No matter who the enemy is pointed out to be in life. Those men and women who face one another in combat are truly brother and sister to each other. Thus, deserving of great honor and respect. No matter what happens or whose side you are on.
C.J.MacKechnie
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Please have your own moment of respectful silence for the lives lost and the loss of a great warship.
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Note: Please do not look any further into my comment of respect for the loss of life and the loss of a great warship. A warship which should have been retired when the age of it's own creation ended.
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The early on lessons from the Moskva. Do not have your explosive missiles on top of your ship unprotected. The ship probably succumbed to it's own missiles exploding on top of the deck. Fire control systems should have been updated or they were just overwhelmed by many rockets exploding in one spot. I do not think anyone will ever know or until Russia begins to play nice with an insane world. Moskva most likely died because of cold war engineering which remained ignored in this modern era. This is not just how one regime builds things with only "Yes men". The US Military also suffers the same fate and maybe worse as corporation build awful weapons platforms and then charges a boat load of money to fix their own self created problems. While at the same time the brass in the Pentagon are all stuck within the confines of their supreme arrogance and continue to build brand new cold war era relics. While the Moskva was a severe hit to the Russian pride. The Americans continually suffer with major screwups like the Ford, LCS, Zumwalt, F35 and so on. Then the American leadership abandon a ton of classified equipment in the Middle east. Mr. Putin and Mr. Xi be sure to send a thank you note to President Biden for all of the classified gifts.
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https://news.usni.org/2022/04/13/russian-navy-confirms-severe-damage-to-black-sea-cruiser-moskva-crew-abandoned-ship
https://www.19fortyfive.com/2022/04/meet-the-moskva-how-ukraine-nearly-sank-russias-black-sea-flagship/
https://www.sandboxx.us/blog/sinking-of-russian-flagship-hastens-new-era-of-naval-warfare/
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2022/04/19/neptunes_the_moskva_and_how_not_to_sink_a_cruiser_827840.html
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2022/04/18/the_war_at_sea_827579.html
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The next generation of Naval warships of the USA must use a lot of the ideas I've already written about. Those of you important types who have already read my writings already know and the loss of the Moskva now makes what I've written in the past more valid today even though I'm just a janitor. The writing of today is going to be in reflection of the Moskva.
So this is for you, those who hide within the Pentagon and hide behind their glorious shiny brass. You all are still stuck in your cold war days. You are all still stuck in your antiquated ways. Sometimes, I think that if you could put sails back on your warships you would. This is how backward thinking I think all of you are. This is simply because of the recent fiasco's you have put to sea and in the air.
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Leaders lead in every category
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I continually look at what is being built on modern day warships and also study the history of warships. This is what I have seen in what should be added to every class of warship. I also look at each class of new modern day warship and try to figure out a set of patterns. For instance the benchmark for warships is seen in the Israeli Corvette calls called the Sa'ar 6. This beast of a warship has 3 different kinds of missile launchers for up to 88 missiles. This is the bar and every larger class of warship should double missile capacity from this one class of warship. This should be modern day Naval warship thinking. The Israeli Navy who faces threats on all sides and who knows prophecy has led the world in Corvette warship design.
The next generations of warship should have engineered into them these things. The elimination of windows and port holes. All persons must remain within the confines of the ship. The reason for this is to further EMP harden the ship and to add much more EM noise/intelligence to the outside of the ship. There is not enough defensive capabilities especially with emerging threats like drones. Drones would be perfect for attrition level of attacks. Make a ship blind and then capture the ship. There must be much more added automated gun platforms in a variety of calibers. Each with their own sensors/RADAR sets. There is not enough of multi wavelength dazzlers on any ship. All Missile launcher types must be fully contained within the ship. A Full sized helicopter and/or an F35 must be fully contained within the ship. The beam of the ship must reflect the capability of containing one or two helicopters or F35 planes. The power generation capability must all be future proofed.
Why the added width/Beam? Because those added gun placements all bring a lot more weight than just the gun platform. Adding displacement. What about adding Mk-57's to as many classes of ships as possible. This will also add to the Beam.
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Be on the look out for other blog listings within each blog. The 2, 3 and 5 is very important. Look for the COWA's.
https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2019/06/warfare-laws-of-2s-3s-and-5s-unedited.html
https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2019/07/loceeabo-mitigates-boob-unedited-29.html
https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2014/12/usa-war-2026-unedited-27-dec-2014.html
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NOTE: When reading my older blogs in which they remain unedited mostly. They are mostly unchanged. My writing style is unique and uneducated. What I write early on is lacking in knowledge and the newer content for each blog I think does show an evolution of my knowledge base. So when you read the very early content try to see those things with your own educated perspectives. I do see things with a very different perspective. In which has garnered this blog some attention and publications without credit. But, I do not care about credit. I just care about amazing ships of all kinds. A war ship builder did track me down. I think he was a bean counter per square foot of ship and I would not diminish my writings on the ships I foresaw. He got upset and told him I was just a janitor. Yea, he blew up, lol.
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:Corvette Class:
I just can't talk about the LCS this right now. The US Navy is still building these probably to honor the contract. While at the same time planning on retiring the entire line. Four Freedoms have already been decommissioned. Two Independences have been decommissioned.
But, I really like the Trimaran design. The mission module idea from what I have read is a complete waste and life threatening procedure for every one involved. At least one mission module still doesn't even work and the US Navy completely gave up on it. Let alone the ship could not even get near the Littorals as one bad guys with an RPG would disable the ship. A complete waste of money.
As you can guess I like the Israeli Sa'ar 6. Except for the multiple missile launching systems. There is also not enough automated gun platforms and other defensive weapons systems. How about a Sa'ar 6 as a trimaran not made of aluminum? Or would the weight be excessive? Then add 88 Mk-41 VLS.
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A nation like Israel. Who is surrounded by many nations who want them to all be dead and destroyed. Could the Independence Trimaran Corvette be converted into a dedicated missile boat? How many Mk-41 can you add? How many Mk-57's can you add? get rid of the landing platform and install VLS Missile cells. The aluminum hull design may not be able to support the added weight. Think about it. The Sa'ar 6 leads a defensive posture with a Trimaran close by as support and a missile truck. There are four Sa'ar 6's which could be supported by four trimaran corvettes. Firepower is multiplied. But, I think my towed COWA idea would be much cheaper to build.
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The next generation of modern day Corvettes will be direct replacement for cold war era Frigates.
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https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2019/07/us-navy-next-generation-corvette.html
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:Frigate Class:
Length: 160+m.
Beam : 25.5+m.
Range :15,000+ km.
Speed : Excess of 30 knots.
VLS# : 176 combined Mk-41 and Mk-57 VLS.
Aircraft: 1 or 2 helicopters or F35's and/or whatever comes after the F35.
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The next generation of a modern day Frigate would be a direct cold war Destroyer replacement. Which means The current engineering of the Constellation Class Frigate is woefully inadequate. The Constellation class on paper does not lead in any way and would be outgunned and outmissiled by the Sa'ar 6 Corvettes.
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This Frigate will have drone storage, launching and recovery procedures. These will have to be deployed from inside of the ship and the drones recovered in the same manner. Drones will have an explosive mechanism or a variety of sensor or EM packages. Depending on mission criteria.
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https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2017/04/us-navy-fast-frigates-unedited-19-april.html
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:Destroyer Class:
Length : 200m
Beam : 32+m
Range : 15,000 km
Speed : Excess of 30 knots.
VLS# : 352 combined Mk41 and Mk 57 VLS.
Aircraft: 2 to 4 helicopters or F35's and/or whatever comes after the F35.
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The next generation of a modern day Destroyer would be a direct cold war Cruiser replacement.
This plan has already been published. Even with a loss of missile cells planned. Which is both not smart or wise.
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The Destroyer will have twice as many drones.
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https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2021/02/american-next-generation-destroyer-ddgx.html
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:Cruiser Class:
Length :250m
Beam :40+m
Range :15,000km.
Speed :Excess of 30 knots.
VLS# :704 combined Mk-41 and Mk-57 VLS.
Aircraft: 2 to 4 helicopters or F35's and/or whatever comes after the F35.
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https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2019/05/americas-next-generation-cruiser.html
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:Battleship Class:
Length :300m
Beam :48+m
Range :15,000km.
Speed :Excess of 30 knots.
VLS# :1408 Combined Mk-41 and Mk-57 VLS.
Aircraft:4-6 helicopters and/or F35's or whatever comes after the F35.
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The events of Pearl Harbor killed the Battleship. It should not have. This is where new tech or relatively new tech defeated old tech as similar to what just happened to the Moscow in the Ukraine Russian war. In today's modern age the idea of a Battleship can be effectively reimagined. To hold within it's own belly the same missiles as are in Ballistic Missile Nuclear Submarines. Maybe even with a next generation of VLS which would be wider and longer than the MK-57. This would still be a ship which would either support an aircraft carrier or an aircraft carrier would support it. Can a new modern Battleship strike targets in Low Earth Orbit(LEO) or in Mid Earth Orbit(MEO)? Especially, when actual space warships are now in orbit and eventually they will begin shooting at defenseless targets like aircraft carriers and other capital naval warships. When this happens. Does that mean all aircraft carriers and surface ships are obsolete? No, it doesn't. It means you have to restart you thunkin machine within your own noggin. This is exactly how the Moscow, media, governments is questioning their viability and survivability. Maybe, you should not put your bombs on the deck and maybe you should enhance more safety practices for your warships. Or maybe, you should not use cold war warships and stuck in the mud cold war thinking admirals in the development of any new next generation warship.
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https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2012/06/new-battleship-vision-earlier-2012.html
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:Aircraft Carrier:
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https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2014/02/air-craft-carrier-vision-16-feb-2014.html
https://john-mackechnie.blogspot.com/2015/08/aircraft-carrier-evolution-unedited-17.html
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a38696676/every-single-aircraft-carrier-in-the-world/
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Added on 20 April 2022:
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-04-19/russia-ukraine-war-sunken-warship-moskva-is-a-warning-to-all-navies?sref=VvJhl47t
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PDF 28 page Warning: Bring coffee and comfy chair. Tooth picks and anger management pills.
https://news.usni.org/2022/04/19/new-navy-long-range-shipbuilding-plan-calls-for-decommissioning-more-cruisers-littoral-combat-ships
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