MH-60R Seahawk Multimission Helicopter

The MH-60R Seahawk is a twin-engine medium utility helicopter configured for ASW operations. Equipped with one 4-blade rotor and a single 4-bladed tail rotor. The supplement to the basic crew for the MH-60R is four; pilot co-pilot/ATO a tactical sensor operator enlisted (TSO) and one enlisted acoustic sensor operator (ASO). The MH-60R for 3 additional passenger transport capacity of staff.

The MH-60R was designed to cover all the responsibilities for mission and system capabilities of both the SH-60B and SH-60F helicopters. As such, his responsibilities include antisubmarine warfare (ASW), Anti-Surface Warfare (ASuW), anti-ship surveillance and Orientation (PCSA), VRETREP (vertical replenishment), communications relay, and SOFs CSAR (Special Operations support the forces.)

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Tu-16 Badger Medium-High Bomber

The Tu-16 badger was a medium-high subsonic bomber developed in the Soviet Union. Its development began in 1950. Its first flight was in 1952 and its delivery in 1955. The Badger was produced by the Soviet Union in a quantity.In September 1957, the USSR adopted a program of assistance and the development of the Chinese armed forces. To strengthen China's air force several Badger bombers Tu-16 strategic half were transferred. Since 1963, the Xi'an Aircraft Factory began to retrofit the plane H-6 according to the needs of operational services and several improved versions have been developed.

However, with growing tensions between the USSR and the People's Republic of China to send planes stopped and industry in China began producing the BADGER Xian Aircraft Company Xian Aero-Engine Company. H-6 is a description of the Chinese manufactured aircraft. In December 1968, the first Chinese H-6 Badger bombers took off. China and was 32 badgers in the operational inventory in 1972. A total of about 120 PLA-AF H-6E / I and 30 PLA-N H-6D Badgers were built between 1968 and 1990. Badger ramp production to China during the 1970s and slowed after 1990 when the last four H-6DS were exported to Iraq with spare parts for the current export assistance provided Soviet Tu-16Ks Egypt.

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CVN-65 USS Enterprise Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier

The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) is the first nuclear powered aircraft carrier to serve in the United States Navy. Ordered in November 1957, the keel of the company was established in the Newport News Shipbuilding Drydock Company and in February 1958. Launched in September 1960, the company was commissioned on active duty in November 1961.

As the leading First of nuclear-powered carrier fleet, the Company's disposal of reactor is very conservative, and the company, which is the hull design is actually a modification of the carrier-class Forest is the only nuclear-powered ship reactor equipped with eight individual (the Nimitz class carriers are equipped with two reactors), essentially replacing the boiler reactors for a one-on-one. Although the reactors, compared to larger units in more modern vehicles, were relatively small, with eight of them provided the company with the ability to go "full steam" almost immediately, allowing the carrier 93,000 tons to accelerate out escort destroyers were a fraction of its size.

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Type 051 Luda Class Missile Destroyer

The Type 051 Luda class guided missile destroyer, the first anti-ship missile destroyers designed and built in China, are generally similar to the Soviet Kotlin smaller class. Intended to strike against the ship, the main offensive weapon couple of "Sea Eagle I" ship to ship missiles.

The combat potential provided by the high speed and long range of this design has been compromised by the lack of air defense capability. In common with the Soviet Union Kotlin class, Luda class ships originally had no ship-to-air missiles for self-protection, a deficiency that the Soviet Navy eventually remedied with Kotlin SAM class. Luda class destroyers can be the first Chinese warships to incorporate a combat management system.

Destroyer of research began in the late fifties at the Academy of the seventh. By the mid-sixties, the Institute No. 701, which was under the auspices of the Seventh Academy, began developing a destroyer of the first generation of guided missiles. The rules of the destroyer were to have 3,000 tons displacement or more, and to be powered by steam power. The destroyer gun would both 130 mm and 57 mm, depth charges, sonar and radar.

The destroyer design was approved by the National Planning Commission, the Office of the National Defense Industry and the Commission of Science and Technology for National Defense in June 1967. Construction began in 1968 in Dalian shipyard.

For the most part, the Chinese lacked experience in the development of a guided missile destroyer. The production technology of a guided missile destroyer was developed by mainly by No. 701, No. 713 of the Institute and the Academy of the MMB Third seventh. Over time, the Chinese developed an effective scheme to equip its guided missile destroyers.

In December 1971, the first destroyer built was delivered to plan. In September 1973, a destroyer conducted a successful shot and saves missile tests. Both the Plan and the Sixth MMB shows a schematic design of a destroyer.

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Kolkata Indian Navy Missile Destroyers

The Kolkata-class guided missile destroyers are the stealth destroyers being built at Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL) for the Indian Navy under Project 15A. The commissioning of the first vessel is scheduled for 2012. The destroyers are preceded by type 15 Delhi-class destroyers and was succeeded by the destroyers of the Project 15 B.

The Indian government approved the construction of three Kolkata class destroyers May 2000. First steel was cut lead ship in the class, the INS Kolkata, in March 2003. Her keel was laid in September 2003.

The spacecraft was launched in March 2006 at Mazagon Dock, Mumbai. Expected to be commissioned in March 2012. INS Kochi keel was laid in October 2005. It was released in September 2009 and is scheduled to be commissioned in March 2013.

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F/A-18 Super Hornet Naval Fighter Jets

U.S. Navy F/A-18 E and F Super Hornet Naval fighter jets, made by Boeing, flew for the first time on November 29, 1995. The Super Hornet is 25% larger than its predecessor, the F/A-18C/D, but contains 42% fewer structural parts. The F/A-18/E a single seat and two seats F/A-18/F fly greater ranges with a higher payload, have more powerful engines and offer a better survival.

The aircraft is equipped with new mission computers, fiber optic network, Raytheon ATFLIR AN/ASQ-228 sheath goal, Boeing joint helmet-mounted cueing system and Raytheon AIM-9X Sidewinder air-air art missile.

The U.S. Navy has approved the system development and demonstration (SD & D) for an electronic attack version of the Super Hornet, the EA-18G to replace the EA-6B Prowler. The EA-18G incorporates an enhanced ability III (ICAP III) suite developed for the Prowler. Two SDD aircraft will be delivered. The first EA-18G flight was in August 2006. Requirement is for 90 aircraft and initial operational capability is planned for 2009.

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CV-63 USS Kitty Hawk Aircraft Carrier

Kitty Hawk was class carriers carried F-14, F/A-18, EA-6B, S-3 A / B, E-2CA aircraft and SH-60 helicopters, which give a multidimensional response to air, surface and subsurface threats.

These companies are based on an improved design with lift Forrestal class and improved flight deck arrangement. These ships are larger than those of the Forrestal class and two elevators in front of the structure of the island and lift at the stern port, fourth place in the front end of the angled flight deck.

The John F. Kennedy has a number of modifications that is not inherent in Kitty Hawk class, so he refers to as its own class. Both Kitty Hawk (CV-63) and Constellation (CV-64) were modernized under the program of service life extension (SLEP), which extends its useful life projected fifteen years beyond its original service life thirty years. America (CV-66) has not been updated and was discharged in 1996.

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956 Sovremenny Russian Class Destroyers

The Sovremenny is a Russian class destroyers designed to engage hostile ships by missile attacks, and to provide warships and transport ship and protection against air attacks. It is mainly used for anti-ship operations, which was designed to supplement anti-submarine warfare (ASW) destroyers Udaloy. The ships have anti-ship, anti-aircraft, anti-submarine and coastal bombardment capability. The ships, with a maximum displacement of 8480 tons are similar in size to the ships of U.S. Navy Aegis missile, and is armed with an anti-submarine helicopter, 48 air defense missiles, 8 anti-ship missiles, torpedoes, mines, long range weapons and a comprehensive electronic warfare system. Sovremenny class destroyer The first was commissioned in 1985.

The hull design is derived from the predecessor Kresta II cruisers. System spacecraft propulsion is based on two steam turbine engines, unlike gas turbines used in the Udaloy, each producing 50,000 horsepower along with four high-pressure boilers. There are two fixed pitch propellers. The maximum boat speed is less than 33 knots. At a fuel-economic speed of 18 knots the range is 3920 miles. The resistance is 30 days.

The boat is equipped with the anti-ship missile with two pitchers Moskit quadruple installed port and starboard forward island and at an angle of 15 degrees with the horizontal. The ship has a total of eight missiles 3M80E Moskit. The air defense system is the surface air missile Shtil. Two Shtil missile systems are installed, each on the raised deck behind the two 130 mm guns as firearms and behind the two islands. The boats are more equipped with AK-130-MR-184 130 mm guns and four six-barrel AK-630 artillery systems for the defense. Anti-submarine defense is provided by two 533 mm tubes installed dual port and starboard torpedo, and two six-cylinder anti-submarine rocket launchers, RBU-1000, with 48 rockets, and a Ka-27 helicopter.

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B 611 Zulu Class Soviet Navy ballistic Missile Submarines

Development Project of the Soviet Navy attack submarine 611 (Nat designation Zulu Class) was launched in 1950. The design of the Project 611 diesel submarine was influenced by World War the German Type XXI U-boat. The Project 611 submarine was assembled in Severodvinsk and some parts of the submarine were delivered from Leningrad. A total of 26 ships were built, the first entering service in 1952.

Six submarines of project 611 were converted to become the first ballistic missile submarines. One was armed with a single F-11FM Scud missile and five others with two Scuds each. The missiles were too long to be contained in the hull of the boat, and continued to sail extended. B-67 Soviet submarine successfully launched a missile on September 16, 1955. The success of the Zulus was made to the design of Project 629, the Golf class submarines. In the second half of the 1960 Project 611 submarines were equipped with hydro-acoustic devices and improved navigation and communication systems. They remained in service until the end of the decade of 1980.

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Type 094 Jin Class Chinese Ballistic Missile Submarine

The Type 094 (NATO reporting name: Jin class) is the second generation of the chinese Navy nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) to replace the type 092 (Xia class) SSBN of a single hull commissioned in 1983. The Type 094 was designed by the CSIC Ship Design Institute Wuhan second (also known as Institute 719) in Wuhan, Hubei province and built by CSIC Bohai Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. (formerly known as Bohai Shipyard) in Huludao, province Liaoning.

The Type 094 has the capacity to carry 12 ballistic missiles launched from submarines (SLBM). The JuLang 2 SLBM designed and developed by CASIC fourth Academy is a three-stage solid fuel ballistic missile strategy. It evolved from the land Dongfeng 31 (DF-31) intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). The maximum range of JuLang 2 was estimated at 7,000 ~ 8. 000 km, three times that of the first generation SLBM JuLang one used by the Type 092.

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CV59 USS Forrestal Super Aircraft Carrier

The CV59 USS Forrestal was the first Super Aircraft-carrier in the world. She was the lead ship of the class FORRESTAL that the four companies have withdrawn during the 1990a. After decommissioning, the USS Forrestal was used as a parts hulk active carriers. For years, the Forrestal was moored at Naval Station Newport, RI., And the USS Forrestal Museum Inc. tried to buy the company for use as a museum ship in Baltimore, Maryland.

However, the Navy was not willing to donate bearer. Instead, the Forrestal was towed to the former Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Penn., A mid-June 2010 and was awarded a contract to clean the Forrestal in the preparation of a SinkEx. The plan to sink Forrestal, however, was canceled in December 2010, and the company now discarded.

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SSN688 Los Angeles Class Fast Attack Submarine

The Los Angeles Class SSN specifically included ASW against Soviet submarines trying to sink the U.S. carrier and ASuW against capital ships in the group of the surface of the Soviet action [SAG]. The LOS ANGELES class SSN was designed almost exclusively for Carrier Battlegroup escort, they were fast, quiet, and could launch torpedoes Mk48 and ADCAP, Harpoon anti-ship missiles (and not taken), and both attack and against the land ships (no longer carried) Tomahawk cruise missiles. The new submarines showed another step improvement in quieting and increased operating speed that allows them to support the CVBG. Escort duties included conducting ASW sweeps hundreds of miles ahead of the attacks and carrying out CVBG against SAG.

The submarines of the Los Angeles-class ships are some of the most advanced submarine of its kind in the world. While anti-submarine warfare remains its primary mission, the inherent characteristics of the submarine's stealth, mobility and endurance are used to meet the challenges of current global geopolitical climate change. Submarines are able to get on station quickly, stay for an extended period of time and carry out a variety of missions including the deployment of special forces, undermined, and the attack precision strike land.

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USS BB61 Iowa Class Battleship

The USS Iowa was built in 1940 served our country for over 50 years and was designated as the "world's largest warship" because of their big guns, heavy armor, high speed, durability and flexibility of modernization that allowed keep pace with technology. She was fitted in the Second World War to be the flagship that carried President Franklin Roosevelt across the Atlantic to meet with Winston Churchill. It also was recommissioned in 1984 by Vice President George HW Bush, who later became the commander of the USS Iowa in Chief from 1989 to Iowa was decommissioned in 1990. The USS Iowa was the flagship for President Ronald Reagan to celebrate our nation's freedom in 1986.

Iowa's class participated in all the conflicts between and since the Second World War up to and including the first Gulf War in 1991. The Navy and Marines aboard the USS Iowa were the last to "The sailors of the battleship" and the warship that now takes place among the other famous ships, such as sailing frigate "USS Constitution". Technological advances in U.S. naval design really made the Iowa class battleships the most powerful ships in the world, for its time.

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AGF 11 USS Coronado Command Ship

The AGF 11 USS Coronado command ship serves as the flagship of Commander, Third Fleet. Command ships provide communications and accommodations for fleet commanders and staff. The boats are equipped with the air and surface radars, helicopters, chaff launchers and electronic warfare.

The USS Coronado is one of the seven superstructure equipped with additional functions for the command ship. The USS CORONADO (AGF 11) has undergone many changes since its redesignation of LPD to AGF. Among the most significant changes have been to their Command, Control, Communications equipment and capabilities of Intelligence (C4I). Apart from the C4I modifications the ship no longer physically resembles one of the original LPD. Her 3 "50 caliber guns have been removed, the sterngate has been sealed, and the cover and replaced by offices to support the staff.

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A319 MPA Long-range Maritime Patrol

The A319 MPA is a long-range maritime patrol aircraft and ASW developed by Airbus Military. The aircraft can be deployed in anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, intelligence missions, surveillance and reconnaissance.

The A319 MPA is equipped with weapons systems anti-submarine and anti-surface. The aircraft can carry a large variety of weapons internally and on wing-pylons. The internal bomb-bay can accommodate eight weapon stations torpedoes, depth charges, mines and other weapons ASW. Four underwing points can have missiles to attack naval and land targets.

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Y-8X Maritime Patrol Aircraft

The Y-8X is maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) with four-engine turboprop, in service with the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). This is a ground war maritime patrol and antisubmarine warfare (ASW) aircraft, based on the Y-8 turboprop transport aircraft. The aircraft was developed and built by the Corporation Shaanxi Aircraft Industry, a subsidiary of AVIC 1.

The Y-8X maritime patrol can perform surveillance, anti-submarine warfare and search and rescue missions (SAR). The aircraft carried out patrols in the East China Sea region. The Plan also deployed the aircraft on reconnaissance missions to collect aerial photos of the islands near the South China Sea. The aircraft also can be equipped for mission electronics and signal intelligence.

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AGSS 555 USS Dolphin Navy Submarine

USS Dolphin (AGSS 555), homeported Naval Research Center and Development (NRaD) facility in San Diego, was the Navy's only operational, diesel-electric, deep-diving, research and development of submarines. She could carry scientific payloads of more than 12 tonnes, a capacity much greater than any other deep dive boat operating in research today. Dolphin may also keep the most extensive facilities onboard laboratory deep submersible counterparts.

USS Dolphin Navy submarine was diving depth designed to test advanced submarine structures, sensors, weapons, communications systems and machines. USS DOLPHIN served as a scientific platform capable of operations at an unprecedented depth, far superior to any known operational submarine. In November 1968, set a depth record for operating submarines that still stands. In August 1969, launched a torpedo from the deepest anyone has been fired.

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RSN Landing Ship Tank Endurance Class

The Landing Ship Tank (LST) Endurance Class are in service with the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). The boats are designed and built by Singapore Technologies Marine (ST Marine). Four ships replaced the kind of resistance County Class tank landing ships between 2000 and 2001.

The strength class LST is larger in size than its predecessor. Hull has a twin screw displacement of the integration of bulbous bow. The spring it has a wide stern ramp for loading and unloading of equipment and troops. The ship is highly automated to reduce manning. The ship's vital areas are protected from some degree of shock.

The class has a total length of 141m, beam of 21m and a depth of 5 meters. The normal movement of the ship is 6,000 t. The ship can complement a crew of 65.

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DDG51 USS Arleigh Burke Missile Destroyers

The USS Arleigh Burke (DDG51) is the first of a class of guided missile destroyers. The Arleigh Burke was ordered in April 1985, with the keel is laid at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, ME. in December 1988. Launched in September 1989, the Burke Arligh was commissioned on active duty in July 1991 (while classes of ships that are not normally the name of the people who live, not only was Admiral Burke alive when they are commissioned the boat of the same name, was present at the ceremony.)

Unlike the Ticonderoga cruisers, based in the town Spruance class destroyer and machinery, the Arleigh Burkes were designed from the keel up as a single class of ships. From the "experience" of the Royal Navy during the Falklands War, the Burke is all steel construction (usually steel helmets were, while the superstructure was constructed of aluminum) and improve their survival . In addition, Burke is the first class of vessel to incorporate a system of collective protection of the NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) defense.

The CPS has dual air hatches closed, limited access time of the deck, positive pressurization of the interior spaces, and 100% of the intake air particles. Arleigh Burke destroyers also the first fighter to incorporate kind of stealth technology in its construction. These improvements include stealth rounded edges and surfaces at an angle to capture and redirect radar signals infrared exhaust suppression, and the Prairie Masker hull suppression system / leaf.

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