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.

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