tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post3543731611046665617..comments2024-03-29T14:20:26.555+11:00Comments on Submarine Matters & Australian Nuclear Weapons: Russian Submarine Building Statistics 2017 - Yasen-MsPete2http://www.blogger.com/profile/06134037393078707072noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-1057991784145205392018-02-21T20:45:42.777+11:002018-02-21T20:45:42.777+11:00Hi KQN
Not true - there is so much more in the US...Hi KQN<br /><br />Not true - there is so much more in the US Navy.<br /><br />The USN has more Destroyers [1] than any other country to independently handle land attack <br /><br />strikes using 90 cell (increased to 96 cell) VLS for Tomahawk missiles.<br /><br />This was evident against targets in the Middle East. <br /><br />US SSNs and SSGN also independently carry out strikes, without CVNs coming into it.<br /><br />[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer<br /><br />Cheers<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-61912257071735096252018-02-21T16:01:45.921+11:002018-02-21T16:01:45.921+11:00Since WW2. US naval fleet strike power is handled ...Since WW2. US naval fleet strike power is handled by flat tops while USN surface ships' roles are to defend the flat top. Al other countries do not have CVNs so their surface ships need to handle strikes as well.<br />In my view the smaller Russian corvettes seakeeping abilities are mainly limited by their hull shapes and the loads they carry, not necessarily because they are top heavy. A modified hull shape will allow them to handle open oceans and the latest Russian corvette designs are clearly moving in that direction.<br />It is not clear going forward, in a peer to peer major war, flat tops will have the advantages they used to enjoy during WW2. Any weapon systems conceived by man will sooner or later encounter their sunsets.<br />KQNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-4353590923657901602018-02-21T12:49:17.473+11:002018-02-21T12:49:17.473+11:00Very true Josh
Also the calm water Russian corvet...Very true Josh<br /><br />Also the calm water Russian corvettes (like in the Caspian flotilla: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian_Flotilla#Ships_in_service ) can be lighter and smaller as they carry very limited diesel fuel. <br /><br />These corvettes only need limited range unlike much longer range US destroyers (mainly https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer ).<br /><br />Regards<br /><br />PetePetehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02624742078679760819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-39477535370370217812018-02-21T02:02:45.571+11:002018-02-21T02:02:45.571+11:00@Anonymous:
In the USN, surface ships are primar...@Anonymous: <br /><br />In the USN, surface ships are primarily global escort assets, not regional striking assets. As such they tend to be much larger and lack the same punch, ton for ton. This extends to Soviet era platforms as well; they were generally dripping with weapons tubes compared to things like Knox, Perry, or Spruance. This reflects the fact that the Soviet and Russian fleets emphasized striking power of their surface ships since they had no carrier element for long range strike. More recently the smaller Russian ships are employed in the Baltic, Black, Med, and Caspian Seas specifically because the sea states in those enclosed bodies of water are much more conducive to heavily loaded, top heavy small ships. Those vessels would have a hard time handling rough water in open ocean the way USN ship is routinely required to do. You generally won't see those ships deploy to open water; in fact I can't think of any open water deployments: that is usually handled by larger legacy Soviet escorts like Udaloy, Slava, and Sorvemeny.<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Josh<br /><br />https://squidjigger.com<br />Josh@squidjigger.com<br />twitter: @squid_jiggerJoshhttps://squidjigger.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19245896.post-91394396212425038912018-02-20T14:07:36.110+11:002018-02-20T14:07:36.110+11:00That is what the US should be doing, smaller , fas...That is what the US should be doing, smaller , faster craft with some lean mean fire power, instead of these huge slow setting ducks , making easy targets. A ship that has one intended target, boom, racing onto the next . Speed kills Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com