On 6/19/2017 9:00 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 6/19/17 8:40 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 6/19/2017 8:24 AM, Keyser Söze wrote:
Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 6/19/2017 7:38 AM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 6/18/17 12:40 PM, wrote:


On 6/18/2017 10:37 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jun 2017 08:20:45 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote:

. I
would have thought a modern warship would be able to sustain a
heavy hit
like it took without being so seriously damaged.

The days of the armor clad dreadnought are gone. Ships are light
and
fast. Like Richard says, this was a sports car getting hit by a
semi.
It is amazing it did not sustain more damage.
There was still something strange going on here to have this
kind of
crash. The plot I saw showed some unusual maneuvers but it was
unclear
if that was before or after the accident.



Well, I'm not a metallurgist and I don't play one on the internets
(!),
but it seems to me that in the age of missiles, a lightly built
warship
is an invitation to disaster.

That's because you don't understand the capabilities of the Aegis
system
that all the Arleigh Burke class destroyers and the few cruisers we
have
are equipped with. The Aegis system can track 100 or missiles
simultaneously, target those that threaten the ship while transmitting
targeting data to other Aegis equipped ships for targeting purposes. It
can create a "web" of missile targeting data, designed to defend and
protect not only itself but also other ships (like aircraft carriers)
that may be targeted.

No ship is designed to be rammed by another ship that is 6 times it's
displacement traveling at 15 knots. In combat situations an enemy ship
wouldn't get close to it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegis_Combat_System




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I am underwhelmed by the technology you describe. Some of a flood of
incoming missiles may well get through. I appreciate the physics of the
latest collision.


Of course you are underwhelmed. I doubt anything would impress you,
militarily, mainly because you have little or no knowledge of the
systems, how they work and what they are capable of.

You also have to realize that the smaller destroyer type ships in a
task force are considered to be "expendable" in combat (as a last
resort) compared to the much more expensive capital ships like
aircraft carriers.


I see too much emphasis on high-tech technology.


As opposed to what? Making a ship indestructible?