USN Newest (and Weirdest Looking) Destroyer

[rcaf_777]

Originally Posted by swaghauler

The idea of the Zumwalt sailing into a combat zone under the cover of darkness (with its very low radar signature) and unleashing a rapid-fire barrage of Excaliber rounds makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I cannot wait to see the railgun fitted to the one under construction now.

There is also a plan for a Arsenal Ship which agian would sailing into a combat zone under the cover of darkness (with its very low radar signature) and unleashing a rapid-fire barrage of MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System

I think the project was canceled but recently USN has since modified the four oldest Ohio-class Trident submarines to the SSGN configuration, allowing them to carry up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles using vertical launching systems installed in the tubes which previously held strategic ballistic missiles.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenal_ship

[Silent Hunter UK]

Indeed, I believe they used the SSGN Ohio subs in Libya.

[rcaf_777]

Dose anybody care to guess who is in Command of newest ship?

Captain James A. Krik

At frist I thought it was a joke but

http://globalnews.ca/news/2384784/ca...maiden-voyage/

and then the offical word from the USN

http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/dd...ages/bio1.aspx

I feel sorry for him, as I sure he gets endless warp speed jokes from this peers

Reminds me of when I worked for the Airforce and the my Wing's UFO Officer had had the intials of ET.

[Bullet Magnet]

Capt James A Kirk....

Keep your eyes open in a few years to hear about a Capt James B Kirk. Gotta work through to T in the next 250 years.

Seriously, gotta sympathize. I'm sure he's heard every reference at least a hundred times by now, especially after attaining his current rank.