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I am little confused. What did they power with this transmitted energy? What's the practical application ?
Its decade old concept. NZ has been trialing it for some time. China has been trying to use that converted energy to power maglev.
There was already VSW technology from Egyptian MiG-23s. The VSW on Tomcats might be somewhat more advanced, but overall it would not have impacted the ultimate decision to abandon the Q-6 project. Q-5 was from an older era and needed to go eventually anyway, and VSW on Tomcat limits the size of its weapons so it cannot eliminate the need JH-7 either (unlike the Flanker platform, as seen as seen on J-16).
With that aside, lets move on from this topic
The energy can potentially be used to power electric aircraft/drone. Range and endurance is a major limitation on such vehicles, and power beaming may provide a solution.
Lethe
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With all the panic amongst the American commentariat about the impending demise of the US Navy, I wanted to get some historical data on the evolution of the surface combatant inventory over time.
I'm looking at the period 1970-2030 and defining a large surface combatant as one having a full load displacement of at least 7500 tons. And, well... I'm getting some low numbers here such that, coupled with the fact that USN reclassified most of its warships in 1975, I'm wondering if I am perhaps missing entire classes of combatants from these earlier years. The nadir is in 1971-1974 where I count only 28 such >7500 ton combatants in service:
2xProvidence-class cruisers.
2xGalveston-class cruisers
1xLong Beach nuclear-powered cruiser
1xBainbridge nuclear-powered cruiser
1xCalifornia nuclear-powered cruiser
10xBelknap-class cruisers
9xLeahy-class cruisers
2xAlbany-class cruisers
(Numbers begin to climb significantly beginning with the introduction of the Spruance-class destroyers from the mid-1970s)
So, am I missing anything?
I'm looking at the period 1970-2030 and defining a large surface combatant as one having a full load displacement of at least 7500 tons. And, well... I'm getting some low numbers here such that, coupled with the fact that USN reclassified most of its warships in 1975, I'm wondering if I am perhaps missing entire classes of combatants from these earlier years. The nadir is in 1971-1974 where I count only 28 such >7500 ton combatants in service:
2xProvidence-class cruisers.
2xGalveston-class cruisers
1xLong Beach nuclear-powered cruiser
1xBainbridge nuclear-powered cruiser
1xCalifornia nuclear-powered cruiser
10xBelknap-class cruisers
9xLeahy-class cruisers
2xAlbany-class cruisers
(Numbers begin to climb significantly beginning with the introduction of the Spruance-class destroyers from the mid-1970s)
So, am I missing anything?
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Spruance class marked the start of the "steel is cheap, air is free" concept for surface escorts in USN. Before that you had Charles F Adams class of DDG and Knox class FFG.
Yea. It also "may" help them to beam the f put of those invading aliens in next "battleship 2"movie.
In other news
Another mega version of super weapon is going to bone yard.
Imported & stolen euro tech ain't gonna help them. I don't trust a single word coming out of that primary math failed nation.
And as I say always, Rest in pieces, Fat-15s
I'm hollering at the comments suggesting they should just give the F-15's to Ukraine.
The opiod-addled mind of the average american commenter in that site...
