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You are not wrong, but honestly I'd rather have a Nulka variant than 16 JAGM, should it come to one or the other. Cheap redundancy will have to come from the 30mm ripping out at the lawnmower drones using airburst munitions and high rate of fire. When I did my math I only spoke of 48 ESSM...

Its a lot. There are also the other launchers on the bridge wings. It think those might be Surface Ship Torp Defence Launchers though, they look very similar to the UK version and those are made by Ultra Electronics in NS (SEA SENTOR Expendable Acoustic Device Launcher) . Or perhaps...

I was honestly thinking what does JAGM give this ship over the 127mm. It didn't feel like much except perhaps more accuracy. I agree, its tough to think about the hard kill and wonder about it. We naturally tend to overvalue the flashy charismatic features of warships and undervalue things...

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Its a navigation radar for sure. There is also one astern above the hangar because the forward one is blocked aft by the mast. The likely reason its in that enclosure is that the enclosure is designed to only let in and out the specific wavelengths of the nav radar. And that ensclosure's...

Love me my Navy Lookout. The loss of the FC Radar they mention is likely because the ships main radar can do fire control, as its full integrated into Aegis. The FC needed for the Leonardo was a seperate system. It seems in retrospect to be a smart choice, less weight, already integrated...

I will almost guarantee that it will become a drone launching version of the Mk41, where you can make various other drones or devices launch from there with an insert or conversion package.

I have the answer. Its LEED launchers. Long Endurance Electronic Decoy. So for you @Lumber you'll have to make due with the next gen Nulka instead of the OG version. Nulka Combat Use Shows Warships Need Longer-Lasting Electronic Warfare-Enabled Decoys Because they are soft launched...

More reasons I dont' think its JASM. The RAM was obviously moved away from the midships breezeway because that's where the intakes are for the main stack, so you don't want missile exhaust chemicals pulled into there. Also that long railing on the side of the stack is for Replenishment at Sea...

If it is JAGM then we can probably make an assumption that this is the first modification in recognition of naval drone warfare. Hellfire family can be used against drones both airborne and waterborne. And it's much cheaper than shooting a RAM, ESSM at a target. But the launchers are not...

On the UK version that's where they squeeze in CAMM. Which are very short and light missiles. No idea either. That placement counterbalances the RAM I think. I expect they will keep moving around.

Seaspan is moving in that direction in some areas. They have challenges keeping skilled workers because of their location. But yah, probably not as all in as Korea is.

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That was probably started by me. I made a supposition that when CAMM was removed it would be replaced with two RAM where the other T26 CIWS were located. That was before the new drawings were released. I wrote it with probably more authoritative knowledge than I had at the time. Apologies.

Sure, then we'll get a ship 2042 instead of 2032. Too far down the rabbit hole now. Already have the LBT Facility being built, the trade changes are being implemented and the first sets of radars and equipment purchased.

The RCN knows that the frigate to destroyer transition will be difficult. It's timing could barely be worse. It also comes at a time where we are facing large personnel challenges, both retention and training ones. This is a wicked problem, and frankly similar ones are being felt by most 1st...

L band is on German, Dutch and Danish AAW frigates. UK uses L band on their carriers. L band is common enough for long range air volume search. NATO doctrine recommends one radar for volume search and one for tracking, and ships that like to do very long range air search use L band. I don't...

Its a bigger ship, more beam and length. We've been over this. There were some sacrifices for those extra missile (among them speed, maneuverability, power, seakeeping). The large diamond at the bottom of the pattern is an L-Band addition to the normal CEAFAR S-band (diamonds across the top)...

CEAFAR/CEAMOUNT are very light relative to their size. That's all the good things I've ever heard about them from Australians.

I think we're playing with words a bit on the operational ratios. You need 4 boats to have one constantly at sea doing mission work. You need 3 boats to have one available (but not necessarily at sea, perhaps alongside as ready duty). RCN wants (ideally) three boats always at sea. One for...