November 3, 20169 yr I don't see it. As USNS Invicible/Cobra Gemini? (ship entry 3074). SBX-1, #2981.
November 4, 20169 yr Thanks Brad, I don't know how didn't see it (probably looking erroneously for SBX radar in the DB).
November 12, 20169 yr Israeli Saar VI (2019+), now in testing in Germany: Photos and recent details here: http://militaryedge.org/armaments/lcs-mako-future-corvette/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%27ar_6-class_corvette http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2015-news/august-2015-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/3029-design-of-future-tkms-built-saar-6-meko-a100-corvettes-for-israeli-navy-unveiled.html
November 12, 20169 yr Not a must, but a least of historical interest, Project 22010 Kruys oceanographic research vessel, an intelligence mini-sub host support ship involved in possible cable-tapping missions: http://russianships.info/eng/support/project_22010.htm http://www.circleid.com/posts/20161014_notorious_russian_ship_yanter_suspected_syrian_cable_cut/
December 3, 20169 yr (Of course I consider "frozen/freezed" the HCDB 1980-2015, and the suggested implements from here on are for the near future HCDB-2). Pakistan Navy PNS Alamgir (ex FFG-8 USS McInerney), casually today in some Twitter feed, but from two weeks ago in the OOB of my upcoming scenario (I'm employing at this moment entry 2727 O.H. Perry (mod)). - In service in Pakistan Navy from 19 July 2011 (some obscure photos in the Pakistan Navy website apparently show she with the Mk 13 launcher in place, of the few two I saw two weeks ago, I don't find one now!). Induction in PN service, clearly without Mk13 launcher: http://world-defence.blogspot.com.es/2011/07/small-tanker-cum-utility-ships-stus.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_McInerney_(FFG-8) http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/18destroyer.html http://www.paknavy.gov.pk/des25_images/manouvering_exercise.png(is visible the "bulge" of the Mk13 launcher, or perhaps the Harpoon launchers). http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1722703 http://www.helis.com/database/unit/1750_PNS_Alamgir/ http://pakmr.blogspot.com.es/2011/04/pns-alamgir-f-260-reaches-turkish-naval.html(2011 photo clearly without the Mk13 launcher. Other weapons in the insert text are 2x4 Harpoon and 4x12.7mm MG). - Without Mk13 Standard missile laucher, but with 2x4 Harpoon launchers from late 2013?. - At least from November 2014, from this photo: http://www.dawn.com/news/1219677 - At last, photos of today 3 December 2016 with the Harpoon launchers installed, and without Mk13: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/804961401534025728 https://twitter.com/Saturn5_ P.D. Probably the "second" dissapeared Alamgir photo with Mk13 was this one, but I see now is clearly FFG-57 USS Reuben James (in a pre-2004 photo), not Alamgir: http://www.city21.tv/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Pakistan-Navy.jpeg
December 7, 20169 yr Enrique (or whomever), if you get an opportunity I could use some research on which Arleigh Burke class destroyers have received Sea RAM, and over which periods of time. Thanks.
December 8, 20169 yr The very useful (as example against swarms) APKWS II should be extended to other types beyond UH-1Y, as MH-60S/R, as reflected in this 15 May 2015 post (more research later): Some notes on USN rotary wing aircraft-launched anti-surface missiles: MQ-8B Fire should be armed with 6xAPWKS II (2012+) missiles probably from late 2013:http://www.shephardmedia.com/news/uv-online/mq-8-tidies-apkws-integration/http://www.navaldrones.com/Fire-Scout.html(mention on the video of the 2x3 APWKS II in MQ-8B).On APWKS II use in MH-60S (from March 2014) and MH-60R (from March 2015?), in LAU-61 19xAPWKS/unguided rockets launchers:From the Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Precision_Kill_Weapon_System • April 2013: A UH-1Y Venom fired 10 APKWS rockets at stationary and moving small boat targets, scoring 100 percent accurate hits on single and multiple targets over water. The engagement ranged from 2–4 km using inert warheads, Mk152 high explosive warheads, and MK149 flechette warheads. The UH-1Y had the boats designated by an MH-60S.[22]• October 2013: APKWS successfully fired from an AH-64 Apache. Eight rockets were fired with the helicopter flying at up to 150 kn (170 mph; 280 km/h) and up to 5 km (3.1 mi) from the target. Launch altitudes ranged from 300 ft to 1,500 ft. BAE wants airworthiness qualification on the Apache for international sales to AH-64 operators.[23]• March 2014: LAU-61 G/A Digital Rocket Launcher (DRL) deployed with HSC-15.[24]• July 2014: BAE reveals that the APKWS has reached Early Operational Capability (EOC) with one squadron of MH-60S helicopters. The MH-60R will be outfitted within "12-18 months."[25] On LAU-61:http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=80102
December 8, 20169 yr A lot of APKWS II users in this update list of Wikipedia at 8 December 2016, lacking other fine research: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Precision_Kill_Weapon_System#Program_status March 2012: APKWS II achieves initial operating capability (IOC) and is sent to Afghanistan with United States Marine Corps. Plans are to integrate it onto the MQ-8 Fire Scout.[18] July 2012: BAE Systems receives full-rate production contract for APKWS from the U.S. Navy. The first FRP deliveries were in October 2012 and the company expected the next FRP option to be awarded by the end of 2012.[19] September 2012: The Navy awards a contract to officially integrate the APKWS into the Fire Scout.[20] October 2012: BAE announces its intention to modify the APKWS II to be fired from fixed-wing tactical fighter platforms.[21] January 2013: Additional conversion kits ordered. No in flight failures during the 100 combat launches in Afghanistan to date.[22] February 2013: APKWS launched from an A-10 Thunderbolt II. Three sorties were conducted. The first sortie carried the rocket and launcher, and the second sortie fired an inert, unguided rocket to ensure the weapon would separate from the aircraft. Two armed rockets were fired during the third sortie from 10,000 and 15,000 feet. The second rocket launched into a 70 knot headwind, and both impacted within inches of the target. The Air Force is considering using the APKWS II operationally by 2015 if further testing is successful.[23] March 2013: APKWS is integrated onto the Bell 407GT.[24] April 2013: A UH-1Y Venom fired 10 APKWS rockets at stationary and moving small boat targets, scoring 100 percent accurate hits on single and multiple targets over water. The engagement ranged from 2–4 km using inert Mk152 high explosive and MK149 flechette warheads. The UH-1Y had the boats designated by an MH-60S.[25] October 2013: APKWS successfully fired from an AH-64 Apache. Eight rockets were fired with the helicopter flying at up to 150 kn (170 mph; 280 km/h) and up to 5 km (3.1 mi) from the target. Launch altitudes ranged from 300 ft to 1,500 ft. BAE wants airworthiness qualification on the Apache for international sales to AH-64 operators.[26] March 2014: LAU-61 G/A Digital Rocket Launcher (DRL) deployed with HSC-15.[27] July 2014: BAE reveals that the APKWS has reached Early Operational Capability (EOC) with one squadron of MH-60S helicopters. The MH-60R will be outfitted within "12-18 months."[28] August 2014: APKWS tested on Australian Army Eurocopter Tiger at Woomera Test Range. A helicopter was on the ground and fired seven rockets which successfully hit their targets. The rocket could enter Australian service by early 2015 on army Tigers and navy MH-60R helicopters.[29][3] November 2014: APKWS tested on Australian Army, 16 Aviation Brigade, Eurocopter Tigers, this time airborne, near Darwin. Tests included using APKWS to convert a Forges de Zeebrugge (FZ) unguided rocket into a laser precision-guided weapon. All 10 rockets struck within a metre of the laser spot.[3] October 2015: US Army AH-64 Apache helicopters to field weapon in Iraq and Afghanistan.[30] March 2016: First rocket variants for launch from fixed-wing aircraft shipped to Marine Corps Harriers.[31] June 2016: APKWS deployed on USAF F-16 and A-10 as part of an urgent operational requirement.[32][33] October 2016: Production rate increased to 5000 a year. On 14 April 2014, the U.S. Navy signed an agreement with the Jordanian Air Force for the first international sale of the APKWS for use on the CN-235 gunship.[35] Jordan received 110 units in late November 2015.[36] In November 2014, the State Department approved the sale of up to 2,000 APKWS rockets to Iraq.[37] In June 2015, a deal to sell 6 A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the Lebanese Air Force was approved that included the sale of 2,000 APKWS rockets for use on the turboprops. The US$462 million sale was financed by Saudi Arabia. Launch platforms[edit] Current rotary wing:[18][24] UH-1Y Venom AH-1W SuperCobra AH-1Z Viper Bell 407GT AH-64 Apache[40] Eurocopter Tiger[3] MH-60S/R Seahawk[41] Current fixed-wing AV-8B Harrier II OV-10 Bronco F-16 Fighting Falcon A-10 Thunderbolt II[32] Planned rotary wing[24] MQ-8 Fire Scout OH-58 Kiowa (company funded) V-22 Osprey[42] AH-6 Little Bird[33] Planned fixed-wing[24] A-29 Super Tucano[43] F/A-18 Hornet[44] F/A-18 Super Hornet CN-235[35]
December 8, 20169 yr On the Burkes equipped with Sea RAM Block II, I think they're only the four homeported in Naval Station Rota, Spain, for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) tasks, integrated in the new CTF-64, created in July 2015 (It has been a crash program):https://news.usni.org/2015/07/27/navy-creates-new-ballistic-missile-defense-air-defense-task-force-for-europeSea RAM replaces the aft Phalanx mount.DDG 64 USS Carney, arrived homeport Rota at 24 September 2015 (Last one to arrive Rota). Sea RAM installed FY2016.https://news.usni.org/2015/09/25/destroyer-uss-carney-arrives-in-rota-completing-european-ballistic-missile-defense-quartetDDG 71 USS Ross, arrived Rota 2015. Sea RAM to be installed FY 2017.DDG 75 USS Donald Cook, arrived Rota 2015. Sea RAM to be installed FY 2017.Aft Phalanx and Harpoon installed in the April 2016 Su-24 incident:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2016_Russian_Overflight_of_USS_Donald_Cook#/media/File:Two_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_fly_over_the_USS_Donald_Cook_(DDG-75)_-_160412-N-00000-009.jpg Both Phallanx installed at least from 2002:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:USS_Donald_Cook_(DDG-75)#/media/File:US_Navy_021219-N-3235P-566_The_guided_missile_destroyer_USS_Donald_Cook_underway_in_the_Mediterranean_Sea.jpgDDG 78 USS Porter, arrived Rota 30 April 2015 (First one to arrive Rota). Sea RAM installed FY2016, probably in November 2015, at least in February 2016.https://news.usni.org/2016/03/08/navy-successfully-completes-first-live-fire-test-of-searam-from-destroyerhttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:USS_Porter_in_Haifa,_April_2016(Forward Phalanx showed)Probably all installed in the other three also in 2016: Porter will now be protected as it sails the Mediterranean, and the other three Spain-based ships – USS [/size]Donald Cook (DDG-75), USS [/size]Ross (DDG-71) and USS [/size]Carney(DDG-64) – will be outfitted with SeaRAM this calendar year.[/size] Sources (very detailed article):https://news.usni.org/2015/09/15/navy-integrating-searam-on-rota-based-ddgs-first-installation-complete-in-novemberThe rationale on installing Sea RAM in some Burkes is this: As currently configured, the four Rota destroyers are equipped with an older Aegis baseline that requires the ship to operate in a BMD mode or switch to the traditional aircraft and cruise missile defense role. The Navy’s new Baseline 9 ships can do both missions at the same time, [/size]but modernization reductions could limit the number of those ships in the fleet.[/size] Also this:https://news.usni.org/2016/03/08/navy-successfully-completes-first-live-fire-test-of-searam-from-destroyerNo details in other ships to be equipped with Sea RAM: Cmdr. Michael Weeldreyer, weapons branch requirements officer at the surface warfare directorate (OPNAV N96), said at WEST 2016 that putting SeaRAM on additional DDGs with fewer layers in their self-defense capability “is something we continue to look at, and we continue to weigh within the cost-benefit analysis, along with the other Aegis baselines and weapons that the ships have for self-defense purposes.”[/size] Also of interest: (But perhaps the ESSM Block II reference is related at an older ESSM variant, as Block II is to be fielded in 2020, equipped with active radar seeker). And, are they Burkes without ESSM? https://news.usni.org/2016/08/17/navy-studying-installing-searam-destroyers-ship-classes “These Rota DDGs are an older baseline that don’t have ESSM Block II, because that capability doesn’t field until the mid-20s, so they pretty much have that standard missile defense and then CIWS. This gives them that RAM Block II layer, extra layer against those emergent threats.”[/size]
December 8, 20169 yr In short, only four Burkes to be equipped or equipped with forward Phalanx and aft Sea RAM, SM-3 Block Ia/b BMD and probably no ESSM at this moment: DDG 64 USS Carney, Sea RAM installed FY2016.DDG 71 USS Ross, Sea RAM to be installed FY 2017.DDG 75 USS Donald Cook, Sea RAM to be installed FY 2017.DDG 78 USS Porter, Sea RAM installed FY2016, probably in November 2015, fired in February 2016. On the use of SM-3 by Donald Cook, all four are updated to use them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Donald_Cook#Upgrade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Carney#Upgrade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Porter_(DDG-78)#Upgrade https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ross_(DDG-71)#Upgrade
December 8, 20169 yr More data on SM-3 (including new long ranges) and BMD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIM-161_Standard_Missile_3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Ballistic_Missile_Defense_System
December 8, 20169 yr Clearly, but something we can elude some update I'm sorry, but I don't know what that means.
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