Not quite. Well decks for LCAC (hovercraft), LCM, and amphibious vehicles (AAVs) are alive and well in US Navy amphibious assault ships.
Plans for the aviation conversion of the Iowa class had been dropped by 1984.
Iowa Class Battleships and the 16" gun
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Not quite. Well decks for LCAC (hovercraft), LCM, and amphibious vehicles (AAVs) are alive and well in US Navy amphibious assault ships.
Plans for the aviation conversion of the Iowa class had been dropped by 1984.
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This is the present naval rulers of the sea and for a very long foreseeable future.
Able to travel any waters and stay submersed for months at a time. Able to surface through Arctic ice, fire long range nuclear missiles then slip away undetected under it before any aircraft or ship of any kind could locate it except another equal submarine.
Able to travel any waters and stay submersed for months at a time. Able to surface through Arctic ice, fire long range nuclear missiles then slip away undetected under it before any aircraft or ship of any kind could locate it except another equal submarine.
This is the present naval rulers of the sea and for a very long foreseeable future.
Able to travel any waters and stay submersed for months at a time. Able to surface through Arctic ice, fire long range nuclear missiles then slip away undetected under it before any aircraft or ship of any kind could locate it except another equal submarine.
The sub in your photo is an attack sub, not a boomer.
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Yep. There's also the Typhoon class, but this one is enough.The sub in your photo is an attack sub, not a boomer.
Yep. There's also the Typhoon class, but this one is enough.
The Typhoons are gone, but there are several classes of ballistic missile sub among the nuclear powers.
I have to disagree, because the boomers are really just the caretakers of the unthinkable. They perform an invaluable (and ultimate) nuclear deterrent role, of course, but they play almost no role in the day to day visible activities of a navy. They do not provide an on-scene armed presence, perform humanitarian or disaster relief roles, provide sea control or escort for commercial marine traffic, or project power in the event of conflict. Their power is undisputable, but it is never used.
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I haven't kept up on the Typhoons so thanks for that. Your statement in bold says it all and what I meant.
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Actually, space based weapons platforms are the deciding factor in war these days, along with
airborne assaults upon our atmosphere combined with cyber war. In otherwords...we're fooked.
airborne assaults upon our atmosphere combined with cyber war. In otherwords...we're fooked.
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It's chainsaw cuts leftover from a sub that has submerged. Once the conning tower breaks through they usually chainsaw a pattern like that to get sub up higher in thicker ice to open hatches.
Watched them do it on a youtube vid.
BTW, that sub in the pic is the USS Annapolis, a Los Angeles-class submarine armed with Tomahawk missiles and of course torpedoes.
Now that I hijacked the thread, I've always loved the 16" guns and the Iowa class battleships. They once ruled the seas and make a spectacular fireworks display with all guns a blazing.[h=1][/h]
