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minus-square@FocusFireOPlinkEnglish58•1 month agoA 1980s modernization lead to the Iowa class actually being equipped with some modern toys too Sensors Mark 13 fire control radar Mark 25 fire control radar AN/SPS-49 AN/SPS-67 Electronic Warfare and Decoys AN/SLQ-32(V)3 electronic warfare system AN/SLQ-25 Nixie acoustic decoy Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets Armament 9 × 16 in/50 cal guns (3 Mounts x3) 12 × 5 in/38 cal guns (6 Mounts x2) 32 × BGM-109 Tomahawk launchers (8 Launchers x4) 16 × RGM-84 Harpoon launchers (4 Mounts x4) 4 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS and 5 UAVs https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship
minus-square@gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish26•edit-21 month agoCan you imagine if they had gone further, and replaced the aft main battery with a bunch of Mk 41 VLS? Dunkerque on the streets, Arleigh Burke in the sheets 😍
minus-square@ooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish22•edit-21 month agoYes, very nice, but hear me out: What if all that but also railguns?
minus-squareDigitalTraveler42linkfedilinkEnglish23•edit-21 month agoRailgun tech isn’t there yet, the bottleneck is currently what’s bottlenecking a lot of higher tech, and that bottleneck is energy generation, storage, and consumption, so that’s why we don’t see more railgun and laser based tech.
minus-square@ooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish24•1 month agoYou’re quite right, but this forum is for non-credible ideas, and we need something to counter the T-59.
minus-square@ooterness@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•1 month agoGatling railgun, only 1/6 the barrel wear per shot.
A 1980s modernization lead to the Iowa class actually being equipped with some modern toys too
Sensors
Electronic Warfare and Decoys
Armament
and 5 UAVs
https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship
Can you imagine if they had gone further, and replaced the aft main battery with a bunch of Mk 41 VLS?
Dunkerque on the streets, Arleigh Burke in the sheets 😍
Yes, very nice, but hear me out: What if all that but also railguns?
Railgun tech isn’t there yet, the bottleneck is currently what’s bottlenecking a lot of higher tech, and that bottleneck is energy generation, storage, and consumption, so that’s why we don’t see more railgun and laser based tech.
You’re quite right, but this forum is for non-credible ideas, and we need something to counter the T-59.
Also barrel wear
Gatling railgun, only 1/6 the barrel wear per shot.
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