At the end of October, at the American shipbuilding plant, Bath Iron Works was lowered by the head squadrock center of the Zumwalt project. The ship USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), named after Admiral Elmo Zumolt, is one of the most bold projects of the American military shipbuilding of recent times. The ships of the new project are entrusted with high hopes and high demands are imposed. The priority of the project and the atmosphere of secrecy surrounding it can be considered the main reasons for the fact that the descent of the built ship on the water took place without lush ceremonies and passed under the cover of the night. According to reports, all solemn events should take place a little later.
On the way to DDG-1000
The history of the project Zumwalt goes back to the top of the nineties. Then the US naval forces have developed requirements for promising ships that should have been commissioned at the beginning of the XXI century. Due to the deadlines for the start of the ship's service, promising programs received the designations CG21 (cruiser) and DD21 (destroyer). A little later, the development of cruisers and destroyers were renamed CG (X) and DD (X). Requirements for new ships were high enough. And the cruiser, and the destroyers had to perform a wide range of combat and non-union tasks. Depending on the situation and the need for any of the promising ships was to attack the ships or submarines of the enemy, to protect compounds from an air attack, evacuate the population from hazardous areas, etc.
Already the first calculations have shown that the cost of such a universal ship may not meet in a reasonable framework. In this regard, Congress insisted on closing one of the programs. According to the results of the analysis, it was decided to abandon CG (X cruisers) and focus all efforts on the creation of destroyers. Thus, after the write-off of all cruisers like Ticonderoga in the US Navy as multipurpose ships with rocket weapons, ARLEIGH BURKE and DD (X) was assumed.
For financial reasons, one project was closed, and soon began problems with the second. The full fulfillment of the requirements of the customer, according to the calculations, was to lead to a significant increase in the cost of design work and the construction of ships. It was originally planned to build 32 destroyers of a new type. However, the assessment of their cost and budget capabilities led to several contractions of the planned series. A few years ago, Congress cuts allocations for the destroyer "Zuzyvolt" to the level sufficient for the construction of only three ships. It is worth noting that after that there were proposals to complete the construction of a head destroyer and close the too expensive project, but the Pentagon was able to defend three ships. It should also be noted that by the time of the start of design work on the ZUMWALT project, the requirements were changed towards simplification. Because of this, an existing promising project has several large differences from the planned DD (X).
Preparation for the construction of the head ship DDG-1000 began in the fall of 2008, and the bookmark ceremony took place in November 2011. At the end of October 2013, the first destroyer of the new project was launched. Preliminary work on the construction of the Case of the Second Ship DDG-1001 (USS Michael Monsoor) started in September 2009 at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Plant. In 2015, it is supposed to hand over the customer a head destroyer and continue the construction of the following ships. Order of the third destroyer DDG-1002 is planned for 2018 fiscal year.
According to reports, the cost of each of the three new destroyers, taking into account the cost of creating a project, can overcome the mark of 7 billion dollars. For comparison, the new Arleigh Burke project ships cost a treasury of about 1.8 billion, which is three more times less than the cost of "buzzwolts". It should be noted that the construction time of the third promising destroyer, which is planned to be ordered only in 2018, can accordingly affect its price. Thus, there is every reason to believe that total cost Programs will constantly increase.
The appearance of the ship
New zumwalt type destroyers will serve in the US Navy over the next few decades. It was the back to the future that many original and bold technical solutions are explained, which immediately rush into the eyes. The most noticeable feature of new ships is their appearance. In the past few decades, engineers try to reduce the visibility of ships for radar systems and achieved some success in this. In the case of the "Zumolt" destroyers, the decrease in the substitution was the main task in the design of the bars of the body and the superstructure. A promising American destroyer is similar to a long and narrow platform, in the middle of which an add-in complex form is placed. All rubber parts of the ship are a complex system of planes conjugate with each other near different angles.
The body of the ship has a relatively low board, providing a decrease in visibility. It should also be noted that the board is tilted inside. Due to the use of low sides, the project authors had to apply the original embankment of the characteristic form. Such enrolls of the housing provide high running characteristics and simultaneously reduce the visibility of the ship for radar. In the middle of the two thousand years, the AESD SEA JET boat demonstrator was built, on which the possibilities of the body of the original form were checked. The test results of the experimental boat showed the correctness of the calculations. Nevertheless, there are still doubts about the real characteristics of the new destination. There are suspicions according to which the nose of the ship will be buried into the water.
The USS Zumwalt ship (DDG-1000) turned out to be large: the length of the hull is about 183 meters, the largest width is 24.6 m. The displacement of the destroyer is approximately 14.5 thousand tons. It is noteworthy that with such dimensions and displacement ships "Zumolt" turn out to be larger than the Esli Berk destroyers, but also the cruisers of "Tykitoroga".
According to their combat capabilities, promising ships should also exceed existing cruisers and destroyers. The refusal to the CG (X) program led to the transfer of some functions previously assigned to the cruiser. Although in the course of determining the technical and financial appearance of the project, the promising destroyer lost some elements of equipment and weapons, in its characteristics it should be ahead of the existing types of ships.
As the main energy plant on the ship USS Zumwalt, two gas turbine engines of Rolls-Royce Marine Trent-30 with a total capacity of 105 thousand hp are used. The engines are connected to the electric generators, which provide the energy of all the vehicle systems, including two electric motors rotating rowing screws. Such an energy installation architecture made it possible to provide a relatively high challenge characteristics of the ship. The declared maximum vehicle speed exceeds 30 nodes. In addition, two generators provide electricity all ship systems. The parameters of the electrical system are allowed in the future, within the framework of modernization, to equip ships with new equipment and weapons.
The main weapons of the "Zoomolt" destroyer is a universal vertical launcher MK 57. This system is further development Similar launcher MK 41 used on modern cruisers and destroyers. Zumwalt ship will carry 20 modules MK 57 placed in different parts Cases. Each of the modules has four cells for rockets. The launcher cell can accommodate from one to four missiles, depending on their dimensions. In 80 sets of launchers, it is proposed to upload missiles of various types: anti-aircraft, anti-submarine, etc. The specific composition of the ammunition will be determined in accordance with the tasks that the ship must execute.
The main anti-aircraft ammunition Zumwalt will be the RIM-162 ESSM rocket. It was previously argued that the SM-2, SM-3 and SM-6 missiles will include in the ammunition of ships, but at the moment there are no new information about such armed vehicles. Perhaps now work continues on the preparation of missile systems for use on promising destroyers, and the expansion of the available arms nomenclature will take place only after the adoption of the headpiece into the Navy. For the attack of submarines of the enemy, the Esminets of the "Zoomolt" type will carry anti-submarine rockets RUM-139 VL-ASROC.
An interesting feature Zumwalt's armaments complex of armaments is the fact that at the moment there are no information about the use of anti-religious missiles. Obviously, the RGM-84 Harpoon rockets are considered unsuitable for use on promising destroyers. A similar approach is also applied when forming requirements for the last current series of ARLEIGH BURKE type.
In the nose of the destroyer DDG-1000, it is intended to install two AGS artillery settings with a caliber gun 155 mm. The AGS system is an instrument tower with developed subligament units. An interesting feature of this artillery installation is ammunition. Despite the caliber, the AGS system will not be able to use the existing 155-mm ammunition. Especially for the new ship artillery installation created the LRAPS projectile. The active-reactive ammunition is similar to the rocket: its length exceeds 2.2 meters, and after the exit from the barrel it should lay wings and stabilizer. With one's own weight, 102 kg, the projectile will be able to carry a 11-kilogram combat part. Using inertial and satellite navigation systems, the LRAPS shell will be able to affect the range of at least 80 km.
The general ammunition of two artillery settings will be 920 shells. In the installation of the machine for charging both AGS systems will be 600 ammunition. The large length of the projectile made the applying some interesting solutions in the design and work of the charge automation. So, ammunition will be supplied to the tool in a vertical position. To do this, before charging the trunk, the gun should rise in the vertical position. Shooting is possible with elevation from -5 ° to + 70 °. The original charging machine, according to official data, provides the shooting pace at 10 shots per minute. Declared the possibility of shooting long queues.
In the past, it was argued that the Zumwalt destroyers could become the world's first vehicles in the world carrying an electromagnetic gun. Such developments already exist, but they are all far from use on military equipment. One of the main problems of this promising is its colossal energy consumption. When using electrical generators installed on new destroyers, for a shooting from an electromagnetic cannon would have to turn off almost all electronic systems for a while. It is quite clear that such features of the work put a cross on the use of such systems in practice.
The artillery armament of promising destroyers consists of two installations of AGS and two zenith guns of Bofors MK 110 Swedish production. It is noteworthy that the caliber of these guns is significantly larger than the caliber of previously used anti-aircraft systems. The reason for the use of 57-mm tools can be considered the fact that the power of 20- and 30-mm shells is not enough to ensure the destruction of modern and promising anti-relief missiles. Thus, more power of 57 mm caliber shells can compensate for a smaller shooting rate at the level of 220 shots per minute.
In the stern parts of Zumwalt ships, hangar for helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles is provided. The destroyers will be able to bear one SH-60 or MH-60R helicopter, as well as up to three drone MQ-8. Thus, a small aviation group will be able to monitor the environment and take over the functions of the radio electronic complex of the ship.
To monitor the situation and control of weapons, the buzzwolt type will receive a multifunctional Raytheon AN / Spy-3 radar station with an active phased antenna grid. Previously, it was planned to install the Lockheed Martin An / Spy-4 for new ships, but in the future they refused. The use of two stations operating in different ranges at once, found too expensive and does not provide an appropriate increase in characteristics. Thus, the ships under construction will be equipped with only one radar station.
The Zumwalt destroyers will be able to look for submarines and mines. To do this, they will be equipped with three hydroacoustic complexes AN / SQS-60, AN / SQS-61 and AN / SQR-20. The first two are installed in the ship's housing, the third has a towed hydroacoustic station. It is argued that the characteristics of the hydroacoustic complexes of new destroyers will be significantly higher than that of the equipment of existing vehicles of ARLEIGH BURKE.
Quality and quantity
Based on the available data, it can be assumed that the promising Esming of the ZUMWALT type will become the most perfect among all VSU ships. However, the available advantages of technical and combat nature under certain circumstances can be completely leveled by existing minuses. Chief flaw New project - high cost. The cost of the head ship, taking into account the cost of development, is estimated at 7 billion dollars. Thus, the new destroyer costs about the same as the last American aircraft carrier type Nimitz - USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77). Such a big value of the destroyers caused the cardinal reduction of the planned series.
Even if the Congressmen, which adhere to the position of strict savings, do not refuse one or even two destroyers like "buzzolt", the total number of these ships in the US naval forces will remain too small. Only three destroyers - even if in their characteristics, they open all existing ships on their own heads - they can hardly have a serious impact on the overall potential of the Navy. In other words, the newest destroyers risk becoming something called a white elephant or a suitcase without a handle. Dear project, the cost of which in the light of the latest financing reductions may look unreasonably high, while maintaining existing views will not be able to give expected results regarding the combat capability of the fleet.
In the context of the Zumwalt project, Pentagon plans for Arleigh Burke project ships look interesting. According to the statements of recent years, the construction of these destroyers will continue, and they will serve until the seventies of the XXI century. How much will serve the "buzzolt" destroyers, until it is clear. However, even without taking into account the deadlines, you can confidently say that most of Combat work will fall on the ships of the old project.
In the justification of new ships it should be said that in the project Zumwalt applied a large number of new technical solutions and technologies. Therefore, promising destroyers will become a platform for working out equipment, weapons and technologies that will be applied on the ship's ships.
According to the materials of sites:
http://globalsecurity.org/
http://naval-technology.com/
http://raytheon.com/
http://navyrecognition.com/
http://navweaps.com/
http://baesystems.com/
English Zumwalt Class Guide Missile Destroyers
New Type of US Squaded Mission Commissars Wam For Rocket Armament (also previously known as DD (X)), with an emphasis on the attacks of coast and terrestrial purposes. This type is a reduced version of the DD-21 ship versions, the financing of which was discontinued. The first destroyer class Zumwalt, DDG-1000 was lowered on October 29, 2013. The destroyers of this series are multipurpose and are designed to attack the enemy on the coast, the fight against opponent's aviation and fire support for troops from the sea.
The program is named after Admiral, head of military-maritime operations Elmo R. Zumvalt.
History
Among the developed US warships, the DDG-1000 must be preceded by Littoral Combat Ship and, possibly follow the cruiser CG (X), competing with the air-friendly CVN-21. The DDG-1000 program is the result of a significant reorganization of the DD21 program, the budget of which was reduced by Congress by more than 50% (under the program SC21 of the 1990s).
Originally, naval forces hoped to build 32 such destroyers. Later, this number was reduced to 24, and then to seven due to the high cost of new experimental technologies that should be included in the destroyer. The US Chamber of Representatives is still skeptical of this program (for financial reasons) and therefore initially allocated the Navy money only for the construction of one DDG-1000 for the "demonstration of technology". Initial financing for the destroyer was included in the National Defense Authorization ACT 2007.
Nevertheless, in 2007, $ 2.6 billion were allocated to finance and build two Zumwalt class destroyers.
On February 14, 2008, Bath Iron Works was chosen to build a USS Zumwalt with DDG-1000 number, and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding - for the construction of DDG-1001 by $ 1.4 billion for each. According to the Edition of Defense Industry Daily, the cost can increase to $ 3.2 billion for each vessel, plus $ 4.0 billion will cost the life cycle of each ship.
On July 22, 2008, it was decided to build only two similar destroyers. A few weeks later, it was decided to build the third destroyer of this type.
Name |
room |
Shipyard |
Bookmark |
Descent on water |
Entry to construction |
Mevolution
|
1000 | Bath Iron Works. | November 17, 2011. | 29.10.2013 | 2016 (plan) |
Michael Monsour.
|
1001 | Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding | May 23, 2013. | 2016 (plan) | 2016 (plan) |
Lindon B. Johnson
|
1002 | Bath Iron Works. | April 4, 2014. | 2017 (plan) | 2018 (plan) |
After taking into account the Esminets of the "Mevolution" type will be applied in conjunction with the Esminans of the "Arly Burk" type.
On December 7, 2015, the first of three destroyers, "Mevolt", assessed by this time of $ 4.4 billion, was released into the sea for running tests.
Design
These ships should obtain the energy installation of a new generation, which is a combined diesel-gas turbine engine with a total electric traffic (the principle of "fully electric ship", within which the general primary source is used to generate electricity to ensure the movement and power supply of all ship systems without exception).
The body and superstructure of the ship are enjoyed by radio absorbing materials with a thickness of approximately one inch, the number of protruding antennas is reduced to a minimum. Support composite materials contain a tree (Bals).
Thanks to the highest degree of automation, the carriage crew is only 140 people.
The armament of the ship consists of 20 universal launchers MK-57 with the total capacity of 80 Tomahawk missiles, two long-range 155-mm artillery plants and 30-millimeter anti-aircraft guns. The destroyer provides for the basing of the helicopter and unmanned vehicles.
The ship's displacement approaches 15 thousand tons, which makes the "dates" by the largest modern non-invisiance combat ships in the world after the Soviet / Russian nuclear-rocket cruisers of the project 1144, which reaches 26 thousand tons.
The cost of the program will be $ 22 billion for Navy (the figure will be corrected, but calculate that the increase in costs will not exceed 15%).
TTH
Main characteristics
Displacement: 14,564 long tons (full)
-Tlin: 183 m
-Shirina: 24.6 m
- Sold: 8.4 m
-Repling: Possible kevlar protection of individual nodes
-Bigs: 2 x GTU Rolls-Royce Marine Trent-30
- Power: 78 MW
- Power: 30 knots (55.56 km / h)
-Eack: 148 people
Armament
Radar weapons: AN / Spy-3
- Tactical shock weapons: 20 x OHP MK.57 on 80 Tomahawk, ASROC or ESSM missiles
Artillery: 2 x 155-mm AU AGS (920 shots, of which 600 in the charging machines)
Anti-aircraft artillery: 2 x 30-mm AU MK.46
-Cellic weapons: RIM-162 ESSM
Anti-submarine weapon: RUM-139 VL-ASROC
Aviation Group: 1 x helicopter SH-60 LAMPS
3 x BPL MQ-8 Fire Scout
Text: Sergey Balakin
Recently, the first exit to the sea of \u200b\u200bthe American "shipbuilding miracle" - "Dreadnought of the XXI century" DDG-1000 "Zuvolt" ("Zumwalt"). About this extravagant ship has already been mentioned a lot, we will not repeat. But we will try to answer the question that involuntarily occurs from any person, a little friendly familiar with the fleet: and why is this floating monster with displacement of more than 14 thousand tons to the class of destroyers? Why is he not a cruiser - after all, in size, and on the tactical appointment "Mevolution" is closest to this class?
But here is the paradox: according to the author, a decisive role in the question of the classification of a new ship was not technical characteristics and not tactics, but features of English-speaking terminology. You can even say the fault of all linguistics. I will try to explain.
The investigators of the class of the Esminians appeared in England in the first half of the 90s of the XIX century. They were an enlarged destroyer with enhanced artillery arms. According to the idea, their main task is to fight enemy (then meant - French) Milunos. Therefore, they were called "Torpedoboat Destroyers" - "Destroyers" or "fighters" of the Ministry of Fighters (let's remind that in Russia, the torpedo was called a self-devoteental mine, from here and the Ministry of Justice, and not torpedoes). In practice, these high-speed ships have shown themselves more versatile than their initial specialization. Therefore, the word "Torpedoboat" from the name of their class has disappeared, and they began to be called simply "Destroyers" - literally "Destroyers". This word borrowed other fleets, and it was widely spreading the world in different variations. For example, the Poles called the ships of this class "destroyers" (Niszczycieli), and Yugoslav - "Rasors" (Razaraci).
"Conflict" is one of the first desarners of the British fleet, 1894
In the Russian imperial fleet, the analogues of the British despera appeared at the end of the XIX century and to the beginning Russian-Japanese war There are already dozens of units. Officially, they treated the class of the destroyer, but since it was still larger ships, they were usually called fighters, and sometimes - by the Milunos, but with the addition of the word "Squadern". The official class of the destroyed destroyers, abbreviated by the destroyers, in our fleet appeared in 1907. The ships of this class and we have, and abroad have developed rapidly and became an increasingly important part of world fleets. The destroyers are in the composition of the Navy of Russia and today, although this is already exclusively tribute to tradition. After all, modern multi-purpose rocket ships have long been and not squadrous, and not at all the Ministry of Education ...
It should be noted that in modern fleets, the division of surface ships into classes is generally very conditional. Since the combat ships are multipurpose, then Corvetts, frigates, destroyers and cruisers differ from each other only with dimensions, and the look at the range of these sizes is very subjective. Almost the same type of ships in Italy are found as destroyers, and in France - like frigates. Or American destroyers of the Arley Burk type and the Craiser type "Titonner": on the displacement and composition of the weapons are approximately the same, but the first are the destroyers, and the second - cruisers. But why then "Mevolution" is not a cruiser?
Cruiser CG-71 "Cape St. George "- one of the" Ticonderoga "type ships
Yes, because the class of cruisers today is extinct. If you do not consider one relict sample in a fleet of Peru, more than 70 years ago, the world's owners of cruisers remained in the world - Russia and the United States. And in the United States, the cruisers are represented only by ships like "Tykitoroga", which are already outlined from combat composition And in the near future will be written off. Thus, the cruiser is the recent beauty and the pride of the fleet - will remain in the past. From what? And everything is simple: the guilt of the cruise boom, which began a quarter of a century ago. Cruiser in English - Cruiser, and cruise - Cruise. Cruise liner - Cruise Liner or Cruise Ship. An explicit lack of English-speaking terminology: the cruiser began to be confused with a passenger ship! A characteristic example: on the site with the world's largest selection of photographs of ships (I will not give it a name, so as not to consider advertising) moderators almost every day you have to transfer photos of the liners to the appropriate section. As the authors regularly place them in the Cruisers directory - "Cruiser".
Now the word "Cruiser" is often associated with a cruise liner ...
Returning to the "Wallow", it becomes clear why the American sailors Esmina like more than the cruiser. Agree: serve on the "cruer" or on the "destroyer" - it sounds completely different. So, invented more than a century ago, the word "Destroyer" (some attribute his authorship of the admiral reformer and "father" Dreadnought "Jackie Fisher) was extremely successful. The multivariate of his interpretation allows you to call Destroeer any shock ship. Even such a monster as "Mevolution".
English Zumwalt Class Guide Missile Destroyers
New Type of US Squaded Mission Commissars Wam For Rocket Armament (also previously known as DD (X)), with an emphasis on the attacks of coast and terrestrial purposes. This type is a reduced version of the DD-21 ship versions, the financing of which was discontinued. The first destroyer class Zumwalt, DDG-1000 was lowered on October 29, 2013. The destroyers of this series are multipurpose and are designed to attack the enemy on the coast, the fight against opponent's aviation and fire support for troops from the sea.
The program is named after Admiral, head of military-maritime operations Elmo R. Zumvalt.
History
Among the developed US warships, the DDG-1000 must be preceded by Littoral Combat Ship and, possibly follow the cruiser CG (X), competing with the air-friendly CVN-21. The DDG-1000 program is the result of a significant reorganization of the DD21 program, the budget of which was reduced by Congress by more than 50% (under the program SC21 of the 1990s).
Originally, naval forces hoped to build 32 such destroyers. Later, this number was reduced to 24, and then to seven due to the high cost of new experimental technologies that should be included in the destroyer. The US Chamber of Representatives is still skeptical of this program (for financial reasons) and therefore initially allocated the Navy money only for the construction of one DDG-1000 for the "demonstration of technology". Initial financing for the destroyer was included in the National Defense Authorization ACT 2007.
Nevertheless, in 2007, $ 2.6 billion were allocated to finance and build two Zumwalt class destroyers.
On February 14, 2008, Bath Iron Works was chosen to build a USS Zumwalt with DDG-1000 number, and Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding - for the construction of DDG-1001 by $ 1.4 billion for each. According to the Edition of Defense Industry Daily, the cost can increase to $ 3.2 billion for each vessel, plus $ 4.0 billion will cost the life cycle of each ship.
On July 22, 2008, it was decided to build only two similar destroyers. A few weeks later, it was decided to build the third destroyer of this type.
Name |
room |
Shipyard |
Bookmark |
Descent on water |
Entry to construction |
Mevolution
|
1000 | Bath Iron Works. | November 17, 2011. | 29.10.2013 | 2016 (plan) |
Michael Monsour.
|
1001 | Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding | May 23, 2013. | 2016 (plan) | 2016 (plan) |
Lindon B. Johnson
|
1002 | Bath Iron Works. | April 4, 2014. | 2017 (plan) | 2018 (plan) |
After taking into account the Esminets of the "Mevolution" type will be applied in conjunction with the Esminans of the "Arly Burk" type.
On December 7, 2015, the first of three destroyers, "Mevolt", assessed by this time of $ 4.4 billion, was released into the sea for running tests.
Design
These ships should obtain the energy installation of a new generation, which is a combined diesel-gas turbine engine with a total electric traffic (the principle of "fully electric ship", within which the general primary source is used to generate electricity to ensure the movement and power supply of all ship systems without exception).
The body and superstructure of the ship are enjoyed by radio absorbing materials with a thickness of approximately one inch, the number of protruding antennas is reduced to a minimum. Support composite materials contain a tree (Bals).
Thanks to the highest degree of automation, the carriage crew is only 140 people.
The armament of the ship consists of 20 universal launchers MK-57 with the total capacity of 80 Tomahawk missiles, two long-range 155-mm artillery plants and 30-millimeter anti-aircraft guns. The destroyer provides for the basing of the helicopter and unmanned vehicles.
The ship's displacement approaches 15 thousand tons, which makes the "dates" by the largest modern non-invisiance combat ships in the world after the Soviet / Russian nuclear-rocket cruisers of the project 1144, which reaches 26 thousand tons.
The cost of the program will be $ 22 billion for Navy (the figure will be corrected, but calculate that the increase in costs will not exceed 15%).
TTH
Main characteristics
Displacement: 14,564 long tons (full)
-Tlin: 183 m
-Shirina: 24.6 m
- Sold: 8.4 m
-Repling: Possible kevlar protection of individual nodes
-Bigs: 2 x GTU Rolls-Royce Marine Trent-30
- Power: 78 MW
- Power: 30 knots (55.56 km / h)
-Eack: 148 people
Moscow, 13 Dec RIA Novosti, Andrei Kots. The super-modern American destroyers "Mevolt" as if the "family curse" persecutes. Experts did not have time to complete the discussions of last year's breakdown of the DDG-1000 head ship in Panaman Canal, as this week partially failed his "Junior Brother" - DDG-1001 "Michael Monsur". . The ship refused harmonic filters that protect sensitive electrical equipment from power fluctuations. As a result, "Michael Monsur" temporarily lost most of its high-tech electronic filling. The American military sailors have gained headaches: ships, inferior only to aircraft carriers, persistently do not want to get rid of many "childhood diseases". About why the project of the newest destroyers is still dropping, - in the material RIA Novosti.
Too advanced
The Squaded Museum with controlled rocket weapons Zumwalt had to become universal wrestling ships, but with a focus on fighting coastal and terrestrial targets. On the "Derevalt" planned to impose the tasks of the fire support for the marine assault, which strikes with high-precision weapons for troops and infrastructure, as well as attacks of surface enemy ships. The program for the construction of promising destroyers started in 2007, when Congress allocated $ 2.6 billion on the creation of the first first "landoloms". In total, the US Navy expects to get 32 \u200b\u200bship of this type and to meet at the same time in 40 billion.
However, the cost of ships of this project, which american engineers They tried to pull up the high demands of the military, began to grow astronomical pace. At first, the order was reduced to 24 destroyers, then up to seven. As a result, in 2008, the fleet decided to limit everything with three ships. Each of them, according to the latest data, cost an execution of $ 4.4 billion dollars, not counting the cost of serving the ship throughout its life cycle (The final cost may exceed seven billion).
© AP PHOTO / ROBERT F. Bukaty
The first "landolot" joined the US Navy on October 16, 2016. After month - November 21 - DDG-1000 Towns in the Panaman Canal on the way to port in San Diego. Sea water penetrated two of the four bearings connecting the induction side engines of the ship with its drive shafts. Both shaft failed, and the "fellow" crashed into the walls of the canal. The super-modern destroyer had to be shamefully returned to the port in the tug. Moreover, in San Diego on the ship discovered leakage in the system of cooling the lubricant, but it was not possible to install it at that time. As shown by the latest events, serious problems The second Esmian series is experiencing a power plant.
"It is necessary to make aware that Americans combat ships are able to build," Alexey Leonkov's military expert told RIA Novosti. - And "Mevolution" in all its parameters - a very interesting, original project. Especially its unusual energy installation, similar to that What is used on strategic submarines of the class "Ohio". The only difference is that on "Will" instead atomic reactor Diesel gas turbine engine. It is connected to electric motors that are used in small and medium go. In theory, this approach implies fuel economy when the ship goes in cruising mode on one electricity. In practice, such a system has sharply detained the motor installation and reduced its reliability. Hence the breakdown. "
Alexey Leonkov reminded the old joke: "Americans always find correct solution, But only when they try everything wrong. "The expert stressed that the same story was with the initially" raw "assault rifle of M-16 and the F-16 fighter, which in the end brought almost to perfection. There is no doubt that over time will cast away And "Walls". But it is still unclear what niche of these three ships will take place in the naval forces.
Hole for the budget
The shock capabilities of the "chill" are quite high, but not outstanding. Its main weapons are 80 winged missiles in the Mine of the vertical start, placed along the sides. Esmina's know-how should be artillery weapons. Initially, it was planned to establish two electromagnetic rails on it. However, the project was doomed to failure, since this weapon would have eaten all the energy facilities of the ship. The destroyers armed with rails, in fact, turned into a floating boat for a gun and "disconnected from the network" after each shot.
It was later decided to dwell on two 155-millimeter artillery implements AGS unconventional active-reactive schemes with firing range up to 148 kilometers. LRLAP shells used in them, according to developers from the Lockheed Martin concern, are so accurate that they are able to "hit goals in coastal cities canyons with minimal accompanying damage." Everything would be nothing, only the cost of one ammunition of this type has already exceeded 800 thousand dollars. For comparison: The Tomahawk Winged Rocktle Rocket is perfect in dozens of armed conflicts beats by 2.5 thousand kilometers and is only not much more expensive - about a million. The US Navy Command since 2016 is looking for an alternative to "gold" projectiles for a miracle gun, but so far unsuccessfully.
© AP PHOTO / ROBERT F. BukatyThe newest US destroyer USA type "Zumwalt"
© AP PHOTO / ROBERT F. Bukaty
"Thus," Halltov "remains only 80" Tomahavkov "on the ship," Alexey Leonkov told. "And now let's carry out simple calculations. One destroyer with 80 rockets costs 4.4 billion dollars. Cruiser type" Titonner "(before 122 "Tomahawkov") costs American taxpayers about a billion. Esminet class "Arly Berk" (up to 56 "Tomahawk" plus antique rockets and a system about Aegis), according to the latest data, costs about 1.8 billion. Both of these ships are perfectly tested in Combat conditions and long-time were brought to mind. Yes, "Mevolution" was performed using minority technology. But any specialist in the radar will tell you that all these games with invisibility are only games. You can only partially reduce visibility in a certain range. So Isn't it easier for the same money to build two Ohio class submarines, each of which can carry 154 "Tomahaw" in a non-strategic version? Such an underwater cruiser is definitely less noticeable than "Willom", and in its impact power. He dates backwards. "
According to the expert, "Mevolution" will not go into large-scale production, remaining expensive and useless "toy". As Leonkov emphasized, the implementation of at least three ships of this type "in Metal" is a direct consequence of the efforts of the project lobbyists in the ruling circles of the United States. The American industry has long been able to build cheaper and efficient ships. Let not such high-tech and original externally.
