discussion The USS Kumwalt , Americas newest warship

[PaulTRose]

so since the Number One isnt called Spock (you just know thats going to be his nickname!) i would hate to be some lowly ensign called Khan

 

[eddiesolo]

I'd have a go at a scratch build but I'd only need five bits of balsa and a marker pen ..... Not much of a challenge eh?

ROFL...sooooooooooooooooooo true.

Si

 

[Alan 45]

I'd have a go at a scratch build but I'd only need five bits of balsa and a marker pen ..... Not much of a challenge eh?

Now that sort of scratch build I could do lol

 

[eddiesolo]

I can see a challenge coming on here...30 mins to build a model of this...thing...out of whatever...you can't use turds as they have already used them.

Si

 

[PaulTRose]

quick google shows someone has already done it lol

http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/dd/ddg-1000/350-ss/ss-index.html

must be me......i think it looks a cool ship

 

[eddiesolo]

It does look rather good from that model, but it seems to be asking for trouble with all that lump of structure just waiting for a missile strike to set the whole lot up in flames...

Si

 

[Alan 45]

Is it just me or does it look like they asked a bunch of five year olds to draw a ship and that was the best one lol

 

[Alan 45]

It does look rather good from that model, but it seems to be asking for trouble with all that lump of structure just waiting for a missile strike to set the whole in flames...Si

I think the fraise low silhouette wasn't mentioned to the designers

 

[eddiesolo]

I think the fraise low silhouette wasn't mentioned to the designers

Radar may not detect it but anybody with eyes can see the lump in the middle from miles away!

Si

 

[Alan 45]

They may as well of put a fifty foot bright red flashing arrow above it with the words here we are written above it

 

[eddiesolo]

They may as well of put a fifty foot bright red flashing arrow above it with the words here we are written above it

I think we are doing the ship a disservice, after all the designers must have done studies on what is the best way forward...so when they take it to war...which will be soon no doubt...we shall see how it does in cowpat...sorry combat. Problem is this type vessel is designed for stealth approach and ship to shore attack, not really ship to ship, or ship to low level missile or aircraft attack, that would be interesting to see how it performs.

Si

 

[Alan 45]

I think we are doing the ship a disservice, after all the designers must have done studies on what is the best way forward...so when they take it to war...which will be soon no doubt...we shall see how it does in cowpat...sorry combat. Problem is this type vessel is designed for stealth approach and ship to shore attack, not really ship to ship, or ship to low level missile or aircraft attack, that would be interesting to see how it performs.Si

Think this myself , as soon as it fired anything it gives its position away so as a warship I doubt it would be any better than anything else at sea

Could you imagine two fleets of stealth warships looking for each other in the Atlantic or Indian Oceans it could make one of the most boring war films ever made lol

 

[Guest]

It'll do very well and avoid all radar etc, it'll slice through the seas onto its next encounter and be undetectable by all accounts until ...........

........ A little enemy aeroplane flies over head and reports back to base .....

'' you're not going to believe this, but there's a right daft looking heap of pooh heading your way ..... Here's its position ..... Lay it on thick so ya hit it''

 

[flyjoe180]

It's Fugly. It looks like it has already capsized, maybe that is a decoy for submarines. They should paint the numbers upside down too. Or maybe they have....