Can’t the San Antonio class already launch a shorter range surface to surface missile? Can’t remember what it’s called.
Hybrid Warship e.g Hms Terror crossed with Hms Fearless
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Can’t the San Antonio class already launch a shorter range surface to surface missile? Can’t remember what it’s called.
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They can use Rolling Airframe Missile in direct fire, but that's a CIWS/short range AA Missile, it isn't meant for surface to surface for all the seeker can handle it, but even with the latest upgrades that's under 20 kilometers and only an 11.3kg warhead. That's the only missile they carry at the moment, though they have space reserved for the VLS
As were Kaga and Akagi, to be fair to the USN they did remove the Lexington's 8 inch guns in early 1942 with extra 1.1"" AA guns being installed in place of them on Lexington and 4 twin 5"/38 mounts were installed on Saratoga and this would have been on Lexington as well had she not been lost
Well, yes and no. The RM and other NATO amphibious forces tend to favour the indirect approach/flanking attack idea. The USMC still hanker for Hey-diddle-diddle-straight-up-the-middle full on shore bombardment, air preparation al-la Okinawa stylee, though they in probably accept that it is a dumb way to go about things unless they really have to.
Their 8" guns were essentially useless as firing them damaged the flight deck. It was something that seemed like a good idea in theory but just didn't work in the real world. Assault ships with battleship calibre guns would probably fall into the same category.
Interesting points . I suppose you're taking a cheap disposable warship and making it expensive and non disposable .
Could happen as mission creep I suppose so monitor given heli pad for artillery spotting then some one decides to fit square peg into round hole
Or HMS Tiger helicopter cruisers with surplus ships being adapted to see what works or not
Could happen as mission creep I suppose so monitor given heli pad for artillery spotting then some one decides to fit square peg into round hole
Or HMS Tiger helicopter cruisers with surplus ships being adapted to see what works or not
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True enough, I was just pointing out another example of a hybridish warship that actually existed and the concept turned out to not work out so well. As others have pointed out, there is a reason these ideas tend to not go too far.
I guess the Russian aircraft carrier Kuznetsov is another example with its SSM tubes in the flight deck. I wonder if they have every actually been fired?
