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ACuriousPLAFan

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Super Hornet, Helicopter Assigned to USS Nimitz Crash in South China Sea in Separate Incidents, Crew Safe

An F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents in the Pacific, USNI News has learned.

“At approximately 2:45 p.m. local time, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the ‘Battle Cats’ of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier, reads a statement from U.S. Pacific Fleet. “Search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11 safely recovered all three crew members.”

Less than an hour later, at 3:15 p.m., a two-seater Super Hornet assigned to the “Fighting Redcocks” of Strike Fighter Squadron 22 also crashed while flying from Nimitz.

“Both crew members successfully ejected and were also safely recovered by search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11,” reads the statement.

All crew are safe and in stable condition and the incidents are under investigation.

Nimitz is on the return leg of its final deployment before returning to the West Coast. The carrier, its escorts and the embarked Carrier Air Wing 17 left from the West Coast on March 26. The carrier operated in the Middle East for most of the summer, as part of the U.S. response the Houthi attacks on commercial shipping. The carrier entered the South China Sea on Oct. 17, USNI News reported at the time.
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What a spectacular way to mark Nimitz's final deployment (she is planned for retirement in January 2026).
 
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mack8

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Maybe those bozos poked the dragon again, like the previously discussed F-35 incident. Good old FAFO perhaps. Any idea of the position in SCS of Nimitz at the time, was it close to chinese bases?
 
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gpt

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Blackbeard's aerodynamic design does not seem to have the ability to glide and maneuver at hypersonic speeds, I still don't understand how it can achieve this.

They may play with the definition, for example, without any mid-course maneuvering and without considering the terminal maneuverability & speed, it can fly 800 kilometers (still highly questionable claims), and the maneuvering at Mach 5 is just "movable" but there is no substantial change, they just put it all together.
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NATO countries are interested in an affordable, mass-produced PrSM tier weapon so this is one of many companies working on it. For example the UK and Germany are looking at an Iskander-like weapon for about $500-800k ea. The real issue here is the lack of a fully integrated vertical supply chain, which they would need to support underlying systems such as test infrastructure and rocket motors.

The hypersonics requirement is secondary to what they actually need which is being able to procure a lot of them at cost.
 
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Super Hornet, Helicopter Assigned to USS Nimitz Crash in South China Sea in Separate Incidents, Crew Safe

An F/A-18F Super Hornet and an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) crashed in the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents in the Pacific, USNI News has learned.

“At approximately 2:45 p.m. local time, a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, assigned to the ‘Battle Cats’ of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73 went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier, reads a statement from U.S. Pacific Fleet. “Search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11 safely recovered all three crew members.”

Less than an hour later, at 3:15 p.m., a two-seater Super Hornet assigned to the “Fighting Redcocks” of Strike Fighter Squadron 22 also crashed while flying from Nimitz.

“Both crew members successfully ejected and were also safely recovered by search and rescue assets assigned to Carrier Strike Group 11,” reads the statement.

All crew are safe and in stable condition and the incidents are under investigation.

Nimitz is on the return leg of its final deployment before returning to the West Coast. The carrier, its escorts and the embarked Carrier Air Wing 17 left from the West Coast on March 26. The carrier operated in the Middle East for most of the summer, as part of the U.S. response the Houthi attacks on commercial shipping. The carrier entered the South China Sea on Oct. 17, USNI News reported at the time.
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IDK why TWZ has not reported anything. If someone has private channel with Tyler Rogoway please tell him that we are all waiting for his important take on this.
 
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