So here is a question... how come the DDGs/CGs don't go out with full magazines?
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- Thread starter eddie
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phrogpilot73
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I assume you've never seen them shoot... It's for OUR safety!
Aviators discussing SWO stuff. This is a joke, right?
Not sure I understand what you're asking.
As in... a DDG has 96 cells in its VLS... but it doesn't go out with 96 missiles loaded up. The one SWO I know here just got back from the gulf and their DDG only had about 40 missiles loaded onto it. Doesn't make any sense to me.
Just like everything else, it probably boils down to $$$.
Hmmmmm ... I never thought about it in that light. I'll have to take it up with the carrier CO next time we talk ...
Gotcha. See, when you say "magazines" I automatically think 5", small arms ammo, stuff like that. Much of what a ship carries onboard for deployment is driven by SURFOR. There are established inventory levels based on expected missions, expected AO, NCEA, current navy wide inventory, etc. A lot of factors go into what a ship takes with them. What one ship takes with them does not mean that another ship of the same type will take the same thing. It may not make sense, but I guarantee you requirements were well thought out and analyzed over and over again. And if a CO doesn't think he's taking what he needs, he can request more. Doesn't mean he'll get it, but he can request it.
You do that. Tell him I said hi. :icon_hat:Hmmmmm ... I never thought about it in that light. I'll have to take it up with the carrier CO next time we talk ...
Sorry, can't let this one go...
An STG blaming his gear. That's rich.
I was a Sonar Tech before OCS. The FFG's active sonar was called the "Helen Keller" for good reason
An STG blaming his gear. That's rich.
MasterBates
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Further proof that the 60B is the FFG's weapon system..
Both the tail and the processors are very capable (for 1982), so I'm not saying it's just the helo that's got the sauce. But someone has to know how to use said processors.
At least you had something to bring to the fight. In LAMPS MK I days, we were more of a flying data relay station than anything else.
Huh? Can you explain what you mean?
DDGs prefer not to use SPY for surface engagements...SPY is terrible in surface mode.