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Navy made a case a while back that w/space-based sensors that the larger radar is not required. It was one of the reasons, as well as cost, they gave to drop the CG{X}. Has that requirement changed? And without the BMD mission are we not just talking about a hull to meet future growth requirements for DDG-51 systems?That certainly sounds like Zumwalt - or perhaps even a value-engineered Zumwalt like they did for LX(R)(from https://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL34179.pdf)(emphasis mine)But that decision was a decade ago. Has the Navy determined space-based sensors are too vulnerable deciding to return this capability to ships using larger radar systems? What are the definitive factors for space-based sensors that determine size/cost? Is it possible to value-build large quantities of these sensors to mitigate the risk? With launch costs plummeting maybe the ROI model has changed. It's been reported that it's not been proven that Zumwalt can support one of the Ford-class reactors. That would likely require a displacement of 20k T. If "more power" (nuclear) is the deciding factor is a new or heavily modified design the only possible result?
Navy made a case a while back that w/space-based sensors that the larger radar is not required. It was one of the reasons, as well as cost, they gave to drop the CG{X}. Has that requirement changed? And without the BMD mission are we not just talking about a hull to meet future growth requirements for DDG-51 systems?
That certainly sounds like Zumwalt - or perhaps even a value-engineered Zumwalt like they did for LX(R)
(from https://fas.org/sgp/crs/weapons/RL34179.pdf)
(emphasis mine)
But that decision was a decade ago. Has the Navy determined space-based sensors are too vulnerable deciding to return this capability to ships using larger radar systems? What are the definitive factors for space-based sensors that determine size/cost? Is it possible to value-build large quantities of these sensors to mitigate the risk? With launch costs plummeting maybe the ROI model has changed.
It's been reported that it's not been proven that Zumwalt can support one of the Ford-class reactors. That would likely require a displacement of 20k T. If "more power" (nuclear) is the deciding factor is a new or heavily modified design the only possible result?
