tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post8405971207708314789..comments2024-03-16T11:54:44.590+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: Modern warships (III) - AAWUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-33127381793577341132018-02-15T03:32:40.641+01:002018-02-15T03:32:40.641+01:00Roger that. Thank you.Roger that. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-88131195011472291492018-02-14T14:31:06.144+01:002018-02-14T14:31:06.144+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.B.Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650152449414871058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-1790692361323872002018-02-14T10:27:35.266+01:002018-02-14T10:27:35.266+01:00See upcoming part VII.See upcoming part VII.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-40389631924002473602018-02-14T01:44:53.954+01:002018-02-14T01:44:53.954+01:00William Lind has claimed cruisers, destroyers and ...William Lind has claimed cruisers, destroyers and frigates are obsolescent. Lind also believes the best escort for a carrier is another carrier. Lewis Page has made similar statements. What is your opinion? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-39909669458328394332018-02-14T00:17:36.632+01:002018-02-14T00:17:36.632+01:00Radars are not that reliable at the edges of their...Radars are not that reliable at the edges of their horizon. Your example would rather yield a 20...30 km sector than a 40 km sector. And even a ring of those would be a far cry from having AEW.<br /><br />Your drones would not be able to cruise as fast as cargo ships can and should cruise (not on a transoceanic route), and they would be easy targets for submarines unless you add LFAS and if you do so you end up having a manned corvette that's still a rather easy target for missile attacks. I suppose the golden middle where that drone sophistication spiral should be stopped is at lifeboat-sized surface drones that help with softkill against torpedoes and missiles.<br /><br />About the other questions; see the intro part.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-442788169812784542018-02-13T22:52:26.164+01:002018-02-13T22:52:26.164+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.B.Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650152449414871058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-35620960678944315492018-02-13T21:01:09.195+01:002018-02-13T21:01:09.195+01:00A tethered ASW sensor would give away the exact lo...A tethered ASW sensor would give away the exact location of at least one ship and there's no tethered solution for heavy payloads such as AEW radars in sight.<br /><br />The horizon would be really close for a mere picket boat. Sea Giraffe 1X would be more appropriate, and frankly, I'm, not even sure that an infrared horizon scanner would be justified. One has to guard against gold-plating the boats. To afford a dozen gold-plated picket boats for an extra 20 seconds warning against sea-skimmers in 360° 24/7 would be very expensive. There is no "most likely axis of strike" against air power or submarines with missiles, so the choices are 0° or 360°.<br />Those expensive boats could also easily be destroyed by a missile, so there's a spiral towards giving them ESM, ECM and CIWS. This makes them even more expensive (and bigger).S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-39162655799541517082018-02-13T18:51:55.420+01:002018-02-13T18:51:55.420+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.B.Smittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12650152449414871058noreply@blogger.com