This is the latest iteration of a frigate design I've been working on which would replace the LCS program all together. Some AU background, the U.S. Navy realizes too late that LCS is incapable of meeting a modernized Naval threat. In a battle over territorial sovereignty of a tiny set of islands in...
note the sonar, it doesn't have that black canvas-something. http://media.defenseindustrydaily.com/images/SHIP_DDG-991_ROKS_Sejong_the_Great_KDX-III_Launch_lg.jpg That black material you normally see on the SQS-53 style domes is more like a steel belted radial tire. Sejong has composite dome. its v...
Ironically removing a human crew will save you 90% of the regular maintenance which is clean and inspects. No humans, means no dead hair and skin dust bunnies and other nastiness.
Sorry If I seem dense, Im really trying to understand as the idea for a nuclear surface combatant really intrigues me. The 25,000 SHP unit in the paper is a paired unit of LWNPs that are coupled to 1 drive shaft via an existing MRG. So how do you put a 3rd input onto a single shaft? Your drawing mak...