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**Atmotteenrift** · 08-10-2010, 05:38 AM

Are you supposed to be the future of the US armed forces, Albert?

Well, they are talking about repealing DADT. :rimshot:

I kid, I kid. Anyway, I looked up Phalanx on Wiki and it seems it's a system of autotracking anti-missile gatling guns. It also says they're intended as a final line of defense, but three presumptively are adequate for a ship that size, so anti-ship missiles wouldn't have such an easy time. But comparing a small stealth patrol ship (I assume it's a patrol ship) to a massive floating carrier is pretty apples-and-oranges.

Xpost. By the by, if we're talking armament, Wiki says that little ship has eight anti-ship missiles and a single gun turret, plus mines and depth charges.

Second edit: Wiki also says that particular ship has two, not three, Phalanx systems, FYI.

08-10-2010, 05:38 AM	#15
Atmotteenrift Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 495 Senior Member	Are you supposed to be the future of the US armed forces, Albert? Well, they are talking about repealing DADT. :rimshot: I kid, I kid. Anyway, I looked up Phalanx on Wiki and it seems it's a system of autotracking anti-missile gatling guns. It also says they're intended as a final line of defense, but three presumptively are adequate for a ship that size, so anti-ship missiles wouldn't have such an easy time. But comparing a small stealth patrol ship (I assume it's a patrol ship) to a massive floating carrier is pretty apples-and-oranges. Xpost. By the by, if we're talking armament, Wiki says that little ship has eight anti-ship missiles and a single gun turret, plus mines and depth charges. Second edit: Wiki also says that particular ship has two, not three, Phalanx systems, FYI.
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