April 23, 201411 yr Mk60 mounts (2x8 missiles?, port and starboard?) for BGM-176B missiles on Cyclone boats, IOC March 2014: http://article.wn.com/view/2014/03/25/US_Navy_achieves_initial_operating_capability_on_Patrol_Coas_9/
April 23, 201411 yr AGM-114L Longbow Hellfire for LCS (only to keep it on record, I think the mount is not yet defined): http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/raytheons-griffin-mini-missiles-07182/
April 23, 201411 yr AC-130J Ghostrider (32 planes to be converted from MC-130J Commando II), perhaps employing the 55711 armed tanker loadout.
April 24, 201411 yr Good suggestions, Enrique. I don't know if there will be room for all of them, but we will make the attempt.
April 29, 201411 yr A very minor issue, RAF E-3D (as French E-3F) are based on the E-3C Sentry systems, radars should be APY-2 or APY-2 RSIP, as stated elsewhere or here: http://www.raf.mod.uk/equipment/sentry.cfm
May 24, 201411 yr A third updated entry for the SSN San Juan/Improved Los Angeles subclass, equivalent to the Los Angeles and Providence subclasses 2003+, with BQQ-10 sonar and Mk48 Mod6 ADCAP MODs (2004+) torpedoes (equivalent to the submarine entry 6366 Hartford (688I/03)), and with the lacking names for updated San Juan/Improved Los Angeles submarines: San Juan, Pasadena, Albany, Topeka, Miami (deleted from May 2012 after a fire), Scranton, Alexandria, Asheville, Jefferson City, Annapolis, Springfield, Columbus, Santa Fe, Boise, Montpelier, Charlotte and Hampton. About BSY-1 replaced by BQQ-10 from 1998, IOC 2004, and implemented in almost all the US Submarine Fleet (60 sets for SSN and SSBN): http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/usw/autumn98/front.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/budget/fy2004/dot-e/navy/2004a-rcisonarsystem.pdf (In my own personal notes I wrote a lot of time ago: "44 BQQ-10 installed in 1998, all replaced in 2008? Replacing BQQ-5 in Los Angeles, BQQ-6 in Ohio, BSY-1 in Improved LA and BSY-2 in Seawolf", but I don't noted the source!!!).
June 2, 201411 yr Perhaps P-3C BMUP/+ Orion (IOC 2003?): 25 converted from Update II/II.5 to a Update III similar standard, with big underfuselage APS-149 LSRS AESA radar (SS, 360º, perhaps 250 nm range, 80% detection probability). But only 16 of the conversions (BMUP+, IOC 2005) can use the APS-149 LSRS, and this is the more interesting variant to be modelled, employing the 55669 EP-3 loadout. Employed only by VP-49 based at NAS Whidbey Island (the previous simple BMUP was deployed on Reserve units. The only reference to a new VP-49 with BMUP+ is on Air International June 2014 issue, pag. 22). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/APY-10 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-3_Orion_variants http://wiki.scramble.nl/index.php/Lockheed_P-3_Orion#P-3_BMUP http://www.p3orion.nl/p3bmup.pdf (very interesting document).
June 8, 201411 yr Sensible changes to some air-to-air missiles, mostly on range: AIM-132 ASRAAM (2002+)(entry 18596): ranges máximum-mínimum changed from 8.1/0,5 to 27/0,2, speed changed from 1721 (Mach 3) to perhaps 2008 (Mach 3.5), to add mid-course guidance: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASRAAM http://www.ausairpower.net/API-ASRAAM-Analysis.html http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-132_ASRAAM (reference about speed is Mach 3.5). AAM-4 (Type 99)(1999+)(entry 18754): ranges máximum-mínimum changed from 31/0 to 54/2 (2 nm as AIM-120 minimum range), speed changed from 1721 (Mach 3) to 2581 (Mach 4.5): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAM-4_(Japanese_missile) (and cited links) AAM-5 (Type 04)(2004+)(entry 18909): ranges máximum-mínimum changed from 8/0 to 18.9/0: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAM-5 (and cited links) IRIS-T (2005+)(entry 18703): ranges máximum-mínimum changed from 8/0 to 19/0, but this is only an informed guess, as IRIS-T has almost the same size, weight, fuselaje/rocket engine diameter and configuration than AAM-5: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRIS-T (and related links)
June 14, 201411 yr Weapon entry 18462 AS-20 Kayak (Kh-35) has a IR/Laser guidance flag code, it's clearly a typo, it should be an Inertial guidance flag, as in the almost identical SS-N-25 Switchblade, entry 18500.
June 16, 201411 yr Thanks, Enrique. Still recovering from a PC crash and may not be up to DB editing for a while yet, but you keep those requests coming.
June 22, 201411 yr Entry 10349 German Westland Sea King Mk41 has not ASW capabilities neither sonar. It was employed initially only for SAR, and from 1989-1989 also for anti-surface warfare with 4xSea Skua. Loadout 56339 should be deleted (or this will generate very probably a crash in previous designed scenarios???). AQS-13 sonar should be replaced by entry 43680 AW.391 (ARI 5955) radar. DPS capability to be deleted. http://www.helis.com/database/model/784/
June 24, 201411 yr Here are my observations for the RCS of destroyer subtype ships, as an AAR of my walkthrough of the HCDB DD RCS values, hope this can be put to some use.1. The ex Sumner destroyers have a mix of 190 and 213 RCSI assume these have the same RCS, bet on 213. No apparent reason for them to have very low 190 or is there perhaps?ID Name Country Length Disp. RCS2289 Miaoulis (FRAM II/86) Greece 115 2200 2132348 Zafer (Sumner) Turkey 115 2200 2132393 Babr (Sumner/80) Iran 115 2200 1903244 Wu Chin I mod 2 Taiwan 115 2350 1903245 Wu Chin I mod 3 Taiwan 115 2200 1903246 Tien Shi (Sumner) Taiwan 115 2000 1903813 Miaoulis (FRAM II/80) Greece 115 2200 2133947 Babr (Sumner/87) Iran 115 2200 1903998 Dae Gu (Sumner/1) South Korea 115 2200 2133999 Dae Gu (Sumner/2) South Korea 115 2200 2132. Similar with the ex Gearing FRAMs (28 total), mix of 213 and 223, 4 examples below213?ID Name Country Length Disp. RCS2288 Themistoklis (FRAM II/87)Greece 119 2425 2232344 Alcitepe (87) Turkey 119 2450 2133243 Wu Chin I mod 1 Taiwan 119 2425 2233549 Alcitepe (82) Turkey 119 2450 2133. The Luhai Type 051B mentioned in the DB text to have reduced RCS design so probably it can have similar or better RCS than same size ships.217?ID Name Country Length Disp. RCS2067 Tourville (1990) France 153 4650 2162483 Luhai Type 051B China 153 6600 2242612 Haruna (1997) Japan 153 4950 2174. Kolkata Type 15A. described as stealthy design but has same RCS as older, heavier Russian classes, 207?ID Name Country Length Disp. RCS2264 Udaloy PT (1155) Russia 163 6700 2153279 Kolkata Type 15A India 163 5500 2142150 Udaloy II (1155.1) Russia 164 7700 2135. The <110m group ships have sharply lower RCS than few meters longer DDs. These appear to be older classes, no indication of stealth. 212?ID Name Country Length Disp. RCS SkolRCS3791 Tariq (Black Swan mod) Egypt 91 1475 186 2123887 Indakh (Savage) Tunisia 93 1590 208 2123518 Vampire Australia 95 2800 188 2132498 Jianghu V Type 053 China 103 1425 200 2123313 Murasame (DD107/80) Japan 108 1800 192 2133314 Harusame (DD109/80) Japan 108 1800 192 2133790 El Fateh (Z/89) Egypt 111 1730 190 2133756 Ostergotland Sweden 112 2150 188 213
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