvements where made to the Iowa class ships.
The 650 pound (comp. B?) warhead of a Mark 48 torpedo could break the spine of an Iowa class BB if it detonated immediately below the keel but I don't think "would is the right term.
I hear you on that. I enlisted and went to basic training at 29 and proceeded to smoke all the females except for 2 in PT, how pathetic. We had 18 year old females that couldn't do a damn proper push up or sit up.
Bethlehem Steel supplied the guns and major steel. Sad that we have lost so much of that capability.
"These slower, thin-skinned vessels are to be equipped with an unproven Advanced Gun System designed to fire rounds weighing only 63 pounds but costing nearly $100,000 each. "
Don't know about the price, but the DDG-1000's AGS throws the LRLAP, a 250 lb munition with a 25 lb charge that is guided up to 90 nm to a precise kill 1 sq meter. Cyclic rate of 6 rnd per minute...That beats the reach and precision of a 16 inch at only 26 miles.
But I do love the Iowa!
Very nice posts devolve.
The Pompano Letters I saw are beautiful.
That's a patch that laughs at "PC"
"Still on patrol"
Not sure I understand the 'still on patrol' business.
Last signal was in 1942
The US Navy keeps them as "active"
ROYAL OAK and BARHAM were WW I era BBs. For comparison, try the BISMARCK. When James Cameron did his special on it a couple of years back, he was able to get a miniature sub/camera into the outer hull. None of the DORSETSHIRE's torpedoes [and she fired at least four at a then stationary target], penetrated the armor belt and outer hull.
That is a nice thought!
Not unless it was nuclear it wouldn't The British X craft put something like 2,000 pound of high explosive under the TRIPITZ in a fairly shallow Fjord. Damaged her. But it didn't break her back. And it didn't sink her.
Wansn't a battleship. Was either a cruiser, or frigate. And it had an aluminum hull that was very thin. Also had too much magnesium in the metal.
Here is a link to the type of armor the Iowa class has.
http://www.battleship.org/html/Articles/IowaClass/Armor.htm
From what I read there it was designed to be hit by 700lbs bombs.
Iran's antiship missles the C-802 and HY-2 has payloads of 165lbs and 513lbs respectively and a range of about 100 miles.
Chinese Silkworm missiles has a 454lbs warhead and the Exocet that hit the USS Stark was 165lbs. The US Harpoon carries a 488lbs warhead and a Tomahawk cruise missile can carry 1000lbs warhead.
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