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The $7 billion dollar warship being built to maintain American naval supremacy over China
The Daily Mail ^
| 12 April 2012
Posted on 04/12/2012 9:12:12 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
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To: ThunderSleeps
Of course if you build more of them, then you amortize the R&D costs over more ships and the per-ship cost goes back down. Yep.
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posted on
04/12/2012 10:48:44 PM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
To: UnwashedPeasant
Algae and windmills. And properly inflated tires.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:09:43 PM PDT
by
llevrok
(In today's world, environmentalists would find God out of compliance.)
To: mylife
We go to Maine every summer and as we’re driving over the bridge you get a great view of some of the warships at BIW. Unfortunately, I’m always driving but I point it out to the kids for sure.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:18:21 PM PDT
by
RedCell
(Honor thy Father (9/6/07) - Semper Fi / "...it is their duty, to throw off such government...")
To: sukhoi-30mki
Thought this thing was supposed to have the railgun?
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:18:53 PM PDT
by
Hardraade
(http://junipersec.wordpress.com (nobody gives me warheads anyway))
To: The Duke
>"you can bet its a design that came straight from China."Or going straight back there.
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posted on
04/12/2012 11:46:02 PM PDT
by
rawcatslyentist
("Behold, I am against you, O arrogant one," Jeremiah 50:31)
To: sukhoi-30mki
[”Named the U.S.S Zumwalt, the $7 billion guided-missile destroyer is at the cutting edge of technology and now deemed vital for defence following President Obama’s Asia-Pacific pivot.”]
Oh my, Obama pivots, and immediatly they start building the worlds most expensive warship?
This ship has been in the works for years, Obammy had naught to do with it.
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posted on
04/13/2012 1:42:13 AM PDT
by
Sea Parrot
(Nations are only truly great when it's people are struggling against all odds, growing and expanding)
To: mylife
Stand off, they both retired from the fray.
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posted on
04/13/2012 1:46:19 AM PDT
by
Sea Parrot
(Nations are only truly great when it's people are struggling against all odds, growing and expanding)
To: Mariner
“The $7 billion dollar warship being built to maintain American naval supremacy over China”
Bread & circuses; we can’t pretend Red China is our enemy while our trade builds up their nation and we educate their next commissars. Just as it has become clear the the Repubs & Dems are taking us in the same direction (just dressed up differently), so it is also obvious that the US and Red China are very good friends.
To: The Duke
If conceived under the Obama administration then you can bet it’s a design that came straight from China. Heh. It dates back to the first Clinton Administration.
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posted on
04/13/2012 2:20:33 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel - Horace Walpole)
To: sukhoi-30mki
The Chinese will have a knock-off made before we ever get ours off the drawing board.
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posted on
04/13/2012 2:24:50 AM PDT
by
Minutemen
("It's a Religion of Peace")
To: ThunderSleeps
Of course if you build more of them, then you amortize the R&D costs over more ships and the per-ship cost goes back down.
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And, if the ships were being built with NON-union workers the cost per ship would be significantly less!
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posted on
04/13/2012 3:08:44 AM PDT
by
octex
To: sukhoi-30mki
32 reduced down to three?
The tumblehome hull design is brave choice given how many times it’s been tried in history and then given up on due to instability when hit.
To: Caulkhead
ship incorporates stealth technology that makes the 600-foot, 14,500 ton warship seem like a fishing vessel to enemy radar.
..you better send this ship out with a bunch of fishing boats otherwise all you have to do is look for a radar signature the size of a fishing boat.
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posted on
04/13/2012 3:49:12 AM PDT
by
Recon Dad
(Gas & Petroleum Junkie)
To: AlmaKing
Tumblehome hulls were popular on pre WW-I French battleships.
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posted on
04/13/2012 4:18:04 AM PDT
by
catman67
To: sukhoi-30mki
i dont know... I may not be an aerospace engineer, but I cannot see that bow would take kindly to seas over 20 feet at 20+ knots... they better have some decent support structure for that superstructure...
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posted on
04/13/2012 4:34:13 AM PDT
by
sit-rep
To: RedCell
Get on base in Norfolk and check out the warships all lined up as far as one can see. First time visiting was at night and the view was awe-inspiring.
btw, my son is onboard the very first Arleigh-Burke destroyer.
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posted on
04/13/2012 4:58:47 AM PDT
by
bonfire
To: Ronin
It would really be cool if it was able to submerge!
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posted on
04/13/2012 5:13:30 AM PDT
by
New Jersey Realist
(America: home of the free because of the brave)
To: mylife
I like your attitude, sailor!
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posted on
04/13/2012 5:15:15 AM PDT
by
New Jersey Realist
(America: home of the free because of the brave)
To: mylife
I went through Bath with the G.W. CARVER back in the early 70’s. Great place. They had topless dancers at the EM club. Shortly after we pulled out, the CO’s wife had it shut down.
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posted on
04/13/2012 5:19:29 AM PDT
by
New Jersey Realist
(America: home of the free because of the brave)
To: New Jersey Realist
would really be cool if it was able to submerge! It can, but only once.
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posted on
04/13/2012 7:10:03 AM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy to those that feel - Horace Walpole)
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