Nathan Marcus Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 The US Navy has awarded a new $42.9m contract to BAE Systems for the upgrade of its USS Vicksburg (CG 69) Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser. The value of the competitively awarded, special selected restricted availability (SSRA) contract could reach $45.9m if all options are exercised. BAE Systems will be responsible for carrying out alternations and miscellaneous repairs aboard the US Navy vessel under the new agreement.....Click here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Nothing says excitement like repair of "critical aluminium structures." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hethwill Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 business fuels war, war fuels business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Keeping track of what is going on with this upgrade is gonna be hilarious. I will remember the replacement of the zumwalt LRLAP by excalibur ammo till the day i die: https://news.usni.org/2016/11/07/navy-planning-not-buying-lrlap-rounds https://news.usni.org/2016/12/13/raytheon-excalibur-round-set-replace-lrlap-zumwalts can't shoot that ammo, too expensive XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jean-Luc Picard Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Keeping track of what is going on with this upgrade is gonna be hilarious. I will remember the replacement of the zumwalt LRLAP by excalibur ammo till the day i die: https://news.usni.org/2016/11/07/navy-planning-not-buying-lrlap-rounds https://news.usni.org/2016/12/13/raytheon-excalibur-round-set-replace-lrlap-zumwalts can't shoot that ammo, too expensive XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiefer Cain Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 On 3/21/2017 at 11:39 AM, Hethwill said: business fuels war, war fuels business Nothing quite like a broken window to keep the peasants working (or fighting...) :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzyhead12 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 On 21.3.2017 at 2:07 PM, Borch said: Geez, waste of the money. This is what aliens do with modern US ships. They should instead get BAE systems to fit laser and gauss cannons on Might Mo. yea ive watched that movie, Powersliding with a 45000 tons battleship on sea with the bow anchor, much physics. But the CGI model were nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maturin Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 23 hours ago, Captain Jean-Luc Picard said: Keeping track of what is going on with this upgrade is gonna be hilarious. I will remember the replacement of the zumwalt LRLAP by excalibur ammo till the day i die: https://news.usni.org/2016/11/07/navy-planning-not-buying-lrlap-rounds https://news.usni.org/2016/12/13/raytheon-excalibur-round-set-replace-lrlap-zumwalts can't shoot that ammo, too expensive XD /facepalm Why are they even developing (non-rail) guns anymore? Just slap a GPS-guided MLRS on the deck and call it good. Pretty sure the guidance systems are a loooot cheaper when the projectile doesn't have to withstand so many Gs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzyhead12 Posted March 31, 2017 Share Posted March 31, 2017 bcause Gauss guns are still in development state and bring alot of problems on smaller vessels, for a cruiser sized ship its a good weapon since a cruiser can put up enough Electric charge. Another problem is the Magnetic field that gets created then charging and shooting such a weapon this can damage the digital systemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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