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It has the aircraft that don't need a runway,

They're called "helicopters" :D
It will also have rockets that can take out incoming missiles supposedly.
SeaRAM probably.
One of my teacher says that UPS has the 6th largest airforce in the world? Is this true.

Well, American Airlines has the largest airline in fleet size and mile travelled

The new Electro-Mag Cats are currently in testing. From what I've heard they've at least stopped welding the shuttle to the rails. Progress.;)
That's good to know. :D
 
SeaRAM probably.

Hard to know. The old CIWS has some benefits that a Missile doesn't. :)

Do you know if the Kitty Hawk has one of those launchers? Something very similar was definitely on one of the turrets.
 
Kitty Hawk, if I remember correctly, has four CIWS guns, two RAM launchers, and some Sea Sparrow launchers, though I forget how many of those are aboard.

sailnavy said:
The old CIWS has some benefits that a Missile doesn't.

Such as being able to spray down the sea surface if someone's coming too close in a dhow or RHIB?
 
One thing to note: the next-gen British carriers are designed to be fully convertible to full-CTOL (or, more correctly, CATOBAR - Catapault Assisted Takeoff But Arrested Landing).

I can't help but giggle reading the above acronym. It's not like you're going to have a catapult assisted landing.:D
 
Such as being able to spray down the sea surface if someone's coming too close in a dhow or RHIB?

I didn't know that the CIWS could shoot surface craft; can it be manually controlled?

I remember the first time I saw the CIWS, I was on the Iowa-class battleship New Jersey. Impressive looking device, to say the least!
 
That isn't its primary intended purpose, certainly, but yes, manual control in order to fire on surface targets is possible with the Block 1B Phalanx.
 
Yeah, I had to go look it up and I see that they equipped it with a FLIR for surface work. The most impressive thing about the CIWS is that it's totally automated and self-contained...it's almost scary to think about, a 20mm M61 Gatling that fires itself!
 
Friendly aircraft, or friendly missiles?

I know there have been a few cases of, wish it was armed, but I didn't know it had show down a friendly, or are you referring to the Vincinnes incident?

Midshipman, you running a Mac at the boat school? I was one of the first with ethernet in my room there, running an old 5300. Ahh, those were the days. How are you a 4/c in July and on the internet? It's Pledge summer..:p
 
sailnavy said:
Friendly aircraft, or friendly missiles?
I know there have been a few cases of, wish it was armed, but I didn't know it had show down a friendly, or are you referring to the Vincinnes incident?

I thought the Vincennes issue was a missile accident rather than a CIWS problem. I've never heard of a friendly-fire CIWS accident, at least not one resulting in fatalities.

sailnavy said:
Midshipman, you running a Mac at the boat school? I was one of the first with ethernet in my room there, running an old 5300. Ahh, those were the days. How are you a 4/c in July and on the internet? It's Pledge summer..

Sailnavy, I'm just a common ROTC mid. USNA reject, actually. I'm still going for the commission, though, however I have to get it. I'm planning on applying to USNA again this year through both ROTC and the usual channels - it'll be CORTRAMID, then straight on to Plebe Summer. :p

From what I head, though, the issued machines at Canoe U nowadays are pretty tricked-out Dells - fast, but nothing special. When/if I go, I'm having my parents ship me my MBP once Plebe Summer is over. :D
 
Last port of call before home and decommissioning? I had no idea that would happen so soon - the GHWB isn't due to be commissioned until a couple years from now at least.
 
Last port of call before home and decommissioning? I had no idea that would happen so soon - the GHWB isn't due to be commissioned until a couple years from now at least.

I'm not sure, but that could possibly mean one more Australian port call. As far as I've read (and I've been reading a lot on the topic in these last few days!), it's not due to be decommissioned until 2008, meaning it has at least one more long-ish stint at sea which has to mean several more port calls?
 
Under Test

That was a test exercise, not like it just randomly shot down a Friendly.

Yes, Vincinnes was a Missile... (thought maybe there was confusion) It was a mess, you'll probably see the Bridge video at some point in the Navy. Just bad stuff. Murphy's law.

Yeah, definitely don't have a MBP during pledge summer.
 
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