Re:New Warship’s Big Guns Have No Bullets
by vilhelm_s on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:37PM
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No, of the Zumwalt destroyer. Originally it was to have a "dual band" radar (an S-band search radar and an X-band tracking radar) and the capability to fire Standard Missile-2, -3, and -6. Eventually, the S-band radar was deleted and the integration work to handle the Standard Missile was not done. When the Navy cancelled the Zumwalt orders to instead produce more Arleigh Burke destroyers, Raytheon offered to do additional work to integrate the Standard Missile, but the Navy was not interested, so now the only AA weapons it carries are Sea Sparrow missiles for self-defense. This is all from Wikipedia.
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Re:New Warship’s Big Guns Have No Bullets
by gozur88 on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @06:51PM
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I can't imagine them not doing that integration work if they add the railgun. Even if we assume it's just a technology demonstrator, they'll want to know how well it works against missiles.
OTOH, only the third one is getting the railgun if it happens at all.