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  • in reply to: A naval RTS #2061051
    Forestin
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    I would say Harpoon II or Dangerous Waters

    in reply to: A gift to your fleet #2061772
    Forestin
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    Ok, here is what CHile has currently in its inventory in a total of:

    Ships to be decomitioned (3 County & 3 Leander):
    4 Barak (County)
    2 SeaCat (Leander)
    1 Phalanx (Leander)

    Excocet 38MM
    Excocet 40MM

    Ships to be keept in service (T-22):
    2 × Sea Wolf

    Excocet 38MM

    Ships to be comitioned in the coming years (2 M/2 L Class, 3 T-23):
    Seawolf VLS (T-23)
    Seasparrow (M/L Class)
    Standard SM-1 MR (L Class)
    4 goalkeeper (M/L Class)

    Harpoon I/II (M/L Class)

    Now:

    The Excocets are going to be retired over the time to be changed to the Harpoon IIs (makes sence since most of the new units are equiped with them)
    Excocets are still going to be used as part of the weapoms inventory for the Superpumas

    As for the AA capabilitys:
    The Seacat is defenetly going to be retired.
    In stock there will be 4 Barak & 1 Phalanx.

    The Planes for the T 22 are not completly clear. It is thought to be installed one gun & as you said, the option for renewal of the Sea Wolf are whide.

    As for what I have heard so far the idea would be to sell the Baraks & install eather the ESSM or the RAM on the T 22 ( & posibly changing the Sea Sparrow in the M Class to ESSM to in the future).
    Also the T 22 would recive the Phalanx.
    Finaly the option is analiced to install CIWS on the 3 T 23 which could be eather the Goalkeeper, Phalanx or RAM.

    in reply to: A gift to your fleet #2061853
    Forestin
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    BTW: of course the Phalanx RAM can be replaced with the standart RAM & the Goalkeeper with the Phalanx CIWS 😉

    in reply to: A gift to your fleet #2061856
    Forestin
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    The Supepuma is the standar Embarct Air Unit in the Chilean Navy, so zes. Also Chile has just adquired a 1st bunch of 20 Harpoon IIs (which will start to replace the Excocets).

    Finaly Chile doesn’t owne right now the Phalanx Ram, but talks are underway, with the least to get the standart RAM.

    in reply to: A gift to your fleet #2062034
    Forestin
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    OK, to get this back on track, here goes mine

    Originaly:
    USS Juneau, LPD 10
    Com: 07 Jul 1969
    Decom: ~2006

    New:
    ARCH Pacifico, PHC 1

    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lpd9-den1.jpg
    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lpd-8_040706-n-6551h-003.jpg
    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/lpd-9-970624-N-3149V-002.jpg

    Egnines:
    Powerplant: GE LM2500+ gas turbine/diesel electric plant
    Propultion: 2 azimuthing 20 MW pods

    http://www.naval-technology.com/contractor_images/alstom/alstom5.jpg
    http://www.armada.mde.es/esp/ElFuturo/BuqueProyeccionEstrategica/images/beneficiospod.jpg
    http://www.rolls-royce.com/marine/product/propulsion/electrical/default.jsp

    Electronic:
    C&C:
    Radar Display Dist. Distribution System
    TADIXS A (Tactical Data Information Exchange Subsystem)
    TRE/TRAP (Tactical Receive Equipment) circuits for receiving tactical electronic intelligence information
    TACINTEL (Tactical Intelligence) Secret Messaging
    OTCIXS (Officer in Tactical Command Information Exchange Subsystem) Provides a common tactical picture of the battlefield.
    LINK-11 Real time tactical radar picture.
    TESS (theater environmental support system) weather
    JDISS (Joint Deployable Intelligence Support System)
    PCMT (Personal Computer Message Traffic) Navy-wide Shipboard messages
    POTS (Plain Old Telephone) Conventional Telephone while at sea
    MMT (Multi-Media Telephone) Secure digital telephone

    Radar:
    Surface Search Radar
    Navigation Radar
    Small Air Search Radar

    EW & Decoy:
    Electronic Warare system
    SRBOC Decoys
    Decoy Launching System
    Torpedo Countermeasures

    Weapons:
    1 Oto Melara 127 or Mk100
    http://www.china.org.cn/images/99534.jpg
    1 Goal Keeper CIWS
    http://www.thales-naval.nl/naval/images/goalkeeper.jpg
    1 Phalanx RAM
    http://navy-matters.beedall.com/images/searam.jpg
    2 4 x Harpoon Box
    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/systems/images/harpoon-cannister.jpg
    8 50-calibre machine guns.

    Airwing:
    4 EUROCOPTER SA-332L1 SUPERPUMA
    http://www.heliport.de/heligal/superpuma_2.jpg
    http://img140.echo.cx/img140/7654/superpuma1bc.jpg
    http://www.modele.oh.pl/i/p/6299.jpg

    Overhauling:
    Structural:
    Extanding of the superstructure to an unanimus one to acomodate aditional C&C systems & Equipment
    Instalation of fixed hanger (2 doors) to acomodate up to 4 Super Puma
    Crane moved more backwards together with hatches.

    Weapons systems:
    Instalation of the OtoMelara 127 or Mk100 on the fore deck (remove of the Phalanx)
    Instalation o the Phalanx RAM above/behind the Bridge
    Instalation of the Goalkeeper CIWS Above the Hangar
    Instalation of the Harpoon boxed between the main mast & the Goalkeeper

    in reply to: Service pics #2066913
    Forestin
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    Shure, go ahead I will have to scan in some

    in reply to: US Navy to move forward with first eight DDX #2070736
    Forestin
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    BitsnBytes: Don’t confuse the DD 21 Zumberwalt with the DD(X). Both designs have nothing to do with each other & the DD(X) is not thought to submerege partialy.

    in reply to: US Navy to move forward with first eight DDX #2070855
    Forestin
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    Well, 150yrs ago the Bow shape was that way becouse they still used to incorporate a spoiler (like the Trirams). By that it was more for a practical reason then a Hydrodynamic (or a Radar Reflecting one ;)).
    Like Leon said it, that design is very wet on the forward deck, & that is why it is good for costal & calm waters (the ship cuts through the waves instead of splashing over them), but realy $hity for Blue or stormy sea (which does not mean that it will sink or turn, but that its sailing conditions are worse).

    So this design is stable on a forward/back axis, but more instable on the port/starboard one.
    The last one isn’t realy a problem since it can be fixed with winglets attachet to the hull, like on the cruise ships.

    Regarding the Pic:

    I am well aware that hat Pic is from way before the DD 21 was designed, But if you look, you got the DD(X) with the inverted bow for costal, next to it the CG(X) with the same superstrcture & hull arangement then the DD(X) but with a normal bow & the LCS Triram with the invcerted Bow again for costal operations.

    So, it wouldn’t be strange if the CG(X) has a normal Bow again for high Bluewater conditions

    in reply to: The rapidly modernizing Chilean fleet. #2070895
    Forestin
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    BTW: Info from http://www.armada.cl

    in reply to: The rapidly modernizing Chilean fleet. #2070897
    Forestin
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    No, no “new” vessels have arrived in Chile.
    As the new vessels arrive, the older (Leanders & spetialy the Countys) will be retired.

    The Chilean Navy usualy reuses the same Names for there main surface ships, always having a couple kind in reserve.

    So, as new ships arrive, the ones that are not currently used will be given to them (it is very unpropable that all 7 ships will arrive the same time). With the new ships, the names of the retired ones will be availioble & the next comming renamed with them.

    The 2 M class FFGs will be named:

    FF Almirante Blanco (last ship was a County DDHL tht was retired almost 2 years ago)
    FF Riveros (last was a DD that was retired in the late 80s)
    both will arive this Dezember.

    With there arival most propably the DDHL Almirante Cochrane & Capitan Prat will be retired (both Countys from ’66).
    Those 2 names would then pass on to the next vessels that arrive & so on.

    On the list then currently:

    Almirante Latorre
    Almirante Cochrane
    Capitan Prat
    Almirante Lynch
    Almirante Condell
    Ministro Zenteno

    Those would be the ofitial names, but the ships are then called normaly just Latorre, Cochrane, Prat, Lynch, Condell, Zenteno, Blanco & Riveros

    in reply to: argentinetian type 42s #2070908
    Forestin
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    I doubt it very much that the Hercules is getting back into active service. Not becouse it can’t be done, but becouse she has been rosting in reserve for some time now & Argentinas Defence budget is not in its best time (Just to mention that the adquisition of new fighters for the AF has just been delaied again).

    Also the type 42 are very cost & between the oldest units in Argentinian service.

    in reply to: US Navy to move forward with first eight DDX #2070911
    Forestin
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    Here is the Pic I was talking of:
    http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/images/dd-21-image8.jpg

    in reply to: US Navy to move forward with first eight DDX #2070913
    Forestin
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    Well, the Hull as it is now has its advant & disatvantages.
    The Hull as it is now is very good to cut through waves. This means that the ship is more stable & tumbels less (reducing the radar crosssection). This is a advantage in costal areas (where the DDX is supost to get to operate) & calm sea.
    The disatvantage is that on high sea or storm, the fore deck will get very VERY wet & the equipment installed there (mainly the Guns & PVLS) will sufer a lot & require a lot of mantainance.

    The standart Hull on the other side tumbles more, but keeps the equipment & Foredeck on an avarage more dry (in form that less waves hit the equipment directly).

    Now if you look at the CG(X) proposal, projected for blue water & escort, you will find the standart hull again.

    BTW: here a nice article on the DDX
    http://www.usstopekaclg8.org/News/NavalNews/DDX.htm

    in reply to: argentinetian type 42s #2070935
    Forestin
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    BTW: The ARA Santisima Trinidad was not used actifly in the Falklandwar (neather was the rest of the fleet after the ARA Belgrano got sunk). Also Argentina had 2 or 3 Lynx in the Service of there Navy

    in reply to: argentinetian type 42s #2070937
    Forestin
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    ARA SantisimaTrinidad is the only Type 42 that Argentina is still operating.
    In the last decade there where several planes to mothbalt it but Argentina finaly decided to transform it into what they call now an Fast Multirole Transpoter.
    Also they decided to remove the Sea Dart system finaly, after it had been not used after more then a decade. Ironicly, shortly after the Sea Dart was removed, GB removed the weapons export ban they had against Argentina.

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