old salt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:57 pm
PizzaSnake wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 10:42 pm
old salt wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:22 pm
PizzaSnake wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 12:39 pm
Iran and company aren't stupid. They are going to "bleed" out our current stockpile of armaments.
Oh, and however designed the Mk 41 vertical launch system (VLS) was an idiot.
That's what I've been trying to tell you.
The Mk 1 VLS works great. You've been witnessing it's value & effectiveness in the Red Sea.
Too hard to "reload" the canisters. Re-introduction if the crane is a step in the right direction, but as it is, need to return to port or a placid anchorage to allow for "reloading" is a real operational limitation and likely to be exploited by adversaries.
It's a lot more reliable (& flexible in what can be carried) than the mechanical reloading single & double rail launchers which preceded it.
They were also capacity limited by the size of the magazine which fed each launcher.
Here's the real question: are those vessels going out with a full complement?
Arleigh Burke-class destroyer - (90 or 96 cells)
Ticonderoga-class cruiser - (122 cells)
Zumwalt-class destroyer - (80 Mk 57 cells)
DDG(X) class destroyer - (At minimum up to 128 cells (4x32 module configuration), dependent on number of hypersonic missiles carried as per current US Navy design proposal)
But they keep riding this old dog.
At least they are as cheap as our allies. Their cell count, with the notable exceptions of Japan and South Korea, per vessel is anemic.
Australia
Adelaide-class frigate - (8 cells) (Retired)
Anzac-class frigate - (8 cells)
Hobart-class destroyer - (48 cells)
Hunter-class frigate - (32 cells)
Canada
Iroquois-class destroyer - (29 cells) (Retired)
Canadian Surface Combatant - (32 cells)
Chile
Adelaide-class frigate - (8 cells)
Denmark
Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate - (32 cells)
Finland
Pohjanmaa-class corvette - (8 or 16 cells)
Germany
Sachsen-class frigate - (32 cells)
Brandenburg-class frigate - (16 cells)
Japan
Maya-class destroyer - (96 cells)
Atago-class destroyer - (96 cells)
Kongō-class destroyer - (90 cells)
Hyūga-class helicopter destroyer - (16 cells)
Murasame-class destroyer - (16 cells)
Takanami-class destroyer - (32 cells)
Akizuki-class destroyer - (32 cells)
Asahi-class destroyer - (32 cells)
Mogami-class frigate - (16 cells)
Asuka - (8 cells)
Netherlands
De Zeven Provinciën-class frigate - (40 cells)
Norway
Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate - (8 or 16 cells)
South Korea
Chungmugong Yi Sun-shin-class destroyer (KDX-II) - (32 cells)
Sejong the Great-class destroyer (KDX-III) - (80 cells)
Spain
Álvaro de Bazán-class frigate - (48 cells)
Taiwan
Kaohsiung-class tank landing ship - (Test ship)[16]
Thailand
Naresuan-class frigate - (8 cells)
Bhumibol Adulyadej-class frigate - (8 cells)
Turkey
G-class frigate - (8 cells)
Barbaros-class frigate - (16 cells)
United Kingdom
Type 26 frigate - (24 cells)
Type 31 frigate - (32 cells)