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Jura The idiot
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asif iqbal
Lieutenant General
In my opinion until the Zumwalt comes online the Guardian of the Northern Say is probably the most powerful surface combatant
Anyone seen the load out of the 128 cells
80 x SAM
32 x LACM
16 x ASROC
Anyone seen the load out of the 128 cells
80 x SAM
32 x LACM
16 x ASROC
I think in pure missile load for current generation munitions, Zumwalt won't be that impressive. It'll have room to grow that Mk-41 equipped ships will not. 052D and 055 with their large diameter CCLs will also have room to grow.
Even after Zumwalt enters service, its capability won't be from its missile load (a burke can carry 80 tomahawks as effectively as a zumwalt) but rather from its AGS, command and control, and power generation.
IMHO, if you take the Se Jong and make the following changes:
- Use the AMDR radar
- Replace the 127mm with a single AGS, to be replaced later by a rail gun
- Use Mk-41 cells all around, 128 of them
- Remove the 16 ASMs (to be replaced with LRASM in the VLS)
- Keep the RAM forward but use the Phalanx aft.
...and you have precisely what the Burke III should have been.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
Equation
Lieutenant General
My guess is this will be limited in range and effectiveness depending on how much money the DPRK are willing to spend on developing this program.