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2014-06-02 Science & Technology

Ford Carriers Sport New Radars To Deflect Threats

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Posted by Squinty 2014-06-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11133 views ] Top

#1 Rail guns especially

Posted by OldSpook 2014-06-02 03:52|| 2014-06-02 03:52|| Front Page Top

#2 OK, essentially they put Aegis phased array microwave on the Ford class. Makes sense; even the Severe Storms Lab in Oklahoma has one these days. (It's used in tornado chasing, and is a truly strange thing to see pass you on the highway.) If you crank up the wattage at the focal point, they've been known to 'kill' aircraft by frying the avionics (fly by wire is not necessarily your friend). Whether it would stop a MARV is another question, and how big a 'miss' would be required, being as they're supposed to be nukes.

Posted by ed in texas 2014-06-02 07:28|| 2014-06-02 07:28|| Front Page Top

#3 Ford F-150 Carriers?

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-06-02 09:27|| 2014-06-02 09:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Ford F-150 Carriers?

Gerald, not Henry. :-)

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-02 09:32|| 2014-06-02 09:32|| Front Page Top

#5 13,800 volts will travel through the ship's infrastructure more efficiently than the 4,160-volt systems used previously. In a large structure (Carrier in this case), you can experience voltage loss over long distances, which degrades the actual power delivery potential. The 'Voltage' increase mitigates that (see Ohm's Law and Voltage Drop).

What this article doesn't state is whether or not the new power plant produces more actual 'Power' (volts x amperes) that would be needed for the added systems.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-06-02 09:43|| 2014-06-02 09:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Mullah Richard,
The article didn't state a lot, perhaps for fear of saying too much. With Aviation Week & Space Technology there is a lot of reading between the lines. The Ford (CVN-78) has 150% more power generation capability than the Enterprise (CVN-65) that it will replace. The SI unit for electrical power is the watt.

As you point out, electricity transmission to your house travels the distance in high voltage lines. A local transformer steps the voltage down for your household use.

Posted by Squinty 2014-06-02 10:11|| 2014-06-02 10:11|| Front Page Top

#7 perhaps for fear of saying too much

Yup

Posted by Mullah Richard 2014-06-02 10:42|| 2014-06-02 10:42|| Front Page Top

#8 You're talking about Proton Torpedoes aren't you? :(

Posted by Shipman 2014-06-02 13:02|| 2014-06-02 13:02|| Front Page Top

#9 (volts x amps) = watts

Posted by Bobby 2014-06-02 13:54|| 2014-06-02 13:54|| Front Page Top

#10 I have always thought of Ford Motor Company's LTD's of the early 1970's as aircraft carriers in their own right.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-06-02 14:38|| 2014-06-02 14:38|| Front Page Top

#11 I had an Impala like that once. It got stolen by the producers of "Supernatural."

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-06-02 23:49|| 2014-06-02 23:49|| Front Page Top

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