Philippine Navy acquires biggest warship

[tokidoki]

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i wonder if it will hold its own against china's navy in the spratlys. but that isn't big of an issue since i'm sure the americans would be more than willing to "show off" their might alongside filipinos against a mutual enemy.

[Sand Man]

unsa nang murag capsule sa ibabaw, mga bala? power lagi nah, nindot na sa pinas pang tira sa mga pirata sa mindanao kana mag sakay ug kumpit.

See this diagram



MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS)

The MK 15 Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS - pronounced "sea-whiz") is a fast-reaction, rapid-fire 20-millimeter gun system that provides US Navy ships with a terminal defense against anti-ship missiles that have penetrated other fleet defenses. Designed to engage anti-ship cruise missiles and fixed-wing aircraft at short range, Phalanx automatically engages functions usually performed by separate, independent systems such as search, detection, threat evaluation, acquisition, track, firing, target destruction, kill assessment and cease fire. Phalanx underwent operational tests and evaluation onboard USS Bigelow in 1977, and exceeded maintenance and reliability specifications. Phalanx production started in 1978 with orders for 23 USN and 14 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) systems.

Phalanx is a point-defense, total-weapon system consisting of two 20mm gun mounts that provide a terminal defense against incoming air targets. CIWS, without assistance from other shipboard systems, will automatically engage incoming anti-ship missiles and high-speed, low-level aircraft that have penetrated the ship primary defense envelope. As a unitized system, CIWS automatically performs search, detecting, tracking, threat evaluation, firing, and kill assessments of targets while providing for manual override. Each gun mount houses a fire control assembly and a gun subsystem. The fire control assembly is composed of a search radar for surveillance and detection of hostile targets and a track radar for aiming the gun while tracking a target. The unique closed-loop fire control system that tracks both the incoming target and the stream of outgoing projectiles gives CIWS the capability to correct its aim to hit fast-moving targets, including ASMs. The intent is to destroy the warhead on incoming missile. As a secondary measure, should it fail to hit the warhead, CIWS's rate of fire is intended to blow holes in the missile body, causing it to break up in air.

The gun subsystem employs a gatling gun consisting of a rotating cluster of six barrels. The gatling gun fires a 20mm subcaliber sabot projectile using a heavy-metal (either tungsten or depleted uranium) 15mm penetrator surrounded by a plastic sabot and a light-weight metal pusher. The gatling gun fires 20mm ammunition at either 3,000 or 4,500 rounds-per-minute with a burst length of continuous, 60, or 100 rounds.

As a defensive weapon, the Close In Weapons System (CIWS) has special significance for Navy ships and their crews. Battle tested by the British during the Falkand War in the early 1980's, CIWS proved remarkably effective. Navy ship crews routinely test and operate CIWS to ensure the system is working correctly. While most testing involves tracking and firing at a simulated target, the real excitement starts when the fire control teams can fire at a real target.

CIWS has been a mainstay self defense system aboard nearly every class of ship since the late 70's. It was originally designed to defeat low altitude antiship cruise missiles (ASCMs). As antiship cruise missiles became more complex in maneuvers and ability to be detected, and warfare areas moved from open ocean to littoral environments, CIWS has evolved to meet the threat.

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First operational Phalanx Mounting aboard USS King DLG-10 (later DDG-41)

Phalanx Block 1B

Reloading a CIWS aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt CVN-71 in May 1998

Loading ammunition into a Phalanx mounting on USS George Washington CVN-73 in January 2004
The join-line of the sabot can be clearly seen in this picture

[john_yo]

finally diha!!! just another old junk ship purchased by PH. faeta...

WW2 pa gikan. its maguwan pa ni nato og tag 30 years ning bangka-a nya ila ning gipang hambog.... hesus... maau pa gi hilom nalang ni nila oi. kataw-an lang na sa manga intsik.

mao diha... ang manga kano kay permiro dili jud mo tabang kuno, pero pag palit sa junk na bangka nila na perting mahala kay tabang dayon sila. faeta sa pinas, tambakanan sa manga junk.

[mokiloo]

I tot na acquire the biggest warship kay ni siga gyud ako mata
biggest warship nga na acquire diay for the Phil Navy

at least hinay2x lang...though veery much not enough to repel Spratly related hostilities from China
pero at least naa.

Hopefully lang tawn maayo ang maintenance and dili kawaton ang budget and dili sab tawn mapariha
sa Flagship nga BRP Bonifacio na padpad and resting on her starboard side, almost na total capsize tawn sa bagyo during to early 80's or was it the late 70's(?)

GO PHILIPPINR NAVY!!!

[Sand Man]

finally diha!!! just another old junk ship purchased by PH. faeta...

WW2 pa gikan. its maguwan pa ni nato og tag 30 years ning bangka-a nya ila ning gipang hambog.... hesus... maau pa gi hilom nalang ni nila oi. kataw-an lang na sa manga intsik.

mao diha... ang manga kano kay permiro dili jud mo tabang kuno, pero pag palit sa junk na bangka nila na perting mahala kay tabang dayon sila. faeta sa pinas, tambakanan sa manga junk.

Uhmmm ... really? I mean, REALLY? Do you know anything about what you're saying?

Kebaw ka what year World War 2 ended? and do you know when WHEC-715 was commissioned?

[Sand Man]

i wonder if it will hold its own against china's navy in the spratlys. but that isn't big of an issue since i'm sure the americans would be more than willing to "show off" their might alongside filipinos against a mutual enemy.

I don't think this ship was purchased to fight the Chinese Navy head on. It's been put there so we can establish a presence and challenge any ship that intrudes our national boundary.

Obviously, if they are fired upon they will fire back with whatever they've got. They will die fighting the Chinese (or any enemy) if they have to.

They are our soldiers and we are proud of them!

[mokiloo]

I don't think this ship was purchased to fight the Chinese Navy head on. It's been put there so we can establish a presence and challenge any ship that intrudes our national boundary.

Obviously, if they are fired upon they will fire back with whatever they've got. They will die fighting the Chinese (or any enemy) if they have to.

They are our soldiers and we are proud of them!

Yah I don't think this purchase is a move to "challenge" the Chinese Navy
and acquiring this ship to put to battle against the world's 6th largest navy is just
poking at their little pinky in the foot and won't even feel a thing

But I guess the Spratly's issue might have been, again, a wake-up call
to, at least, slowly upgrade our Navy's antiquated fleet. It may not be the best state-of-the-art in modern naval warfare but at least it has one of its more current armament as mentioned/posted by the TS.

For now ok ra na.....hinay2x lang gud

[lost-realist]

wow.... naa natay dako nga naval ship.. ang kuyaw inig sail kay mahutdan og gasolina.. hahaha... bugsay mode...

naunsa man ning atong naval forces ui! no matter how big that is kung dili kaya idefend ang atong territory sa spratly's, walay sense! so might as well ihatag na lang ng spratly's sa china kay walay karapatan ang pilipinas nga mag isog isog! isgo lang ug baho ning atong mga politiko!

they're nothing but worthless!

and speaking about worthless, this thread is WORTHLESS! please close this!

ikaw cguro ang first liner if mag war nah.. klaro kaau... pang depensa namo bah.. at least naa kay matabang... hahaha

[cxtknight]

cool, choya oi

[Franzniel]

why man sad wui nga mga armaments may gi pang una... dili man kaayu issue unta ang defence ron.... gi build pana nila ang gi palit ana og mga buiseness establishment daghan pay maka kita og trabaho... we need jobs not military power....