Again, an LPD goes to sea with an ASW helo detachment, not to mention that Expeditionary Strike Groups deploy with an attack sub.

The project was called NIFCA, and I was on the firing team for the first test shot. Like I said there are events that absolutely must happen at the beginning of a SM2 launch.

Exactly my point, to “feed the missile” it has to be within line of site......this distance very close by naval measures.

I was only referring to initial launch conditions, the LOS requirement doesn’t go away. SOMETHING has to be driving that bird, the lack of uplink is a very real problem.

Blaseline 9 is Redhat Linux, as such the IA is basically handled as installed. If you have ISNS or BFTT you are already have more IA to deal with than the tactical system. Depending on your rate.

Radar coverage with Aegis is 360 degrees at x search time, this varies by what you are trying to do with the radar, also EVERY ship is limited by the radar horizon with is a factor of the emitter’s hieght over the water.

Because escort vessels have a finite resources, both ammunition and sensor.

Mostly correct.

No it doesn’t you can drive a missile with any radar that can produce the correct frequencies, there is no requirement for it to be a SPY-1 of any flavor. In fact there is no SPY-1 where the Navy does the overland testing of EVERY missile before it is deployed, which didn’t stop us from test SM2-blk 2, 3, 4, and 4a,…

CEC is in no way unique to Aegis.

That is where Lockheed Martin delivers Aegis program updates to the Navy, there is a very real radar on top and every flavor of Aegis buiding inside. Lockeeds main production plant is about a half mile away and they have a fully functional Spy-1A radar lifted from the Gates.

A San Antonio most certainly does have ASW capability, its called LAMPS helos, and they are a HELL of a lot higher performance than hull mounted sonar on surface vessels, you can make the argument for toed arrays, but you should also note the Flight II Arleigh Burkes aren’t equipped with them, only Tico’s and Flight Is

Ok so take the USS Cole, that ship survived ONLY because they had 300 crew members to bail water with frigging buckets while they were shoring the hull after that bomb hit in basically a worst case location. You can’t fathom 2400 sailors to run a QUARTER MILE LONG warship? There are people that have to may basically…

You do understand that it doesn’t work that way, even with CEC something has to guide an SM2 its not a fully active missile, its driven by the host ship until terminal, even with CEC that would require an Aegis-equipped ship in LOS i.e. inside radar horizon at launch, which may or may not be available, and those Aegis…

The other two didn’t do anything, looked to me more like the guy that hit the mirror (a clue maybe) got back off his bike and cold cocked the guy, the other two basically were standing there.

No but its pretty fucking stupid, remember this is FloriDUH, there is no assurance that you have the only weapon, and once you point what stops them from actually shooting back.

He probably should have stayed in his car then, he doesn’t have a right to detain in most places.

He was parked there all he had to do was snap a pic of the guy’s plate and call the police, his insurance company would handle the rest. Get out and get in my face I would likely react the same way, not that I would have preformed the mirrordectomy, but I don’t brook that shit in traffic, unless you are Law…

They are. We don’t call it a chain of command for a reason. There are multiple Officers able and qualified to take command of the vessel and it would incredibly rare that they all are present on the bridge at once.

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