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Loss of Moskva: (Unedited): 19 April 2022:
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
US Navy Fast Frigates: (Unedited): 19 April 2017:
U.S. Fast Frigates FFG(X)
While every nation in the world is building their own war machines for a future war. The US Navy is planning to build what can be considered to be an up-rated U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter. It seems to have only the most basic of armaments for the export market and limited capabilities for the U.S. Navy especially at only 418 feet in length or a loss of 35 feet from the decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry Class Missile Frigates. The loss of 35 feet is also a loss of missile offense/defense capabilities. With a speed of only about 28 knots. It is woefully inadequate in comparison to the new Chinese Three Hull frigates with a limited top speed of 45 knots. Speed is both a defensive and offensive countermeasure in itself. Also, at only about 28 knots the frigates cannot keep up with the unclassified top speed of the new Ford Class Aircraft Carrier of about 30 knots. Any new surface warship built should be able to stay with the current lead warships which are the Aircraft Carriers at their classified top sustained speed. For the entire time, the lead ship is at top speed. The lead warships should not have to slow down just so the other ships can keep up. This creates tactical disadvantages.
There is another advantage the new frigate could also be used. The new fast frigate can also be used as a support ship for the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). These ultra-fast 45-knot ships are rumored to be defensively weak and yet can outrun about anything. By creating a new Fast Frigate which can keep pace with the LCS. You enhance the survivability of the LCS ships.
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The next new U.S. Navy Frigates should be superior in every way as compared to the decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry Class Missile Frigates. Even in speed. The new U.S. Frigates should be in the 490-foot length. The added length adds more lethality to the Frigates. If the tri-hull outriggers are added. Then they should each contain water jets. Which would mean the new U.S. Frigates would have four identical water jet engine capability. The new ships have a capability on par with older destroyers while yet being capable to distribute lethality across a variety of ranges and at top speed.
The integration of systems is the new buzz word in the defense world. One good integration capability is this new Fast Frigate should be able to integrate fire control while in port. So that if while in port a threat is detected by land and air defense commanders. Then the readily available missile assets on board any U.S. Frigate can be used by them. This one capability can become a mobile air/ballistic defense system for the coasts of America and for friendly nations. The missile(s) launched by land-based fire control command can be also guided to target. Which means the new frigates should have the Mark 41 VLS and be able to be upgraded to the Mark 57 when and if it becomes available for use.
Because of all of the components needed for a frigate. The German practice of having two variants of ships should also be considered. One standard Fast Frigate missile Fighter and one Fast Air Defense Frigate. If the modular building practice can be useful. Then one hull form can be made while being able to add and delete components as needed. I think this can be useful if a commonality of sizes and shapes can be standardized for weapons and sensor platforms.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_frigates_of_the_United_States_Navy
http://ingalls.huntingtoningalls.com/our-products/
http://ingalls.huntingtoningalls.com/our-products/nsc/
http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/huntington-ingalls-has-new-frigate-could-give-the-us-navy-19020
http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1677469-navy-to-upgun-change-new-frigate
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a25375/chian-three-hull-frigate/
http://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2017/04/18/the_us_navy_does_not_need_an_air-defense_frigate_111198.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Security_Cutter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F125-class_frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachsen-class_frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Zeven_Provinci%C3%ABn-class_frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Fayette-class_frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_de_Baz%C3%A1n-class_frigate
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimitz-class_aircraft_carrier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_R._Ford-class_aircraft_carrier
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littoral_combat_ship
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom-class_littoral_combat_ship
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertical_launching_system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_41_Vertical_Launching_System
http://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/Weapons/Mk57_VLS.pdf
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Added on 20 April 2017: Comment on Real Clear Defense today. News report above this.
It is easy to spend money when you're not responsible for it. I say that to myself and to everyone else who have their own plans for this weapons systems or that weapons system or the build them all crowd. Sometimes I'm in the build them all crowd. Yea I know. I'm a janitor. So Hey.
I think it is necessary to build about 40+ Air Defense Frigates each in the length of about 490 feet. This would entail that 4 be assigned with each Carrier Strike group. The new frigates must have the capability to target and destroy the knew Mach 8+ missiles at varying distances. I just do not think the actual mechanical hardware of the CIWS is even capable of last defense of these anti-carrier killers.
By assigning these new Frigates or fast Frigates which needs to be able to maintain a sustained speed of 45Knots. Should also be able to fire on any threat as well. The New frigates should be positioned around the aircraft carrier outside the circle of Destroyers and Cruisers. Thus becoming the first to shoot any incoming threats. The new Frigates should also have Mark 41 VLS and be upgradeable to the new Mark 57 VLS.
These new Air Defense Frigates should be able to plug the holes in air defense which may not be adequately addressed today.
Also, Since there may be huge problems with the LCS program. (I'm being nice). Two frigates can be assigned to a primary LCS warship for specific missions. Which is another reason why the new fast frigates need to at least match the top speed of the LCS warships.
The standard Fast missile Frigate. Should also number about 40+ warships. These should be able to integrate into the lead ship or Aircraft Carrier for fire control options.
An optional CIWS missile Frigate. Specifically for the Iranian threats. A frigate which can destroy a lot of fast little ships and destroy their command and control centers at the same time. Maybe even launch some long distance missiles to other secret places that janitors don't know about.
The addition of a new generation of Frigates. Will enhance the survivability of all surface ships involved. By being out there in the line of fire. To be willing to take the first strikes so that mission success will be heightened.
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Added on 21 April 2017:
I was just thinking about the US Coast Guard and MAD(Mutually Assured destruction). They should have a certain number of these fast frigates. If they are built. Which could number about 20 or more. Then strategically positioned around the USA. To challenge any threat. Even then 20 is to few as Alaska would need about that many to counter the Russian Navy buildups in that region. That would be 10 Air defense frigates and 10 Missile Frigates.
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Added on 04 July 2017:
The US is the only nation in the world associated with MAD. So to change the letters it is now called SAD or Singularly Assured Destruction.
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Added on 07 July 2017:
These new Fast Frigates which won't be built. Should have an ability to shoot down ballistic missiles. By placing the Ballistic Missiles directly behind the Superstructure. Especially if the Ballistic Missile defense missiles are very long.
Since the North Koreans have made more news recently especially with the revealing and a working Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The game with North Korea has changed. It is now more crucial than ever to build my idea for this fast frigate with anti ballistic missile capability. The USA needs more than 150 Fast Frigates right now.
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Added on 11 July 2017: My response to a story on Defense News. I usually get deleted.
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http://www.defensenews.com/articles/mulvaney-opens-door-to-bigger-dod-budgets
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Added on 29 July 2017: This is my comment on www.defensenews.com
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https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2017/07/28/experts-question-the-navys-ideas-for-a-new-frigate/
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Since everyone in the military deletes my comments. Here they are.
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Added on 03 August 2017: Comment on here:
https://www.dodbuzz.com/2017/08/03/coast-guard-design-navy-frigate-doable-zukunft-says/
On one hand the National Security Cutter Hull seems like a good design idea for a new US Navy Frigate Class. But when you take into account that the new frigates being built are far more larger than the National Security Cutter. With a length of only 418 feet it is just a bit bigger than the new Russian Corvettes and a bit smaller than the new generation of Frigates. So in capability how will the new US Frigate be compared to? A Corvette or a Frigate? Because it seems that there is a new definition of Corvette and Frigate. If the US calls the new Ship a Frigate. Will it become an embarrassment to the US NAVY? Especially when a new modern era Corvette can easily send the new US Frigate to the bottom. I know it is far to early to debate what it can and cannot do. There is only so much you can put on a 418 foot ship. Especially when the Number one ranked Frigate in the world is the Russian Gorshkov Class is 443 feet long and the number nine ranked Chinese Type 054A is 440 feet long. While other new Frigates are longer coming in at 469 feet for the German Sachsen Class and 453 feet for the Denmark Iver Huitfeldt Class. Then Spain with the Alvaro De Bazan Class at 481 feet. The French comes in at 466 feet. The USA can't allow the French to have a longer Frigate. I'm sorry. NO!
Side Note: I love the French and I'm thankful for the French. But No way in the hot place. My French comment is meant in the friendly competitive manor.
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Added on 24 Aug 2017: US Military/Navy: If all of your sensors/RADAR systems can be fooled, spoofed, degraded and/or overloaded. Then all of your ships, boats, planes, missiles and other weapons systems are completely useless, helpless and defenseless. This needs to be fixed. before you do anything else. The US Military may also need a new and more secure generation of 32+ GPS satellites. With zero skimping on money. if all of the modern day technology is tied to the GPS for accuracy and you engineer all of your weapons systems around the fact. Then any attack on the GPS network causes the whole to be degraded. To the point where the human element knows not where their own ship is located. If this is true. Then how can any weapon fired know where it is and where a target is with any certainty. Especially THAAD or Patriot or anything else. Wish I could talk with someone about Patriot. Oh Well. About added capabilities.
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10 Oct 2017: Australia in the Frigate news:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Frigate_Program_(Australia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobart-class_destroyer (A destroyer called a frigate???)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_de_Baz%C3%A1n-class_frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FREMM_multipurpose_frigate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_26_frigate
I do like the new sizes of frigates. Except. They lack firepower as well as other capabilities. I do like the 26. Did I already say not enough guns?
Will the 26 also make it to the US Navy?
https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/dsei/2017/09/14/bae-is-in-the-race-for-the-the-us-ffgx-with-its-type-26-frigate/
The big huge problem I see other than the lack of lots of guns. It is the ability to build it for at least three nations. To build them before 2025. Have those crews trained before 2025?
Here is an idea for the US Navy. Have Great Britain and Australia build their new Model #26 Frigates as well as American frigates. Thus, driving their costs per unit down and selling us those that we want. Also, adding in the American built units. Everyone benefits. Especially, when Japan, New Zealand, and Israel desire to participate.
Go back up and read again how many units and models of units the USA needs right now.
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DO NOT INCLUDE TURKEY OR SAUDI ARABIA or India IN ANYTHING. Whatever high tech military leases you have with these two nations. Let them expire and or move them out then or now.
Do not sell anything to India either. They may realign with China and Russia.
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Added on 05 Nov 2017:
Is there really a class of light frigates? or is the USA going to be the ones who go with a new light frigate class of warships?
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Added on 04 April 2018:
Well, new news regarding the US Navy Frigate FFG(X) in which no real new news is available. Yes, it will have RADAR and sensors. Yes, it will have a variety of missiles. Oh, wait it will also have up to Seven 11 meter semi-rigid inflatable boats.
If this new FFG Frigate has all of the toys listed as well as modular upgrade-ability. Especially for power. Then this new ship isn't going to be 418 feet long. Cramming that much stuff on a small bass boat won't work. Ask any red neck. So this new Frigate must be longer than the Coast Guard NS Cutter and hopefully (BETTER BE) longer than the French Frigate. In order to future proof. I do think the French are in the lead for the new definition of Frigates sizes as has been done in the past when new capabilities required longer ships. Go and check your Naval history. It is really fun. Yes, this does mean that the American destroyers would be now mini destroyers and the soon to be retired Cruisers the new destroyers. Well, maybe by 2040. The new definitions may take place when those ranking folks decide to do so.
Recheck all of the worlds Frigates in Wiki. New stuff is often times added while misleading stuff is deleted.
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Also, an update to a new idea I have had recently. But, is listed above somewhere in this post I think. Not just for frigates. All ships.
The new Frigate FFG(X). Should have incorporated into both sides of the ship. 2 - 4 new types of CIWS Phalanx Junior and little sister. 7.62mm and 5.56mm. Each with its own RADAR and IR sensor packages. These should be connected to the Aegis and used for drone swarms as well as little boats filled with dumb people. The programming for these guns should also have a command for all guns for one super threat incoming target. Which means put as much lead into the sky as possible.
By having a pair of 7.62 and a pair of 5.56 on one side of the boat they can shoot in panic mode a swirling fashion in a predictable manner especially when a screwy Russian Hyper missile approaches.
Each of the new Phalanx Junior and Little Sister should have many Tens of thousands of rounds in their fat little bellies. Fat bellies mean happy kids. Right? Especially when your kid is on that warship.
Think about ten thousand attrition damage drones coming at your carrier in a staggered cloud formation and then another coming in at your rear. How are you gonna shoot them all? Then right behind that are the real dangerous missiles. Then right behind the missiles comes the surface ships and planes bent on planting you on the bottom of the ocean or worse capturing your now defenseless ships and crews. Comment deleted-Think about your worst fears Admiral.
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https://www.themaven.net/warriormaven/sea/navy-seeks-new-advanced-sensors-weapons-for-new-frigate-2023-2kpcmXL-5kyz2pfbaGoE3A/
https://youtu.be/rvgQP7WA8DQ
https://youtu.be/e6RQKkB8ASk
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24 May 2018: New janitorial mental frigate drama.
I think I'm out of the new Fast Frigate game. I may be in the Frigate game for the US Coast Guard. Thus, Giving the Coast Guard some much-needed teeth. So as long as the US Coast Guard receives about 150 of these new fast frigates with AD/ABM capabilities.
Here is my dilemma. The US Navy has begun building the Flight III Burkes. To a tune of about 22 of them. Hopefully, after the 22 are actually built. Flight IV's will then be built in quantities of more than 20. Yea, I know the Flight IV's were canceled. So instead of building any Navy Frigates how about just build more Burkes? I can go along with that. Except you need at least fifty of these by 2025. AND since nothing is publically known on the drawing board for a new US Navy Cruiser how about designing the new ones with full anti-ballistic missile capabilities as well as anti-satellite? Then build fifty to one hundred of the new Cruisers. Or two for every aircraft carrier no matter class.
I do think all of the current Navy destroyers and Navy Cruisers and all assets. All need to have life extensions. Nothing as in no ships and no boats get retired. Everything gets weaponized, modernized and updated. All ranked in order from Easy Peasy to what in the hot place is that mess. Yes, The US Navy must develop a new CIWS Phalanx Junior(PJ) for all drone and Iranian bass boat defense. Then this PJ gets welded to every and all ships. Including those folks who have never lost a coast.
This just is bad for the USA. Because 2025 is a key year as well as 2030. There just isn't enough money. The US Navy must find every ship and boat and get them all seaworthy as quickly as possible. Then begin extensive training for the next seven or so years.
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Added on 03 June 2018: FREMM multipurpose frigate News:
The first thing I immediately notice about the Fremm MF is the lack of guns. I'm sorry. You don't need ten dinghies. If a questionable ship is not going to be obedient to one dinghy. Then you have not shot it enough yet. Besides, do you understand the mess your gonna have with all of those dinghies? I ain't gonna clean it up. It is easier to clean up casings then dinghy stuff.
Also, the Fremm is rated number what in the world? Sorry.
Note: The use of the word "Guns" means missiles and every other weapon available.
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I've been looking at the Fremm for the possibility of becoming the US Navy's next-gen frigate. The Fremm can be up to 474 feet long with about a 66-foot beam. The Burke destroyers are 509 feet long and a 66-foot beam. The Burke is only 35 feet longer and how much more weapons and capabilities does it have? So I would choose the Burkes over the Fremm anyday. Since the Burkes are going into Flight III building. I would move all of those Fast Frigate monies into Burke monies. Something which must be considered right now. Is that Russia is out of MAD with the advent of the S 500 and the recent successful weapons test at 480 KM. Really..... So how did the RADAR see the target let alone engage the target which is moving on the other side of the curvature of the Earth? I really hope you smart and important people see what I do. Russia is out of MAD. period... If you can't see it then you need to go work graveyard at a 7/11 hood store. So that means every Destroyer, Cruiser and AirCraft carrier must have those necessary updates, modifications, and additions to engage all ballistic targets as well as satellite targets.
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Added on 07 July 2018:
I have been thinking about building more capable Burkes over A new Frigate. It has been over a month. I've dedicated much time on this naval issue. This is what I think. Build more Flight III Burkes and no frigates. Then once the Flight IV Burkes are in the ready. Build them and no frigates.
In regards to the soon to be retired Cruisers. Extend their lives while upgrading where ever you can. Then engineer a new anti-ballistic missile Cruiser at a length of more than 830+ feet. Build two per battle group or One per critical port.
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Added on 16 July 2018:
The USA has been a military leader for the last 50 years and has now found itself on the cusps of losing that designation. I have been thinking more about the evolution of Naval warship sizes. I would suppose that in order to define the current modern day size of a frigate you have to look at your largest capital ship capabilities are. The Missile Cruiser is the biggest ship that any military wants to build. It is apparent that if a missile cruiser has a certain quantity of primary weapons. Then the next smaller ship which is the Missile Destroyer should have half of what the Missile Cruiser has. Then the next smaller ship being the Missile frigate should have about half of what the Missile destroyers have. Then the Missile Corvette should have about half of what the Missile Frigate has. So you cannot build the next generation frigate until you know what the next generation Missile Cruiser is gonna have as its primary weapons. Plus, you need to know all of the capabilities of the current big dog Frigate and that is the Russian Frigate Admiral Gorshkov has ?48VLS?. You have to supersede this top dog frigate. Building from known inferior hull designs is not what leaders do. Sorry. I think adding 12 additional VLS is sufficient to become a top dog.
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Next Generation Missile Battleship or Arsenal Ship should have 480+ Vertical Launch System.
Next Generation Missile Cruiser should have 240+ Vertical Launch Missile System cells. This number is only for the primary missiles.
Next Generation Destroyer should have 120+ Vertical Launch Missile System.
Next Generation Frigate should have 60+ Vertical Launch Missile System.
Next Generation Corvette should have 30+ Vertical Launch Missile System. (Added on 27 Nov 2019 = Israeli Sa'ar 6 now has up to 48 missiles- 32 VLS and 16 others).
Next Generation Coast Guard Cutter should have 15+ Vertical Launch Missile System.
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Then once you add all of the other weapons, RADAR's, sensors, power generation, Future weapons capabilities. Command, Control, Computers, Communications, and other C words. You will know just how big your ships need to be.
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Frigate News:
https://news.usni.org/2018/07/12/navy-hopes-commonality-least-interoperability-frigates-australia-canada-u-k
http://www.janes.com/article/81663/ffg-x-potential-growth-comes-under-scrutiny
https://thediplomat.com/2018/07/the-us-navys-ffgx-program-could-take-a-nod-from-east-asian-shipbuilders/
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2018/07/09/has-the-us-navy-thought-this-new-frigate-through-new-report-raises-questions/
https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/report-urges-careful-planning-for-u-s-navy-s-next-frigate#gs.BppgUAk
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Added on 17 July 2018: Chinese Destroyer Type 055 news.
The US Navy refuses to acknowledge the evolution of warship classes. I do see their point though. If they acknowledge the evolution. The US suddenly has no cruisers, 22 old destroyers and a bunch of aging frigates. All of the US will be undermined psychologically. Especially after 32 years of negligent Presidents. The USA needs to stop conducting wars and return home to rebuild, retrain and re-professionalize. Then this way they will have a fresh reallocation of funding and focus on the newly emerged threats of Russia and China. Begin propaganda of how buying "Made in China" affords China to build warships which may be used in the future to kill your sons and daughters.
It appears that the US and NATO MK 57 VLS is even outdated or undersized or both.
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https://www.popsci.com/china-type-055-warships-launch?utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral
http://www.bradfordera.com/news/state/china-s-new-destroyers-reflect-power-prestige/article_3fdae3d7-0e1a-5cdc-aa74-5ea5c3182530.html
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Added on 26 July 2018:
A true leader in the world leads the entire world. Leaders do not lag or fall behind. Leaders can come from behind to overtake. Leaders can leapfrog when those who incorrectly think themselves to be leaders simply by overtaking a real leader. Only to be outdone.
A true leader defines what is and everyone else follows.
So a new definition of what a military Navy is and does must be defined a new. What a military Navy has must be defined as a new. By redefining what is in all of its entirety. You recreate what shall be and by implementing the new definitions. You become what is and what has been become honored history to be respected.
First, you must have to ascertain who and what is the best of the best. Then supersede that which is in every possible way. Discover what has been lost or simply forgotten, recover them all and then advance those old thinkings into the new modern way. From time to time reevaluate. This isn't just about the Navy.
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Added on 28 July 2018:
Old Ironsides
My comment:
I was deleted again. I didn't save it. It was basically a summary of what I have written here.
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Added on 29 Oct 2018: US Navy Frigate news:
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R44972.pdf
https://news.usni.org/2018/10/24/report-congress-u-s-navy-frigate-ffgx-program-4
https://www.janes.com/article/83993/euronaval-2018-lockheed-martin-considers-propulsion-options-for-ffg-x
https://www.businessinsider.com/lockheed-to-drop-littoral-combat-ship-water-jet-propulsion-for-frigate-2018-10
https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/euronaval/2018/10/23/lockheed-planning-big-shift-away-from-lcs-propulsion-system-for-its-future-frigate-offering/
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Check this guy. You crybaby delicate types may need to bring tissues and yo mama. Otherwise bring coffee, a brain, and your helmet. He is the real deal as I'm just a janitor.
http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2018/10/even-lockheed-goes-salamander-on-lcs.html
http://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/
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Yes, it is about the LCS. But there is a relationship to the possible future Lockheed Frigate.
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24427/navy-rushes-to-get-littoral-combat-ships-anti-ship-missiles-they-desperately-need
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It looks like the US is only going to pay for 20 new or parent generation Frigates. This is not enough to contest against Russia, China, Iran, Venezuela. The new President in Brazil and their friends in Columbia may just go after Venezuela in a war. Mexico may even be drawn into that conflict as with many other regional nations. Which means a mass exodus into the USA. Anyway off topic. The war footing which may come for Mexico, Central America and South American Nations May just cause the Us military to send military assets surrounding those nations. If the US military is only about 80%+/- at military readiness. Then how is the USA going to contest with Russia and China alone? The USA cannot. The Chinese navy is more numerous than the US Navy and China is building ships as fast as they can. While the USA will build only 20 new frigates by 2030.
The US Navy will most likely use an existing (Parent Building style) hull form and then build what they want within it. The new frigate will or should be heavier than Oliver's. It looks like water jet propulsion is out.
The US Navy needs about 2-4 frigates for each Naval Battlegroup. So the US Navy has about 20 flat top aircraft carriers. That would mean the US Navy needs 40-80 Frigates right now. The US Navy also needs the same in the new definition Destroyers (40-80). The replacement new definition Cruisers 1-2 per battle group.
Also, to note. The US has about 8-12 Oliver frigates which could be/maybe put back into service. That is instead of selling them or that is giving them to Ukraine who may not be able to financially put them fully back into service by using modern-day technologies. The US Navy has 5 shipyards? These can be dry docked and modernized. But, As I understand it. They are all backlogged. So if that is true how does the USA build anything new. Especially when the US needs new definition Destroyers and Cruisers. To add more drama. The new Ford aircraft carrier is problematic. The Zumwalt's is so troublesome that they have been canceled. The LCS may not even be able to defend itself against an RPG in littoral waters. The US does have a lot of Navy issues as they happen when your Navy is getting old and worn out.
I think I've written about this before. The US Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security could use real teeth in their own ships. By building an actual new definition Frigate for the US Coast Guard they can shore up defenses along Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico if needed.
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Note: * Parent style of building means using existing building hulls for a new ship. The purpose is to lower costs. I am not saying this is not the best choice. But, a leadership nation would lead in definition, design and new technologies. Using an existing form may be a leadership approach if it is in conjunction with a new class definition and new technologies. I only just learned of this parent style building technique this morning. I'm still researching it.
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Added on 01 Nov 2018: A mandatory good read about classifications and politics of Navy Ships. I learned much in a short period of time. I may have to go and read it again.
http://cimsec.org/what-do-you-call-it-the-politics-and-practicalities-of-warship-classification/38731#comments
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Written in 2017: http://cimsec.org/forging-closer-maritime-alliance-case-u-s-japan-joint-frigate-development/33350
Written in 2015: http://cimsec.org/fit-frigate/14689
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Added on 10 Dec 2018:
What should the next American Frigate contain? The new American frigate should contain at least twice as many guns and twice the missiles and twice the capabilities than the newest and most heavily armed naval Corvettes in the world today. The new American Frigate should contain all of the existing capabilities and add new capabilities. Which I have already written about above. The follow on new American destroyers should have at least twice of everything the new American Frigate has when and if it is ever built. The new replacement of the American Cruiser should have at least twice of everything the new American destroyer has when and if it is ever built. The new generation of battlecruisers or battleships should have at least twice of everything that the future American Cruiser has when and if it is ever planned. The new American Aircraft Carrier post-Ford and the Ford's which are being built now should be completed and then halted. The next generation of American Aircraft Carriers should be combined with the capabilities of a next-generation Battle Cruiser. I have written about this in other places within this blog.
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Here is the reason why I write this. oldie: https://youtu.be/c6b6qq808nQ
http://tass.com/defense/1035218
https://www.rt.com/news/434609-russia-kalibr-ships-export/
https://www.unian.info/politics/10370526-russia-deploys-latest-cruise-missile-corvette-in-occupied-crimea-media.html
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It is necessary for the American Navy to go back to the drawing boards with open minds. The US Navy needs 600 new modern generation ships and boats. All created with a new modern mindset and the honoring of new capability definitions. Even though it was not the Americans who defined what the new ship classes shall be. I think even the US Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security should have and maintain their own Corvettes with at least equal teeth to what any other nation has and may be combined. Both the US Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security should have within their own fleets at least 30 new definition Corvettes each. Plus the new generation of new definition Frigates as I've mentioned above.
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Added on 29 Jan 2019: Frigate Drama. Note: I have become a counter of missile cells and missile ranges. The US Navy has 9,000+ missile cells. The Chinese Navy has 5,000+ missile cells. The Russian Navy has 2600+ missile cells. The UK alone has 700+ missile cells. All of the western European Navies have 1978 missile cells. This is a generic count only.
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https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-battleship-vision-earlier-2012.html
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I know some of you people who have read this ongoing blog have many followers and a few much authority. I do understand costs and projections to some limited degree. I do not understand how you can build the LCS knowing that a small Russian or Chinese corvette has as much firepower as it has. I also do not understand how you can build a ship under the cold war definition of what a Frigate is to be in these modern times. Knowing that current Frigates of the world like from Russia and China will offer much more firepower than a Frigate based on the National Security Coast Guard Cutter. I have to ask. Are you trying to get our sons and daughters or fathers and mothers killed or captured? If you build this new generation of American Frigate where it has inadequate firepower and must fear a Russian or Chinese Corvette or worse a Chinese missile boat. The US military will become the laughing stock of the open seas.
The new Frigate FFG(X) must exceed the missile cell count of both the Russian and Chinese new generation of Frigates. The number of missile cells must be universal. The missiles installed on the new Frigate FFG(X) must exceed 1,000+ miles and be nuclear warhead capable. You must force the enemy to achieve superior numbers in order to counter your one ship as it was with the USS Constitution. This US Naval tradition goes back to 1797. You just cannot build a Frigate which must back away from any single missile boat or Corvette threat. But, then again that is what you built with the LCS isn't it? and your still building them. This one green water ship cannot come within a thousand miles of any green water shore where there is a single Russian or Chinese missile boat or Corvette warship present.
The Chinese Type 54A Frigate has a total of 40 missile cells. The Russian Frigate Type 22350 has 72 VLS missile cells. The new US Naval Frigate must exceed the missile cell count of the best Frigate in the world which is the Russian Frigate Admiral Gorshkov Class. The US Navy Frigate should have all universal missile cells which can accept a variety of missile as defined by the mission requirements. This must include nukes. This must have ABM. This must have anti-drone swarm guns like a CIWS Phalanx Jr. type of system.
How do you feel about not taking enough guns into battle? The news reports that the next Frigate FFG(X) should have at least 72 VLS. I say the next Frigate must exceed 72 VLS. Are you a leader or a follower? How do you want to be perceived in the world? Building this new Frigate with maybe 72 VLS means you lag behind China, Russia and Spain (48VLS).
----Repeat Links???---
http://www.military-today.com/navy/top_10_frigates.htm
https://defencyclopedia.com/2016/01/02/top-10-most-powerful-frigates-in-the-world/
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https://news.usni.org/2019/01/22/navy-squeezing-costs-ffgx-program-requirements-solidify
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2019/01/28/the-navys-new-more-lethal-frigate-is-coming-into-focus/
https://news.usni.org/2019/01/22/40524
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Frigate Personal Opinion: I do like the length of the Spanish F100 ship and I do know the hull designs can be shortened from the 146.7 m. (481.2 feet). I do not like the top of the tower. Looks cold war-ish and WWII like. I do like Denmark's top side appearance. Especially how the exhaust is used on the sides of the ship instead of in the middle. It almost looks like added protection to what is in the middle. Does this offer a more efficient use of space?
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Added on 30 Jan 2019: Pro HED article.
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2019/01/30/four_reasons_why_hybrid_electric_drive_would_be_good_for_the_navys_future_frigate_114149.html
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I agree with the story.
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Added on 31 Jan 2019:
https://www.quora.com/What-should-the-actual-requirements-be-for-the-new-FFG-X-Fast-Frigate-of-the-US-Navy/answer/John-MacKechnie
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Added on 07 Feb 2019:
https://news.usni.org/2019/02/05/report-congress-u-s-navy-frigate-ffgx-program-5?fbclid=IwAR3mGmUf7wUkLG4uZ3RsRAY_U1qJ7QsjSWNdYp2jYSRLmgPNc__TDuS2MK8
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Added on 18 Feb 2019:
The Type 26 @ 149.9 Meters or 492 feet in length.
A total of 72 missile cells for a variety of purposes. WOW.... As a professional janitor, I think that all missile cells should be Universal. Meaning any missile can fit in them. Even if you have to fit multiple cells within a cell. To achieve a singular regular function.
Type 26 has not enough automated gun systems. Only two 30mm DS30M Mk2 automated small caliber guns. These do not indicate if they have their own RADAR systems or sensors. Only two 7.62mm Mini-guns. It does not indicate automation. These mini-guns should be automated and have their own mini RADAR systems and sensors. You do not want sailors on the outside when the RADAR's are in war mode, DEW's activated, Sensors sensing, jamming devices and missiles are being launched and automated guns are firing. While enemy ordinances and drones of attrition are incoming. Even the enemies RADAR's, DEW's, jamming devices and Sensors are all aimed at your ship. After all, you do want your surviving sailors to go home and make living and thriving, children? yes.
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Canada has just ordered 15 of the Type 26 frigates. Australia has ordered 9. The UK has ordered 8. Only 3 are being built right now and the first one will not be delivered until 2023. Then comes the shakedown. So 2025 will the first one be accepted, maybe. The complexity of all new machines of modern day warfare is very advanced and everything has to work and all toys must play nice in close proximity with one another or in the same sandbox.
No matter. The nations which will be building the Type 26 Frigate are not building enough nor are they building them fast enough. The USA should consider the Type 26 Frigate by doubling the missile silo sections and thus increasing the length of the Type 26 Frigate a smidge. Then adding actual good American engines and much more American energy production to the ship. These American frigates should be engineered to tow a boat with a couple of hundred missile cells.
Question? lol. With all of the modernization's which will begin to happen to the US Navy. Can the USA begin to build up to five Type 26 frigates in a two year period? On top of what is secretly being phased into existing ships and boats. Starting now-ish. The US needs far more than 20 next-generation Type 26 Frigates. Go up and read how many if you don't remember. Cause, I do not remember either. The US needs about 2-4 Type 26 Frigates per carrier group and the US has 20+ carriers. Not counting those ABM specific Type 26 Frigates for national defense. This could be a possibility for the Department of Homeland Security to purchase their own Frigates. While being trained by the US Navy and serviced by the US Navy for a fee. These assets will remain under their own control until a war is proclaimed in which the US Navy will assume control of their naval assets and personnel. This is not to be associated with the US Coast Guard. Did I mention not enough guns or automated guns?
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Here is something which is real in the spiritual realm and really manifests into our real world as we lowly humans perceive it. Israel. Whoever curses Israel in any specific way also will be cursed in that similar way. Whoever blesses Israel in any specific way is also blessed in that specific way. It matters not what you believe or want to believe. It just is what it is. So, begin to bless Israel militarily and economically. But, also bless Israel with defense and offense. Then become blessed with defense and offense. Bless Israel with political agreements and become politically blessed. In a greedy mindset. Bless Israel how you want to be blessed.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_26_frigate
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Added on 24 Feb 2019:
I've written this before about the quantities of the new Frigate FFG(X) to be built. The US Navy will need to build 20 new Frigates for the Gulf of Mexico alone. Especially now that Russia is gonna support Venezuela with military equipment. These new American frigates most have enhanced anti-ballistic missile (ABM) capability as well as anti Submarine (ASW). The US Navy should also build a newly modernized construction and support facility. A place where 10 ships can be built, modernized and maintained all at once. Which can be expanded to 20. The Venezuela problem is only gonna get worse and Russia/Putin seems ready to win in a new Cuban missile crisis that it lost face in last time. President Putin is correct as they are using American guidance systems in all of their newly fielded military equipment. The growing threat is Venezuela is developing. Venezuelan nationals which reside safely and securely within American gated communities for the wealthy and rich should be addressed. This should be addressed in all other NATO Nations.
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Added on 29 March 2019 - 01 April 2019:
I just viewed some of THALES warship plans. Then it hit me. The problem with building warships in peacetime is no one puts enough *guns on them. No one puts enough capability on them either. This includes those emerging threats like satellites and drones. Remember the Battleships of WWII and how none of the experts planned for any emerging threats. The aircraft carriers ended the Battleship to such a degree that no one thinks the battleship is or can be a viable platform even to this day. These two potential threats will add physical size and an increase of displacement to all war-fighting ship classes. The key class which historically defines the definitions for that era of warships is the Frigate. From the standalone/standoff or up close and personal type of warship. I think just from the Frigate class alone defines the Corvette and missile boats. From the Frigate class defines what Destroyer and Cruiser classes will also become. Since not too many people have even thought of what a modern-day battleship will be. The new battleship class will most likely be its own self-defined class. The new generation of Frigates should have some new continuous use capabilities. Such as towing a drone with a whole lot of missiles or purely defensive weapons or whatever the brass demands. Every class of new ship should have engine capability to tow a missile platform or two continuously. These new towed missile platforms should also have an official designation as well as their own classes. The **Naval knuckledraggers should just call them COWA or Can of Whoop @$$. Its what you open up first when you begin.
Think about their use. You can just uncouple them at a safe distance and they would either drive in circles or slowly pace the fleet to the rear or on a flank. or actually drive closer to the coasts. They could also be filled with fake missiles and real self defense weapons, all warmed up. Waiting for the enemy to pay special attention to them. To me. I'm the type. I would not want any Phakes. If I am gonna have any type of COWA. It's gonna do more than scare you. Poker is not something I understand. That is probably why I'm a janitor. Well, that is not the only reason why. Even though I have been to dozens of casinos and watched. Yet, I was more interested and excited about the Ameristar movie theater and restaurants.
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There is some new news out about Frigates. But, they are pay to read. Basically, this summer is when money will be decided. I think. The LCS line is now called a boondoggle and will be curtailed. This is from important people and not a simple janitor. I do have a plan for the LCS line. Which involves dry dock and a lot of torches.
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Moved portion to: New Battleship Vision: It is important and has update on China:
https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-battleship-vision-earlier-2012.html
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Added on 12 May 2019: Bring your coffee. Only 32 to 48 Missile cells. Bad news. Must have more missile cells. At least 72 VLS Missile Cells.
https://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/R44972.pdf
https://news.usni.org/2019/04/15/navy-investing-in-researching-next-generation-missiles-enhancing-current-ones
https://www.naval-technology.com/features/frigate-vs-destroyer-difference/
http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/index_ships_list.php
https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2019/05/austal-navigating-possibilities-as-navy-nears-decision-on-frigates.html
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Added on 29 May 2019:
https://news.usni.org/2019/05/28/lockheed-martin-wont-submit-freedom-lcs-design-for-ffgx-contest
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Added on 31 May 2019: This news is a couple of years old. But, Russia seems to have made a decision. Well, Russia the current leader in the world of Frigate class warships have just recently decided to make the upgrade to the current number #1 Frigate in the world without argument or debate. Russian project 22350 otherwise known as Admiral Gorshkov class frigate will now be built to project 22350M. This frigate will go from 16-24 Kaliber cruise missiles to 48 for the coming "M" class. For a total of 72 VLS Missile Cells. The displacement of the 22350 is at 4500 tons and the 22350M will come in at 7,000 tons. The leaders lead and they set the bar as well as the definition of what any class is to be in their defined modern world. The Russian LIDER Class Destroyer will most likely go through a decision making process from Russia. Either scrap it or modify it. I think Russia will modify the Lider Class Destroyer into a hardy 15,000+ ton destroyer with more than doubling of offensive weaponry. But, the world will have to wait and see.
What does this all mean for the soon to be announced American X-Frigate. Do you lead or do you follow? That is the question for all of the Naval brass who decides such things.
There is one huge drawback to Russia building new warships. It takes them a long time. The demise of the Soviet Union caused a very deep gouge of how to from what was the soviet brain trust. Even today, Russia has not recovered sufficiently.
What will the US choose for their next modern day Frigate?
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http://tass.com/defense/1057638
https://navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/2019/may/7070-russia-plans-to-manufacture-12-upgraded-project-22350m-frigates.html
No more links this time. All of the news source TASS and I have it.
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https://news.usni.org/2019/05/30/report-to-congress-on-u-s-navy-frigate-ffgx-program-3
There is a PDF so bring coffee.
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Added on 03 June 2019: Some Corvette news. Yes, Corvette news applies to Frigate planning. So Israel is having Germany build four Sa'ar 6 Corvettes at 2/3 cost. This is important for two kinds of blessings which should come to Germany. A cost savings for their economy and a military blessing to some degree. All because they have helped Israel by a third.
The INS Magen is the first name of the new Israeli Corvettes. The ninety meter ship will contain up to 48 vertical missile cells. They are not universal missile cells. So they are split between a 32 VLS and an air-defense 16 cell system. Not really sure how the Israeli VLS works or with what.
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https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/imps-news/israeli-navys-ins-magen-corvette-officially-named/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%27ar_6-class_corvette
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/june/corvette-carriers-new-littoral-warfare-strategy
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https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/june/corvette-carriers-new-littoral-warfare-strategy
My Comment: Because, I get deleted often. I guess official folks don't like janitors to be right.
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JAPAN Stop Build Order Now!!!
Added on 16 June 2019: Japan to build 22 new generation of Frigates. The CIC in these ships is a massive step forward in apparent ship wide efficiencies. I'm very excited about this new generation of CIC. But, Not enough guns or Universal Missile Cells VLS at only 16 Mark 41 Missile Cells. Think about it. How long does it take to launch 16 missiles? How do you defend against hundreds or thousands of incoming drones? How do you defend against incoming missiles and incoming fighter planes all incoming at once. This is really bad especially since their adversaries will outnumber them in their own waters or even in close by international waters. Just look up in this long drawn out on going story about the US frigates. The Israeli Sa'ar 6 Corvette will out gun this new Japanese 30 DX frigate and it hasn't even have a shape yet. Especially, with 48 missile cells of different types. Read this entire blog of US Navy Fast Frigates. Then make your changes to your new modern day warship. Especially, if your dealings with China, Russia and North Korea goes really bad. You must have far more than just 16 Mark 41 VLS Missile Cells. Your Frigate build counts must be more than 72 and not 22. You must build Ballistic Missile Defenses in all of your ships. I like Japan. This is why I have written these words even though it may be considered improper for a janitor to speak. Assuming you actually read this.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30DX_frigate
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/28548/the-combat-information-center-in-japans-new-frigate-is-like-a-starships-bridge
https://www.navalnews.com/event-news/sas-2019/2019/05/jmsdf-future-frigate-to-feature-futuristic-360-augmented-reality-wall/
https://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/naval-exhibitions/2018/sea-air-space-2018/6136-sas-2018-japan-s-mhi-showcasing-30dx-multi-mission-frigate-design.html
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https://www.militaryaerospace.com/home/article/14035255/frigate-missiles-launchers
How long will it take for a perspective enemy to look into Amazon delivery drones to militarize with a weapon payload that can fly more than 15 miles on a one way trip? This is 2019 flight miles and not 2025 or 2030 flight miles. If Amazon will be able to fly hundreds or even thousands of packages from one warehouse without accidents or incidents. What do you think Iran or China is gonna do when your Aircraft Carrier Battle group enters what they consider their legal waters and it does not matter what international maritime law is. And none of your ships is capable of defending themselves against hundreds or thousands of incoming drones from different vectors and altitudes with bombs on board. China or Iran gets to keep your Aircraft Carriers.
24 June 2019:
Hate and apathy will cause all negotiated treaties of peace to be short lived.
C.J.MacKechnie
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Hate and apathy always seem to grow distrust from one to another. This is why one decides to grow their military and build their war machines which seems to be excessively. Then one day will come when they have had enough and attack. As what was done in the history of humanity when the seasons changed from winter to spring thaw. The wars began. All of it seems to be fear based. Get them before they get you or those people over there are uncivilized savage barbarians. As of today, China is still the trigger which begins the extinction process of all of humanity. I hope that China does make a change and aim all of their military monies towards the stars in peace and with and invitation of world wide involvement. This one act alone may even give us an entire generation of peace. Especially, when all of the old prophets tells of the coming problems for all of humanity and all of life on this planet. In which no one survives. Which includes the history of humanity.
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Added on 05 July 2019: FA or Foxtrot Alpha has just reported on the intentions of the US Navy. It looks like yet again the US Navy is not going to be the leader of the oceans as they once were. The new US Navy Missile Frigate will be about half of the displacement of the current cold war designed Destroyers. The very important people still do not understand that they are living in an era where the definitions of ship classes has evolved and become much larger. If this new Frigate is actually about half the size of an antiquated cold war destroyer. Then worldwide Naval war history will reflect on the backward thinking that the entire US Naval department were in actuality derelict in their duties. Which is now evidenced by the failure of the Ford Class Aircraft Carriers(5), The entire Zumwalt Destroyer class and the LCS lines. Then you threw out the basically new Frigates at the end of the cold war with the now defunct Soviet Union.
When you as a leader do not acknowledge your recent historical failures, you are destined to perpetuate more and more ongoing failures. While bragging about just how amazing they all are. C.J.MacKechnie
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Includes a 38 page PDF.
https://news.usni.org/2019/07/04/report-to-congress-on-u-s-navy-frigate-ffgx-program-4
Shenanigans in the Navy. You write in a report that if you go from 32 to 48 VLS missile cells. This would add 200 tons to the displacement of the ship. This would only add that much weight if You in the US Navy have already chosen a smaller Frigate Hull design. Which will mean the US Navy is not going with a parent hull of 140-147 meters in length. After all the Burke Destroyers are at a length of 155 meters. So in order to lead the world in warship building the new frigates should use the old Burke hull design. Except with a wider Beam by about 20%. A Flight Four Burke should be built with a displacement of up to 12,000T. Read my old words above. I feel like I'm repeating myself.
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https://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/this-is-what-the-u-s-navy-wants-in-a-frigate-for-the-2-1835921346
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Added on 30 July 2019: The effects of nuclear weapons detonations is different the closer you are to the poles than lets say on the equator. So what happens when a deep water submarine detonates 6-ish 200 mega ton modern technology nuclear devices all at once under extreme oceanic pressures in very close proximity to the North Pole? Is this a doomsday plan for the whole world? All of that compressed energy going directly into the core of the earth. Will it fracture the core? Will thousands of volcanoes explode? Will every fault line shift and move -a lot!?!? Will the continents move? No matter how improbable. Christian Prophecy says that the coming Earth changes will be like when the Earth was new (I forgot the actual phrasing). (Revelation 16:...)
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Revelation+16%3A17-21&version=KJV
You may be thinking how does Bible prophecy make its way into a frigate blog? God can do His will with each human being and we will not even be aware in the absoluteness of ignorance. What if God caused Russia to build those nukes? What if God is going to lead those men to detonate those nukes close to the North Pole? and then allow them to think it is all their own idea. What if this is the how God is going to do what He does on one level. The further you or humanity goes away from the purple words below. The worse everything becomes.
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Added on 09 July 2019: Add 300 tons of bone.
https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2019/07/05/fincantieris-fremm-frigate-design-bulks-up-for-the-us-ffgx-competition/
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Added on 29 Jan 2020: How would you rebuild the US Navy? The Navy has been spending a lot of money on their existing cold war engineered warships. The US Navy may not even have the funds to do anything different than what they are doing now and you just cannot stop the existing process.
The US Navy has more than a few options. The US Navy can start small and begin to use the now existing modern day definitions of what each warship class size, displacement and capabilities are today and then look into what they will be in 10-50 years. Then you have to decide if your gonna lead or follow. Then you have to decide if your military assets, weapons platforms and weapons systems will be the best in the world. China has already decided what they are gonna do and they are doing it. Five actual warships completed last month alone alone.
I have already done this.
The US Navy should do as I suggest.
All warships must be Extended life, modernized and weaponized. This includes all boats, aircraft carriers, cruisers and destroyers. Money should be spent on keeping all warships and boats in full use and war fighting ready.
Begin to rebuild all classes of warships. Starting with actual Corvettes and frigates. At a three Corvette to One Frigate ratio.
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Added on 12 Feb 2020:
https://www.quora.com/How-would-you-engineer-the-next-generation-of-naval-frigates
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Added on 05 March 2020: CIMSEC: Very important read as to why The US Navy must build the ships with maximum VLS Missile Cells as well as all of the other capabilities I foresee. Here is the story.
---------Stop buying anything which is Made in China-----
http://cimsec.org/ignorance-of-china-is-not-bliss/43070
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Added on 09 May 2020: The US Navy was awarded to Fincantieri Marine. The type 26 Frigate still appears to be the superior ship.
This new Frigate FF(X) must be as listed below.
150 meters in length.
25 meters in width. New modern day ships must be widened.
96 VLS Mark 41. Israeli Sa'ar 6 has 48 missile cells. A frigate should be doubled.
The new frigate must contain and service an F35 as well as the next generation of helicopters. As well as drones.
Dozens of remote operated automated gun systems with their own sensor packages for a variety of detection's like drones and small surface ships with welded on missile launchers. Lots and lots of guns and grenade launchers.
Many new generation of CIWS Phalanx Jr. at calibers like 7.62 or 5.56.
2 CIWS Phalanx.
A variety of defensive and passive DEW systems all around the ship.
Recreate the new Japanese CIC and close the windows in order to protect against DEW attacks or DEW spurious signals.
Classified DEW systems.
No personal should be outside of the ship. Except for service and repairs. Locked down and locked in.
Read more above.
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You the reader must realize that the enemy and it is Russia, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea and Venezuela. A very strong naval consideration as it always has been is how much fire power you can bring to an enemy which has more ships. That is American naval history. The enemy always has more. So since this seems to be a historical norm. You have to count your guns as was done in the days of sail except by today's modern standards and not the cold war standards you have to count the VLS Missile Cells. This is how you deliver pain to the enemy. Especially, when your enemy is building very modern and very capable warships faster than you can build them and they are building them with more VLS missile cells than you. That is just plain embarrassing, unwise and irresponsible. It is just like how you built the LCS which can be attacked by a Russian missile boat and destroyed a thousand miles away and the LCS wouldn't even know who shot what. Then you build the Zumwalt class with a gun you cannot even use because it is too expensive. Then you build an F35 that cannot even fly its maximum speed without self destructing. The Ford class aircraft carrier only just recently stopped being a cruise ship except for the corona virus outbreak. Then without a real fix present. You decide to build three more Fords. The Fords still are engineered with a cold war mindset and have not been engineered for new and incoming threats. Read my prophecies. Guess what I'm on your team. I'm not against you. Every vision I have had with an engagement in Asia all leads to the capturing of your ships and not there destruction. Then Russia goes and takes/invades Alaska unimpeded. While taking over all of the bases in Alaska with ease.
STOP BUYING ANY PRODUCTS MADE IN CHINA.
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Added on 14 May 2020:
I think I wrote somewhere that the best Frigate for today would be the Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer. By adding into the hull new capabilities, advantages and a new beam/width to about 25 meters. This would allow adding more future technological capabilities. Yet, still calling the Burke's destroyers. I think this would be the best option for the least drama. By building more Burke's would also cause you to gain more VLS missile cells and other known capabilities than you would by building a Fincantieri ship. Then the US Navy can build a new class of destroyer and cruiser. Which will be needed more by 2025-2030 than a lightly armed frigate. The math for the new frigate does not add up. The new frigate will have almost 75% of the displacement of a Burke while only having a third of the VLS missile cells. That is not smart nor is it a good idea.
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Added on 12 June 2020:
I had a thought many months ago about the next generation Frigate program. I still hold value to those thoughts. I spend a lot of time ???, thinking, researching and figuring stuff out. I do not think the next generation frigate program should continue unless it is called a Corvette. While the current build of the Burke Destroyers become Frigates. AND you don't have to admit it or tell anyone. I think monies would be better spent designing and engineering the next generation Destroyers and Cruisers. If you have read all of this one blog you already read it. Except now let the Burke destroyer be about 75% of the displacement of a next generation Destroyer with a doubling of Missile Cells. Then the next generation of Cruisers would have a doubling of missile cells over the next generation destroyer.
Remember the lead ship in this modern era is the Israeli Sa'ar 6 Corvette. From this ship class you can see old thinking mixed with new thinking all tied in the fear that everyone wants them dead. Do let a Corvette out missile you (Israel)or out range(Russia) your new next generation Frigate. That is not being a leader of anything.
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Added on 20 June 2020:
The cost debate begins and as the capability of the new Frigate is in question. The capabilities of the new Frigate may in fact be less than 40% in firepower over the aging cold war engineered and continually modernized Arleigh Burke Class Destroyers. While at the same time the new Frigate goes up to about $1.5 billion for the third ship and the Cost of a Burke class Destroyer Flight III is $1.8 Billion. This is why the next generation Frigate should be stopped and those monies should be invested into more Burke Flight III destroyers. With the Burkes you increase Universal VLS Missile Cells counts per hull as well as over all capability. This I still think is the best way to go until the new hulls of an American Frigate, Destroyer and Cruiser are finalized. This is what the US Navy should and must do in order to remain the leader of the seas. The leader defines what is to be and not what has been defined by others. If any nation loses the lead in definition, design and engineering. Then that nation becomes a follow and behind in times. The Israeli Sa'ar 6 is the defining class of the Naval Corvette and from that definition of what a corvettes capability is. Every larger class size should be at least doubled in capability. Even the Russians are planning new Corvettes.
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https://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/articles/2020/6/18/cost-estimates-questioned-for-new-navy-frigate
If you want to lead then every class of warship and boat must be seen as the best of the best. Period. If you build a LCS with extremely minimal guns and missiles. Then expect the world to laugh and they have. If you build a next generation Destroyer and you can't pay for the bullets of your main gun as the world laughs. Then the world watches as you put a lot of RADAR reflective gear on the outside of your warship. The world has already laughed at you. Then the embarrassment of the Ford Class. If one doesn't work then build many more that probably won't work either. Let's not forget the F35 that cannot maintain maximum speed for more than 45 seconds without destroying itself and yet you still make them. How many defects does the F35 still have to this day? 871 flaws in the F35 as reported the other day. The LCS is a train wreck and yet you still make them. Why? Why continue to build failures.
The new Israeli Sa'ar 6 appears to be the standard in missile capability. The Russian Frigate appears to be another standard. The Chinese Destroyers which have been called Cruisers is yet another metric to be considered. These three ships classes have clearly defined what the future holds in Naval warfare. If you want to be leaders then lead. Do not build a Frigate which is outgunned by a Corvette. Do not build a corvette class which is out gunned by a missile boat and can be easily destroyed by a missile having been launched a thousand miles away without any ability to see the origin or even be able to retaliate.
The VLS Missile Cells must evolve, become more capable and become smarter. The number of missile cells per ship class has risen greatly and so should any and every American warship of every class. The Sa'ar 6 Corvette has 68 Missile cells. A single missile cells should be in place and all of the existing US LCS Corvettes must have at least 68 VLS missile cells on them. The next generation Frigate must have in excess of 72 VLS Missile Cells, Plus 2 Phalanx and a lot of remote mounted guns. The next generation Destroyer must have in excess 150 VLS Missile Cells. The Next generation Cruiser must have in excess 300 VLS Missile cells. Sure smile and laugh. In the last twenty years the world has advanced and evolved at least twice. While the US Navy remained in their victorious cold war state of mind. I forgot another thing. All bodies must remain inside the ship.
The Russian New Project 22350 Frigates will have 16 VLS, 24 VLS and 32 REDUT VLS.
The new Chinese Frigate Type 54A has 32 VLS but an awful lot of other weapons. Which would make the new American frigate slightly less than comparable or threatened.