Nethappy sez...
JDAM are great weapon. But they have the max range of 10-20 km.
Which much usless it a stealth fighter like the F-35 or F-22. Otherwise the Shipborne and Land based air defence going be hell alot of trouble.
Yeah the USN can drop a hell alot of bomb. But it still going to rely on Harpoon, tomahawk and sub to take down most NAVY.
Range has little to do with it. When dropped from a high flying B-52 or Hornet with the cover of US ECM..well they just don't miss.
True that the USN would rely on it's precision guided weapons in any strike. JDAM included.
Miggy..Swimmerxc is right on the money. And you know he is a backer of the PLA forces....
One of the things he points out is training..Those USN LA class subs are always at sea. USN ships in general spend as more time at sea in a three month period as many other nations ships do in an entire year. The crews are trained and know what they are doing. That's a fact.
Plus..numbers..the USN has 21 LA class home ported in the Pacific. Plus the SSGN USS Ohio and one Seawolf class. Not to mention 8 SSBN's...
Improved LA isnt that imposing. if it were sea wolf or virginia, the PLAB might have a problem. But remeber, ka-28s will first detect the sea wolf, then guide yuans/kilos to the ship. LA is quiet, but yuan and kilo are even quieter when under 5 knots. 1-2 LA will not stand against 6-8 kilo/yuan
Not imposing??
Miggy..did you know that
all USN subs are now fitted with a new sonar suite that gives them, according to the US Navy, a single A-RCI Multi-Purpose Processor (MPP) that has as much computing power as the entire legacy Los Angeles Class (SSN-688/688I) submarine fleet combined???
I've posted this before in the sub thread but here I go again.
A-RCI is a sonar system upgrade installed on the USA's entire submarine fleet, including SSN-688 Los Angeles & SSN-688I Improved Los Angeles Class, SSN-21 Seawolf Class, SSN-744 Virginia Class, SSBN-726 Ohio Class nuclear missile boats, and the pending SSGN Tactical Trident special ops and strike subs.
By sharply upgrading ship sensor processing, it integrates and improves the boat's towed array, hull array and sphere array sonars, running more advanced algorithms and providing a fuller "picture" of the surrounding environment. Sometimes, it really is all about what you can do with it.
DID adds a bit more explanation of exactly what A-RCI entails and where its benefits were focused; then we'll go on to cover contracts placed under the A-RCI program in 2006.
The Acoustic - Rapid Commercial off-the-shelf Insertion (A-RCI) AN/BQQ-10(V) Sonar System was actually initiated as Engineering Change 1000 to the AN/BSY-1 Combat System on SSN-688I improved Los Angeles Class submarines. The concept doesn't replace the existing AN/BSY-1, AN/BQQ-5, and AN/BQQ-6 sensors - instead, it replaces central processors with modernized COTS personal computer technology and software installed in an open architecture. A-RCI efforts include interfaces to the legacy systems; signal processing enhancements; display enhancements; and incorporation of Government Furnished Information (GFI) algorithms.
According to GlobalSecurity.org, these improvements provide expanded capabilities, particularly in littoral waters, for covert intelligence collection and surveillance, and covert insertion and support of Special Forces. This is especially apropos for both the SSGN Tactical Trident special operations subs and the Virginia class, which also has special forces insertion capabilities. Expanded capabilities for anti-submarine warfare were focused on diesel-electric submarines, covert mining, and covert strike of targets ashore. Again, covery strile of targets ashore is also a prominent part of the SSGN and Virginia Class' missions.
Submarines with improved sensors, of course, like the new SSN-21 Seawolf and SSN-744 Virginia Class boats, will realize even greater benefits from having more computing power available in a more easily-upgradeable architecture.
According to the US Navy, a single A-RCI Multi-Purpose Processor (MPP) has as much computing power as the entire legacy Los Angeles Class (SSN-688/688I) submarine fleet combined, and allows the development and use of complex algorithms previously beyond the reach of legacy processors. Specific software improvements included passive ranging, spatial vernier processing, full spectrum processing, dual towed array concurrent processing, low frequency active interference rejection, passive broadband, passive narrowband and passive detection and tracking processing, track management, on-board training, and port/starboard ambiguity resolution.
A-RCI's open architecture confers other advantages as well, notably the capacity for faster, more economical, and more frequent hardware and/or software upgrades. The program expanded to provide improvements that could be back-fit into all nuclear attack (SSN) and ballistic missile (SSBN) submarines, totaling over 60 ship sets. The system is now known formally as the AN/BQQ-10 (V) Sonar, and has gone through four phases.
