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LCS of the US Navy as "migrant hunters" - find lots of coke

LCS of the US Navy as "migrant hunters" - find lots of coke

Gepostet von | 30 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

The US Navy finally seems to have found an operational niche for the unloved LCS (Littoral Combat Ships) of the Freedom and Independence class: The hunt for drug smugglers in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific. Although expensive and difficult to maintain, the LCSs have the advantage of high manoeuvrability and high speeds of 40 to 50 knots thanks to their water jet propulsion. Banished to the Caribbean by presidential order - not to mention the unnamed Gulf of Mexico - and deployed there to support the Coast Guard in securing the national borders against migration, the "Minneapolis-Saint Paul" has been used as a...

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USA - Airlaunch of a hypersonic weapon

USA - Airlaunch of a hypersonic weapon

Gepostet von | 27 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

At the NAWCWD (Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Naval Air Weapon Station China Lake, California), the BQM-34 Firebee jet-powered subsonic target presentation drone was successfully used for the first time at the beginning of May as a carrier and simultaneously as a fire control launch platform for the air launch of a solid-fuel ramjet (hypersonic) missile as a demonstrator. Both the Firebee, a development from the 1950s, and the solid fuel used for propulsion in the SFIRR (solid fuel integral rocket ram jet) are not new. However, when paired with the latest technologies, various application possibilities are now opening up. The solid fuel, which is much easier to handle than liquid propellants, is also lighter and significantly favours the parameters of the weapon - at higher speeds, with a higher...

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USS "Jeremiah Denton" christened

USS "Jeremiah Denton" christened

Gepostet von | 26 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

At the end of March, the third destroyer of the third construction batch of the Arleigh Burke class (Flight III) was christened "Jeremiah Denton" (DDG 129) at Huntington Ingalls (Newport News Shipbuilding) - in memory of a Navy Cross-winning veteran of the Vietnam War, who later also sat in the House of Representatives as a senator from the US state of Alabama. The Flight III variant of this destroyer class (155 metres long, weighing 9,300 tonnes) is equipped with state-of-the-art sensors, battle management systems and the latest energy and cooling technology - an important prerequisite for future equipment with laser weapons. As with the predecessor models, the propulsion is provided by four gas turbines and allows speeds of up to...

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Aircraft carrier "Harry S. Truman" - Sea damage in the Red Sea

Aircraft carrier "Harry S. Truman" - Sea damage in the Red Sea

Gepostet von | 25 Jun 2025 | , , | 3

The deployment of the "Harry S. Truman" (CVN-75), which began in autumn 2024, has not been under a good star so far. A serious incident occurred in the Red Sea in mid-December: an F/A-18F Super Hornet belonging to its own Fighter Wing was accidentally shot down by the USS Gettysburg, a Ticonderoga cruiser from its own Carrier Strike Group. Both pilots were able to save themselves with the ejection seat. A few weeks later, after passing through the Suez Canal, the carrier collided with a Turkish freighter off Port Said. Although there was only minor material damage, the commander was killed during repairs at the U.S. Naval Support Activity (NSA) in Souda...

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North Korea's new destroyers - top and flop

North Korea's new destroyers - top and flop

Gepostet von | 24 Jun 2025 | , , | 0

Pyongyang describes the "Choe Hyon" as a destroyer, although with a displacement of 5,000 tonnes and moderate armament it could be classified more as a multi-purpose frigate. The recognisable vertical launch silo with 32 small, 12 medium and 20 large bays suggests a wide-ranging FK armament including cruise missiles, although the additional 10 even larger silo hatches may also extend the range of weapons to include ballistic missiles. And then the destroyer could work again. In any case, Kim Jong Un, the "Supreme Leader" of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, did not miss the opportunity to christen the first nationally developed and built guided missile destroyer at the end of April at the...

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