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[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Denmark installs SM2 missiles on frigate Niels Juel for first time

http://navyrecognition.com/index.php/naval-news/naval-news-archive/2022/may/11695-denmark-installs-sm2-missiles-on-frigate-niels-juel-for-first-time.html

[Huzaar1]

Enorm dom idee. Al helemaal voor dit regionale probleem daf geen carrier als oplossing nodig heeft. Maar wel bad ass plaatjes straks natuurlijk.

[Harald]

South Korea's Next Defense Minister Expresses Reservations On CVX Program

Lee Jong-seop, a member of the Presidential Transition Committee's foreign and security policy team and the incoming President Yoon Suk-yeol's nominee for the Minister of National Defense, expressed reservations about the South Korean aircraft carrier or CVX program on April 25 when asked by National Defense Committee member Kang Daesik.

"There are diverse opinions on the CVX program. I think we need to carefully evaluate our priorities by taking into account several factors including strategic and tactical operational doctrines, military requirements, national interest, and cost efficiency,"

Lee Jong-seop, Incoming Minister of National Defense

According to several domestic observers, this statement effectively amounts to a break of policy with the current administration, which has expressed support for the program.

The CVX program has been a subject of great controversy over the past few months. Funding for the program was axed last November, only to be revived unilaterally by the ruling party the month after. The incoming President is a member of the People Power Party, the program's harshest critic in the National Assembly. Therefore, the CVX program will likely face more hurdles in the coming years.

Lee also criticized North Korea's latest missile test, saying that it contradicts the "spirit of the 9.19 Pyongyang Declaration." In addition to this, he expressed support for expanding joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises, saying, "A military that doesn't train might as well not exist. We shall review expanding the exercises to 2019 levels."

About CVX aircraft carrier program

The CVX program is the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN)'s first aircraft carrier program. Initially CVX was conceived as being the last ship of the Landing Platform eXperimental (LPX) program which produced the largest ships operated by the ROKN currently, the Dokdo-class amphibious assault ships. Preliminary plans, dubbed LPX-II, envisioned an amphibious assault ship-like vessel that would also be capable of operating fighter aircraft.

However, in August 2020, the ROKN officially announced plans to acquire a fully-fledged aircraft carrier with the term CVX being introduced in February 2021. The ROKN hopes CVX will be ready for operations by 2033.

The CVX is expected to cost ₩2.3 trillion ($2 billion) to construct and around ₩50 billion ($45 million) per year to maintain. It will be 265 meters in length, and 43 meters in width and have a light and maximum displacement of around 30,000 tons and 40,000 tons respectively. The ship will be capable of operating 16 F-35B fighters as well as eight helicopters. It will also feature a high degree of automation and have a complement of 440 crew, excluding the air element. The carrier will have two islands, similar to the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth class. Two shipbuilders are competing: Hyundai Heavy Industries and DSME.

CVX will be equipped with the AESA radar being designed by Hanwha for the "integrated mast" on the KDDX destroyer. The S-band radar will have a range of 300 km for long-range detection of aircraft, while the X band radar will be used for short-range detection. The carrier will also feature LIG Nex1's torpedo acoustic countermeasure, Haegung (K-SAAM) surface-to-air missile system, and close-in weapon systems (CIWS) for point defense.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/05/south-koreas-next-defense-minister-expresses-reservations-on-cvx-program/#prettyPhoto

[Harald]

USGC's Polar Security Cutters To Receive Mark 38 Mod 4 Guns

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has confirmed that it intends to install the new Northrop Grumman 30mm Bushmaster Mark 44 autocannons with MSI mount, designated as Mark 38 Modification (MOD) 4, on some new Cutters, but the USCG was vague as to which Cutters they would be except for the Polar Security Cutters (PSC). These new heavy Polar-class icebreakers are currently being built for Antarctic resupply missions and are slated to receive two autocannon mounts that were originally intended as 25mm Mark 38s Mod 3s. The USCG has confirmed to Naval News that the PSCs will be upgraded with the new Mark 44 30mm autocannons.

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https://www.navalnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Halter-Marine-polar-security-cutter-scaled-1-770x410.jpeg.webp

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/04/usgcs-cutters-to-receive-30mm-mark-44/

[StrataNL]

Wat een lelijk ding, in de jaren 90 blijven steken.

[Parera]

De Italianen zitten ondertussen niet stil met de vervanging van de 3 San Giorgio klasse LPD's. Dit zou een recente 3D impressie zijn van de geplande LPX.
Het zou gaan om een ontwerp van +/- 15.000 ton en een lengte van 165 m.

[Harald]

"Helaas hebben we al meer dan vier jaar rechtszaken en daarna een zeer lange onderhandelingsperiode. Het is een consortium tussen Roemenen en Fransen dat, zoals ik de laatste tijd heb gezien, niet zo goed werkt."

Dat gevoel heb ik wel vaker met de Fransen ... 

Nieuwe korvetten hadden jaren terug in Zwarte Zee moeten varen - nu begint tijd voor Roemenië te dringen

In 2016 besloot Roemenië vier nieuwe korvetten aan te schaffen, maar er is nog altijd geen contract getekend. De Roemeense minister van Defensie heeft de winnende partijen nog tot eind deze maand gegeven om een contract te tekenen.

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https://marineschepen.nl/nieuws/Tijd-begint-te-dringen-voor-Frankrijk-om-in-Roemenie-korvetten-te-bouwen-200422.html

[Harald]

Japan Starts Conversion Work On Second Izumo-Class DDH

The modifications to JS Kaga began on 24 March 2022 at the Japan Marine United (JMU) shipyard in Kure, Hiroshima Prefecture, located in the western part of Japan's Honshu Island.

DDH "Kaga" is being modified in order to operate the F-35B fighter.

The battleship Yamato (once the pride of the Imperial Japanese Navy) was built on the same site.

Kaga, the second ship of the Izumo-class DDH, has been primarily designed to carry SH-60 helicopters and to operate as a core ship in anti-submarine warfare. In 2018, however, the Japanese government made a decision to modify the Izumo-class DDH to allow it to operate F-35B fighter jets. The main purpose of this is to strengthen air defense capabilities, especially in the Pacific region, and to complement the operation of the F-35B by the U.S. Navy's LHA/LHD.  It is also believed to be aimed at strengthening Japan's presence in the Indo-Pacific region on the occasion of the Indo-Pacific Deployment (IPD), a long-term deployment of Izumo-class DDHs and other destroyers in the Indo-Pacific region that has been conducted for the past several years.

USMC F-35B Aircraft Tested aboard Japan's Helicopter Carrier JS Izumo
A USMC F-35B Aircraft takes off from Japan's Helicopter Carrier JS Izumo. JMSDF picture.
The modification of the Izumo-class is divided into two phases. The first ship, Izumo, has already completed its first modification in 2021. In October of the same year, the first landing and takeoff demonstration test with the U.S. Marine Corps' F-35B was conducted. The modifications that Izumo underwent included a new heat-resisting coating on the flight deck to withstand the exhaust heat of the F-35B as well as new yellow markings. The second phase of the modification for Izumo is scheduled to begin in March 2025, where the bow shape of the flagship will be changed from trapezoidal to rectangular to make it easier for the F-35B to launch. The interior of the ship will also be modified. The modifications are expected to be completed by early 2027.

Japan Starts Conversion Work on Second Izumo-class DDH
Helicopter Destroyer (DDH) JS Kaga in the dry dock for its F-35B conversion work. Picture from 5 April 2022 by JMSDF Escort Flotilla 4.
Unlike its sister-ship, the current modification of the Kaga is a very large-scale project that not only makes the flight deck heat resistant with new markings, but also includes changes to the shape of the bow. The difference can be seen in the modification cost: the Izumo's first modification cost 3.1 billion yen, while the Kaga's cost was 20.3 billion yen. According to the Ministry of Defense, the first modification of the Kaga is expected to take 14 months, followed by a second modification of the ship's interior, which is expected to begin in March 2027.

F-35B deliveries to the Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), which will fly from the Izumo-class, is expected to begin in FY2024. Nyutabaru Airbase, located in Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, is set to be their initial home base. Six aircraft will be deployed to the base in FY2024, followed by two in FY2025, and eventually one squadron (20 aircraft) will be based there.

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/04/japan-starts-conversion-work-on-second-izumo-class-ddh/

[Ace1]

Het liefst vanuit VLS maar als dat niet haalbaar blijk, dan maakt hij mij niet uit op welke manier men deze vuurpijlen meeneemt, als het maar effectief is en in voldoende aantal.

Lees dit eens door.
A model of the BAE Systems Adaptable Deck Launcher, which is meant to be similar to the Mk41 Vertical Launch System but would be bolted to the top of the ship deck instead of installed underneath it. This model shows a four-cell launcher, with one cell holding four missile canisters

https://news.usni.org/2018/04/20/navy-leadership-looking-at-lpd-flight-ii-missiles-additional-virginia-class-buys

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Top voor Thales. Prima fregat voor de Poolse marine al vind ik 24 AAW raketten zwaar ondermaats. (ter vergelijking ASWF kan, zoals de plannen nu zijn, 64 NSSM2 meenemen)

Daarentegen zou ik graag 16 Harpoon vervangers per ASWF zien.

Op het punt van slechts  24 AAW raketten moet ik mij mening stevig bijstellen, zie

First Look at Poland's new Miecznik Frigate https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2022/04/first-look-at-polands-new-miecznik-frigate/ via @navalnewscom

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Je hebt daar wel wat ruimte voor nodig hoor.

Zeker, het zal afhangen van de hoeveel ruimte die over is na de plaatsing van de te verwachten 2 x 4 ASuW raketten. Mijn voorkeur is en blijft 32 VLS cellen (maar of dat nog mogelijk is in het huidige voorlopige ASWF ontwerp?)

Op conceptontwerp RMF-22D lijkt ruimte voor 32 vls cellen, op de (low)budgetvariant lijkt dit niet meer mogelijk.

4 x 4 canisters lijken in beide gevallen een uitdaging.

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Je bedoelt zo iets of heb je liever de Adaptable Deck Launcher?

Het liefst vanuit VLS maar als dat niet haalbaar blijk, dan maakt hij mij niet uit op welke manier men deze vuurpijlen meeneemt, als het maar effectief is en in voldoende aantal.

[Ace1]

Aanpassing aan zo'n doos zullen niet wereldschokkend zijn, het is maar verpakkingsmateriaal. (zie ook de toepassing vanaf trucks)

16 (8+8) canisters top side zullen op ASWF niet de grootste uitdaging zijn (denk ik)

Misschien levert het huidige nieuwe geopolitiek inzicht wel dat 32 VLS cellen geen overbodige luxe zijn. (wishful thinking, ik weet het, maar het definitieve ontwerp van ASWF moet het levenslicht nog zien).

Je bedoelt zo iets of heb je liever de Adaptable Deck Launcher?

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24111/northrop-grumman-shows-off-shipping-container-launched-anti-radiation-missile-concept

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/29335/this-bolt-on-launcher-can-give-nearly-any-ship-the-same-weaponry-as-u-s-navy-destroyer

[jurrien visser (JuVi op Twitter)]

Bij TLAM gaat het om oudere versies die met een canister launcher gelanceerd werden. Moderne versies van TLAM gebruiken VLS MK41.

Aanpassing aan zo'n doos zullen niet wereldschokkend zijn, het is maar verpakkingsmateriaal. (zie ook de toepassing vanaf trucks)

16 (8+8) canisters top side zullen op ASWF niet de grootste uitdaging zijn (denk ik)

Misschien levert het huidige nieuwe geopolitiek inzicht wel dat 32 VLS cellen geen overbodige luxe zijn. (wishful thinking, ik weet het, maar het definitieve ontwerp van ASWF moet het levenslicht nog zien).

[Ace1]

Alle genoemde types (NSM. LRASM en TLAM) kunnen via canister launcher

Bij TLAM gaat het om oudere versies die met een canister launcher gelanceerd werden. Moderne versies van TLAM gebruiken VLS MK41.