The Navy's Colossal Stealth Destroyer Heads Out to Sea

cdrsubron7 · 03-20-16, 02:33 PM

The Navy's newest DD heading out to sea for sea-trails.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/mili...9/uss-zumwalt/

Cybermat47 · 03-20-16, 04:54 PM

Is it stealthed against sonar?

Oberon · 03-20-16, 05:30 PM

Yup, it's deliberately designed to be so expensive that it'll never be put to sea, thus making it undetectable by enemy submarines.

EDIT: I kid, although supposedly she's supposed to have the noise signature akin to a 688 boat, so that's pretty darn quiet for a skimmer.

Sailor Steve · 03-20-16, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Cybermat47

Is it stealthed against sonar?

With James Kirk as her captain, does she need to be?

cdrsubron7 · 03-20-16, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

With James Kirk as her captain, does she need to be?

I wonder if the Exec is Vulcan.

Schroeder · 03-20-16, 06:53 PM

Wow, so you got a destroyer for the price of a Nimitz class super carrier.....

BTW isn't it a bit large at 15,000 tons to be labeled a destroyer?

Reece · 03-20-16, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by cdrsubron7

I wonder if the Exec is Vulcan.

The design is Vulcan!

Sailor Steve · 03-20-16, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

BTW isn't it a bit large at 15,000 tons to be labeled a destroyer?

That is indeed in the same size range as a pre-dreadnought battleship. I believe the name comes from the designed job rather than the size, though. On the other hand, the destroyer has pretty much changed job descriptions with every succeeding generation since the first.

August · 03-20-16, 09:29 PM

I'm told that there just two basic types of warships. Submarines and Targets.

nikimcbee · 03-20-16, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by August

I'm told that there just two basic types of warships. Submarines and Targets.

This.

em2nought · 03-21-16, 12:42 AM

She sure is one fugly broad.

Jimbuna · 03-21-16, 05:50 AM

She can't project power anyway like that of a Nimitz carrier so I'm wondering where the value for money aspect comes in

Catfish · 03-21-16, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

... so I'm wondering where the value for money aspect comes in

Hardware, software, special materials and a healthy greed from the military industrial complex, supports the economics generally..

Seriously, I like the general idea and concept, but i am really not sure about the outcome, and its seaworthyness

HunterICX · 03-21-16, 06:02 AM

What ship? I only see a floating pyramid

they ain't getting prettier with each generation.

Catfish · 03-21-16, 06:05 AM

^ what you see is the beginning of the evolution, of what is to become a "star destroyer", in a few centuries

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	Yup, it's deliberately designed to be so expensive that it'll never be put to sea, thus making it undetectable by enemy submarines. EDIT: I kid, although supposedly she's supposed to have the noise signature akin to a 688 boat, so that's pretty darn quiet for a skimmer.

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Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 17,765 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ what you see is the beginning of the evolution, of what is to become a "star destroyer", in a few centuries __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.