I hate to post about the same subject, but THE NAVY BLEW UP SOMETHING IN SPACE FROM THE OCEAN!!!
The Air Force is chumps! Deploy the fleet when you need to get things done...
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There has been talk that the new CGX is being shelved because they want a new CGNX ship with a 25,000 ton displacement (same as HMS Iron Duke or........a freaking BATTLESHIP!!!!!)
ReplyDeleteI guess I never posted this, but yes, the Navy has decided that its next cruiser will have a nucular power pant. The stated primary reason: with oil prices going up, a nuclear cruiser would be cheaper over it's life-span than a diesel counterpart. The unstated other reason: power. Lots and lots of power. For things like EM rail guns, high-power microwave emitters, and lasers.
ReplyDeleteCan we really call anything over 20,000 tons a cruiser?
ReplyDeleteWe call the Arleigh Burke's destroyers. And we're calling DDG 1000 a destroyer. Neither are: they're cruisers. And CGNX will be, at the very least, a battlecruiser. But I think we should classify it as a dreadnought. I like that word and wish to use it more often.
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