US Navy to commission new Burke class destroyer

[KAL-EL]

There is no way US can afford to commission a new ship with this economy.

Well they certainly afforded to commission this one.

 

[Beast]

Americans do not consider ASBM a maritime requirement but they can develop one which will fit into MK41 tube if really necessary.

MK41 functionally support a wide range of munitions regardless:

MK41 is too small to fit a ballistic missile. Maybe a hypersonic missile but definitely not a ballistc missile. You shall know that the VLS fitted onboard Type052D or 055 are far larger than even new MK 57.

 

[Oldman1]

Well they certainly afforded to commission this one.

And they will commission dozens more.

MK41 is too small to fit a ballistic missile. Maybe a hypersonic missile but definitely not a ballistc missile. You shall know that the VLS fitted onboard Type052D or 055 are far larger than even new MK 57.

Not sure how you reach that conclusion when you considered something like the Precision Strike Missile a smaller missile than a Tomahawk that can reach up to 800km range.

 

[925boy]

Burke has 96 VLS cells vs only 64 for the 052D ... that alone is already a very large advantage.

but US has no money to fight a war against a country like CHina but CHina ha the money to fight a a war against US so now what??

You still have to account for the fact taht USAF bombed afghanistan for 20 years and still lost that war....wars arent won by equipment, they are won by organic men(not robots)....on the ground...

Absolutely not; only Chinese Type 055 represent a fair comparison in the present.

Arleigh Burke class destroyers continue to receive significant updates from time-to-time.

as an individual ship, they are very strong, but military equipment doesnt exist in a vacuum. IF this arleigh burke class ship enters Persian gulf in a conflict, Iran will sink them...even near CHina..CHina can swarm them from land, from the air, from ship to ship attacks....WITH VOLUME TOO....US has lost its military domination because its equipment cant dominate the way it used to before. If you know, YOU KNOW already...the world has changed. US military is now global patrol man, simple.

 

[YeBeWarned]

Well they certainly afforded to commission this one.

Navy is still US Armed forces priority it seems, they hardly compromise on this one particular branch , no wonder they are Power that can't be matched ..

 

[LeGenD]

but US has no money to fight a war against a country like CHina but CHina ha the money to fight a a war against US so now what??

You still have to account for the fact taht USAF bombed afghanistan for 20 years and still lost that war....wars arent won by equipment, they are won by organic men(not robots)....on the ground...

USA was in Great Depression with under-prepared armed forces prior to World War II. However, Pearl Harbor changed everything and Americans came back with a vengeance.

THE WAR . At Home . War Production | PBS

Never underestimate a big country - it will surprise YOU.

War in Afghanistan is much different from Conventional War that can only be fought with another near-peer state wherein high-tech military equipment will be most effective.

USA could (can) annihilate Afghanistan on any given day but this was not the objective to begin with. How long a war will last is contingent upon how YOU choose to fight it which in turn is contingent upon what kind of political objectives YOU wish to achieve in relation.

American mission in Afghanistan is officially "preventing any further attacks on the United States by terrorists enjoying safe haven or support in Afghanistan." Towards this end, Afghan Taliban government was ousted from power for supporting Al-Qaeda Network in 2001 and the latter entity was/is reduced to a mere shadow of its former-self loosing its founding fathers in the process. Afghan Taliban government was replaced with another which continue to function in the present. Afghan Taliban fought back through the years only to realize that they have to respect other Afghan political entities and cannot afford to enable Al-Qaeda Network and the sort from attacking USA and its allies from spaces under their control. There is push for the Intra Afghan Dialogue in relation.

“So, 19 years after 9/11, we finally have the Afghans prepared to sit down and have a serious conversation about taking their country forward without all the violence.” - Mike Pompeo

Exclusive– Pompeo on Afghan Peace Talks: ‘We’re on Pathway to Achieve’ Zero U.S. Forces in Afghanistan by Spring 2021

Mike Pompeo told Breitbart News that the process is moving along for a full withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by spring 2021.

www.breitbart.com

https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Agreement-For-Bringing-Peace-to-Afghanistan-02.29.20.pdf

Military occupation of another sovereign country must come to an end at some point. Americans have reached an understanding with Afghan Taliban in this regard but not without imposing CONDITIONS which are to be upheld by the co-signatory to the letter - no ifs and buts.

NOW - Afghanistan is an under-developed and backward country in its present form. Afghans are split on political and ethnic grounds and warlords reign supreme in various spaces. These issues are not possible to address overnight - Intra Afghan Dialogue is a "start." Afghans will have to find a way to co-exist with each other (and with their neighbors) in peace on their own. USA and Pakistan can be facilitators in this regard at most.

People cannot expect Americans to transform such a backward country into a model democratic state anytime soon. This was not the American mission and priority to begin with. Americans are mostly concerned with counter-terrorism measures in the region.

The Bottom Line - Do not judge American capacity to wage war with a near-peer state and WIN on the basis of what happened in Afghanistan. YOU will be drawing misleading conclusions from this thought process. Same advice to other members.

as an individual ship, they are very strong, but military equipment doesnt exist in a vacuum. IF this arleigh burke class ship enters Persian gulf in a conflict, Iran will sink them...even near CHina..CHina can swarm them from land, from the air, from ship to ship attacks....WITH VOLUME TOO....US has lost its military domination because its equipment cant dominate the way it used to before. If you know, YOU KNOW already...the world has changed. US military is now global patrol man, simple.

No military asset is virtually unstoppable on its own. It is however helpful to make it much harder to defeat on the other hand.

Considering Iran as a whole - it can certainly manage to sink some destroyers near its borders but this is assuming that these destroyers are under-equipped to fight and USN is an amateur organization. Like seriously....