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SlothmanAllen

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siegecrossbow said:
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No gun?

Edit: Also, what is the source of this patch? Also, the image on the patch doesn't seem to quite match up with the previously released rendering.

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gelgoog

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Kratos will lead a group of commercial firms (Rocket Lab, Leidos and Stratolaunch) to build infrastructure to increase the frequency of hypersonic testing.
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What they should do instead is build more proper hypersonic wind tunnels. But NASA wind tunnels don't put money into private contractor pockets. Building things and breaking them keeps the grift going.
 
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SlothmanAllen

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gelgoog said:
What they should do instead is build more proper hypersonic wind tunnels. But NASA wind tunnels don't put money into private contractor pockets. Building things and breaking them keeps the grift going.
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I wont pretend to know much about wind tunnels, but I believe they just built a new hypersonic one at Purdue? They have the world's first quiet Mach 8 wind tunnel (I believe this is complete now) and Northrop is giving them a wind tunnel that can range from Mach 4 to Mach 40 called HYPULSE.

I am not sure what else is in development or upgrade around the US. I just remember the ones at Purdue getting some coverage a couple of years back.

EDIT: While looking this up, I guess Purdue was outdone by Notre Dame as they just opened a Mach 10 quiet wind tunnel (not really sure what a quiet wind tunnel is lol).
 
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What is going on. Cost increases are crazy..
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Cost Of Navy’s Newest Arleigh Burke Destroyers Is Ballooning​

A wide array of chronic cost overruns and industrial capacity factors could torpedo the Navy’s goal of fielding a 390-ship force by 2054.
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The U.S. Navy’s Flight III Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyers are facing cost increases and delays, jumping from an average of $2.1 billion per ship to $2.5 billion per hull, with even steeper cost increases coming in the future, according to a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report.
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CBO’s assessment also found that, overall, the 23 Flight IIIs laid out in the 30-year shipbuilding plan will end up costing $2.7 billion on average.
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DDG(X) cost
The Navy wants to eventually buy 28 DDG(X) ships at an average cost of $3.3 billion per ship, a price “driven mostly by an increase in the size and capabilities” of the future warship, which would include a larger hull, more stealth capabilities, more power and a greater capacity to accommodate future systems, according to the CBO. But given the size and new tech onboard the DDG(X), CBO’s assessment states that those ships will actually cost $4.4 billion on average.
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Constellation frigate cost
The CBO assessment also casts doubt on the Navy’s estimate that the already-delayed Constellation class frigate (FFG-62) will cost $1 billion per ship, with the CBO estimating that the ships will instead come in at $1.4 billion per hull.
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USN financial wizardry
To hit that 390-ship target, the CBO found that new shipbuilding would cost $40 billion annually, 17 percent more than the Navy’s estimates. CBO attributed the gap to the fact that the Navy didn’t factor costs for refueling nuclear-powered vessels, “outfitting new ships” after delivery or purchasing used sealift vessels, all of which are typically funded via the Navy’s shipbuilding account.
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ismellcopium

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Overbom said:
What is going on. Cost increases are crazy..
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Cost Of Navy’s Newest Arleigh Burke Destroyers Is Ballooning​





DDG(X) cost


Constellation frigate cost



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They will be able to buy 3-4 Type 055 for every DDGX we buy. This is not sustainable.
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I am not a defense expert, while on the surface it appears unsustainable, perhaps the USAF+USN have a strategy to maintain a 6-1 exchange rate of something like a DDGx vs a type 055.

I doubt they do; but it's possible with a combination of DDGx launched weapons, submarine launched weapons, air launched weapons and drones they've accounted for that but it seems incredibly unlikely.
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My sides are obliterated. In reality, they'll be lucky if they can achieve that ratio but reversed.
 
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