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The new LCS ships (littoral combat ships) have giant module systems that are swapable for different missions like anti-submarine, mine detection, etc. Those ships were also dramatically scaled back in the numbers ordered. The Arleigh Burke class destroyers are an older design but like...

A little off the main subject of this thread..... but the floating drydock part of this set up is what has fascinated me for years. Its really fun and interesting reading to hear the background of it. If you have the time, google: HUGES MINING BARGE, GSF EXPLORER, and PROJECT AZORIAN. Its really...

Its what I was told when I was working on systems for the ship while at BAE Systems. It was a pretty big deal for us (lots of folks lost their jobs due to it) when we found out the orders were getting slashed... and it was a quick decision too that didnt have much public press. At the time they...

Here is some info on the Chinese DF-21D ANTI-SHIP BALISTIC MISSILE. This missile is the reason the DDG1000 Program (as well as the LCS/Littoral Combat Ship program) was scaled back so drastically and quickly from 33 ships down to 2 or 3. The Chinese are the FIRST to create such a weapon in...

Oh yeah, I didn't mention the gun can "only" fire 10 rounds per minute which is why its pretty cool that the first round is able to loiter for a minute in the air in order to land at the same time the last (and other ones) do. It auto loads its projectiles from a below magazine, when reloading...

I worked at BAE when we were making the AGS (advanced gun system) for this DDG-1000. It was a pretty cool gun, it was even a stealth gun!. If I remember right, it could fire 5-10 rounds that were able to loiter in the air before all striking the targets simultaneously. We also made the MK57...