Arleigh Burke Flight IIA and III

Josh_TN said:
Pointless. IMO, if you are in Harpoon range you are too close, and eight missiles means nothing anyway. At a minimum, at least adopt NSM. But quite honestly I would more low cost AD systems like Coyote2 instead of.
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That’s why you have multiple ships with harpoons. 2 burkes is 16 missiles. 3 is 24 missiles…
 
johnpjones1775 said:
That’s why you have multiple ships with harpoons. 2 burkes is 16 missiles. 3 is 24 missiles…
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If your target is less than hundred miles away from your entire task force, sure. I’d argue that is an unrealistic peer opponent scenario.
 
Josh_TN said:
If your target is less than hundred miles away from your entire task force, sure. I’d argue that is an unrealistic peer opponent scenario.
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Show me a single instance of a combat launch of an ASM from a surface combatant from beyond 100 miles away.

Real life I mean, not a video game or an exercise.
The latest block of harpoons have a range of over 100 miles anyway
 
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johnpjones1775 said:
Show me a single instance of a combat launch of an ASM from a surface combatant from beyond 100 miles away.

Real life I mean, not a video game or an exercise.
The latest block of harpoons have a range of over 100 miles anyway
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Show me a single instance of a ship vs ship combat launch in the last half century, and explain to me why you think it has any bearing on a PLAN/USN fight now.

ETA: Operation Preying Mantis is the only thing I can think of: a knife fight in a phone both four decades ago with a non peer.
 
Josh_TN said:
Show me a single instance of a ship vs ship combat launch in the last half century, and explain to me why you think it has any bearing on a PLAN/USN fight now.

ETA: Operation Praying Mantis is the only thing I can think of: a knife fight in a phone both four decades ago with a non peer.
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Love how you try to limit the number of options because you know no ship has ever launched an ASM from beyond 20 miles in combat.

Missiles have had ranges of 50+ miles for a long time and no one has ever even come close to launching from 50 miles away.

Even if we look at air launched, the longest was like 23 miles.

Shore launched its unknown how far the launch was that sank Moskva, but those missiles were based on harpoons, so even if that was a hundred mile or more launch, we have reason to believe harpoons will work just as fine.
 
johnpjones1775 said:
Love how you try to limit the number of options because you know no ship has ever launched an ASM from beyond 20 miles in combat.

Missiles have had ranges of 50+ miles for a long time and no one has ever even come close to launching from 50 miles away.

Even if we look at air launched, the longest was like 23 miles.

Shore launched its unknown how far the launch was that sank Moskva, but those missiles were based on harpoons, so even if that was a hundred mile or more launch, we have reason to believe harpoons will work just as fine.
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It seems like the outer envelope for shore launch from China reaches out to Guam. Any DDG of the PLAN reaches out to several hundred miles with YJ-18, assuming ballistic missiles are not in play. Why would Harpoon be relevant?
 
Josh_TN said:
It seems like the outer envelope for shore launch from China reaches out to Guam. Any DDG of the PLAN reaches out to several hundred miles with YJ-18, assuming ballistic missiles are not in play. Why would Harpoon be relevant?
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Why wouldn’t they? Like I said, no missile launched from any surface vessel has ever come any where near their max range. Why would that suddenly change against China?

Why would we suddenly see missile launches at 200 miles instead of the previous 75 or 150 mile ranges that were possible in the 60s 70s and 80s?
 
johnpjones1775 said:
Why wouldn’t they? Like I said, no missile launched from any surface vessel has ever come any where near their max range. Why would that suddenly change against China?

Why would we suddenly see missile launches at 200 miles instead of the previous 75 or 150 mile ranges that were possible in the 60s 70s and 80s?
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Because of most of half a century of weapons and sensor improvement? Do you think those AShBMs are just for show? If a Burke can walk up to a type 52/55 and tap it with some Harpoons, then PLAN/PLARF is no threat at all. And if the horizon is the functional limit, use SM-2.
 
Josh_TN said:
Because of most of half a century of weapons and sensor improvement? Do you think those AShBMs are just for show? If a Burke can walk up to a type 52/55 and tap it with some Harpoons, then PLAN/PLARF is no threat at all. And if the horizon is the functional limit, use SM-2.
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Again, weapons and sensors were perfectly capable of support missile launches beyond 23 miles when the actual combat launches occurred.

The farther away you launch the more reaction time you give your target.
The farther away you launch the larger the possibility you misidentify a track and hit a noncombatant.
And did i miss an improvement to radar rays that allows them to bend with the curvature of the earth? Radar horizons are still a limitation.
 
Are they just fitting the AN/SLQ-32(V)7s first and then doing the rest of the MOD 2.0 upgrades or are there delays in the program with the 24 RMA SPY-6(V)4s?
 
The SEWIPS and I think the cooling plant are first step and then the SPY-6 upgrade (V6?) happens later. I think there are 2-4 of the SLQ-32 upgrades completed now that get the radar upgrade at later time. Other ships I believe get both upgrades at once there after.
 

HII Launches Flight III Destroyer George M. Neal (DDG 131)​

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HII Launches Flight III Destroyer George M. Neal (DDG 131) - Naval News

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division successfully launched future USS George M. Neal (DDG 131) today, marking a major construction milestone for the fourth Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to be built at the shipyard.
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Northrop Grumman to deliver first SEWIP Block 3 system for CVN under contract modification​

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Northrop Grumman to deliver first SEWIP Block 3 system for CVN under contract modification - Naval News

The US Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $334.4 million contract modification to produce up to nine additional Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 electronic attack (EA) systems, including the first shipset for installation on a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier (CVN).
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