(06-12-2025, 06:12 AM)727Sky Wrote: Another 4 billion dollar gold plated boondoggle ? DDGX with each missile that cost more than a nice big house on a lake and golf course !!
Stuff like this just makes me want to scream!
Stealth? Can someone explain to me why we're wasting even a single dollar on stealth technology for ships? No matter how stealthy you make something, it will never be invisible. It's a freaking ship for cripes sakes. Stealth might make the radar signature smaller, but it's not going to make it invisible to radar...not ever! Plus, stealth only works at certain angles; it doesn't work from all angles, so what's the point? This is a classic example of, yes, a "boondoggle"!
Secondly, this DDGX class boat is supposedly built around a 40MW power source. Without knowing anything else, you can already know it's going to be chocked full of expensive electronic systems (aka, $$$$$$$$$$$$).
Couple these two things together, and add in the fact that hypersonic weapons are essentially impossible to defend against and what do you get? Great big, expensive, floating target, just like I said in the OP.
Here we go again! Wasn't the Zumwalt and the LCS a big enough failure for you, Navy???? Apparently not, because now you're really going for the top booby prize with this one!
(06-12-2025, 08:52 AM)727Sky Wrote: And it does not cost a fortune .... because it is not of the MIC
On a serious note; this is encouraging.
However, my sarcastic side says the MIC will try everything in their power to derail this technology until it becomes 10x bigger, and 25x more expensive!