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| Tango01 | 28 Oct 2020 12:49 p.m. PST |
… Guided Missile Frigate FFGX class FFG 62
"According to information released by the U.S. navy website on October 7, 2020, U.S. Secretary of the U.S. Navy Kenneth J. Braithwaite announced USS Constellation (FFG 62) as the name for the first ship in the new Guided Missile Frigate (FFG(X)) class of ships…"
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Tgerritsen  | 28 Oct 2020 2:08 p.m. PST |
Wow, from carrier to frigate. That's a bit of a demotion. |
| Shagnasty | 28 Oct 2020 2:41 p.m. PST |
Yep! The Navy's naming system is completely copulated. |
| rmaker | 28 Oct 2020 2:47 p.m. PST |
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| Andrew Walters | 29 Oct 2020 10:41 a.m. PST |
Not sure if I care what they call it. It's 7400 tons and only $900 USD million. It's 32 big VLS cells plus 8 or 16 canister missiles plus 21 SAM cells, AEGIS and decent ASW sensors, and one and a half helicopters. I keep wishing they would put two helicopters on these things, but they may be better replacing the one helicopter with two drones. At least for combat. Obviously for day-to-day operations few things are as useful as a helicopter. Still, more hangar space would be a great addition. If it performs this is a great new platform. That's assuming it's as stealthy as it should be, and there's not way we can determine that. |
| Tango01 | 29 Oct 2020 12:24 p.m. PST |
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| StarCruiser | 30 Oct 2020 1:42 p.m. PST |
It would a bit nicer if they replaced that pea shooter with at least a 76mm… link |
| arealdeadone | 16 Nov 2020 3:58 p.m. PST |
Andrew Walters, the Constellation class will pack less punch than the FREMM design its based on (smaller gun, no torpedoes). Also its anti submarine sensor suite will be poorer as well (no hull sonar). No idea what the Americans are thinking. |
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