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From: alfalfa@milton.u.washington.edu
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Subject: Re: Random thoughts on Ships
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Date: 28 Mar 91 22:51:39 GMT
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From: alfalfa@milton.u.washington.edu

pms2@jaguar.uofs.edu writes:
>	Just saw an ad in _USNI Proceedings_ saying that the Arleigh Burke was
>launched.  Anyone know how many of these are going to be built?  Also, did they
>retrofit the Aegis system onto these, or did they have to do a few mods from
>the Ticonderogas

from what I have seen, the version of the Aegis system uses the SPY-1D radar,
which has been upgraded from the original version in several key ways to make
it easier to fit onto smaller ships...I saw something like 30-35 will be built
before the end of the century...BTW, it is the first all steel superstructure
ship to be built by the Navy in a long time, and is probably what we could 
call 1st generation Stealth ship.  It's sides are sloped, there are IR
suppression devices on the exhaust stacks, and there is a minimum of equipment
on the decks and hull.  It is a very clean design...

-alfalfa
Corey Lawson, UW
alfalfa@milton.u.washington.edu