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Originally Posted by Kapitain
why dont they insert a plug and put VLS missiles in thier only a few that way you could extend the life of the ship another 20 years and have a more modern feel to it.
or replace the lot entirely
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The FFGs won't last another 20 years without a major overhaul and the USN isn't going to spend the kind of money for that on a platform who's mission went away with the Cold War.
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It is still a whole lot better than nothing.
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Not really... even with the CORT upgrades it was only a middling effective against seaskimming missiles, even subsonic ones. And CORT was expensive enough that only eleven (IIRC) FFGs received it along with the SM-1 Blk VI.
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With dozens of Perrys still alive?
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Yep. Majority of them weren't shooting missiles that could take down any threat imagined. It was in the uncomfortable middle ground of costing what a system should, but not providing the capability a system should. The Underwood types had capability, but keeping the Mk. 13 pipeline open just for them was cost-prohibitive.
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What Nulka? Looks it up...
Oh, so instead of hard intercepts, they are going to put their prayers in soft defenses. The toy doesn't even have IR jamming. I understand that at least a few SSM and ASMs are incorporating IR/IIR homing as an option... there are also ASMs with passive radar homing capability - that toy might just attract everyone with its jamming - the first wave goes for the toy, but the second wave hits when the jamming goes down and the ship itself is unmasked...
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They still carry flares and they have more than one Nulka onboard. It's an expendable asset, like super rocs. Passive only missiles are easy to deal with by turning off your emitters.
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id hope to see a perry around in 2020 it can be done with tiawan or another 3rd world country so it be nice to see them last.
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Given that there are still WW2-era Gearing-class destroyers around, I think you'll get your wish of seeing a OHP in 2020.