There was once a ship called the Arsenal ship
There was once a ship called the Arsenal ship
In 1996March, after repeated demonstration on the basis of the United States, The Pentagon, the Navy and the Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency argued, signed an implementation to build Arsenal ship memos, and will develop the Arsenal ship as the Navy's development priorities. Plan the construction of6 ships, the first ship to start construction in 1998,2000 delivery. In fact, this schedule looks today is not so practical, Arsenal ship as a hugely contentious, and pure new weapons, so short a time of start working of mount a horse, is difficult to achieve.
Arsenal ship, just as its name implies, is a mobile weapons, more precisely, is a missile silo. According to the conceptual design, Arsenal ship loaded with500 pieces of various types of missiles, including approximately100 Tomahawk cruise missiles,200 tactical missiles and100 gold standard missile. The ship 's main mission is in the air of combined operations and amphibious theater provided fire support and guarantee the superior firepower of the battlefield. In fact, simply put, is to use a missile to carry out a variety of combat missions, Arsenal ship to do, is to ensure adequate number of missiles.
Arsenal ship in 90 time arisen, high voice, but mainly it has outstanding advantages relative to the traditional ships. Despite the strong fire did not mention, Arsenal ship because of special function, so in warship design big bargain. When such a missile first, and strive to stealth time, Arsenal ship is to meet the psychological needs of enthusiasts. The final decent Arsenal ship conceptual design scheme has three, including the Steel Corp, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin. The three companies of the concept diagram are highlighted in the Arsenal ship stealth performance, at the time the most popular program as an example. Arsenal ship can adopt a semi-submersible double hull, superstructure is low, the appearance is concise and smooth. Due to the shape of the earth, low ship can better hidden in the spherical surface. And then coated with radar absorbing material, for radar stealth effect is very good. There is even a unique design, the double hull arranged in the submarine's ballast tank, special circumstances can the Arsenal ship sails from 7 meters to 1.5meters of pressure, it will greatly improve the stealth capability.
However, the tragedy is, in addition to the above two advantages, Arsenal ship basically all other aspects. Arsenal ship itself is not equipped with any detection system, only through the coordinated operations of the allies to provide objective information. Not alone, so opponents argue that is very easy to make combat passive. In addition, because of the stealth design, Arsenal ship at the expense of their mobility, even with the use of active warships transformation, more than 200 meters in length and20000 tons displacement also let the Arsenal ship delayed action. Arsenal ship loading missile, longest range is the Tomahawk cruise missile, about 300 kilometers, if a large number of the battlefield, then the lack of defense Arsenal ship only to coastal waters, so regret is too outstanding. More awkward is, the firepower of the Arsenal ship, is itself a floating armory,500vertical launch tubes with2000inventory missile, once being hit, is likely to trigger explosions. Damage control problem is serious, difficult to solve in a short time. And the battle is a headache for mines is the Arsenal ship 's nemesis, only to wait for the allies to clear the way, and once the mine was put to death on the basic.
After a simple analysis, development Arsenal ship is too risky. The United States Navy determined to develop it, actually took a fancy to its combat capability, if implemented plan need only20 crew, so will the United States Navy savings. To improve work efficiency, reduce personnel expenses, is the United States Navy after the cold war have been working in the direction. However, plans in 1998for $150000000, Congress has approved only 35000000, this explains the Arsenal ship launched the dispute is still big. Therefore, in 1997 the" Jane's Defence Weekly" news release, the United States decided to abandon the Arsenal ship, only to be demoted to test the next generation of surface warship technology demonstration program. Holding higher, the greater the fall, high technology risk is almost a military project to dismount the common. But change radically the Arsenal ship, or to the future and the development direction of ship caused considerable influence.
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