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Believe it or not, fiscal policy played as much a role in the design of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer as naval engineers did. So let's take a look at the entire history of the creation of the Burke class while focusing on the most revolutionary part: the Aegis combat system. It's not what you think #nwyt #longs
Music:
The League – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
To the Last Man – Jon Bjork
Wet release – Addie Horner
Flight Mode – Chris Shards
As the story unfolds – Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Floating kite – Tellsonic
Shoot to Pay – Elliot Holmes
1978 – Tellsonic
For the History Books – Alec Slayne
Pink Gloves – JF Gloss
Unexplored planet – FormantX
00:00 Presentation
00:47 Philosophy of high-low mixing
15:40 Arleigh's nickname /"Brick/"
5:48 How the Burke class differs from previous classes
7:21 Revolution #1: Radar Spy-1 vs. Radar Legacy
9:01 Revolution #2: vertical launch system vs. above deck launcher
10:44 a.m. Revolution No. 3: reaction time
11:17 a.m. Evolution of the Arleigh Burke class
13:23 Why replace the Zumwalt destroyer with Burke Flight III
3:00 p.m. Why Flight III marks the end of the Arleigh Burke class
6:29 p.m. DDG (X) The next generation destroyer
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THE REFERENCES:
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2010/august/looking-back
https://newwars.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/revisiting-the-high-low-navy/
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1994/july/right-ship
https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2016/august/naval-history-news
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2019/july/scotty-i-need-more-power
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2013/january/now-hear-right-destroyer-right-time
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2020/june/new-air-missile-defense-radar
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/october/aegis-baseline-10-joint-battle-management
https://arleighburkeassociation.org/ship/sea-stories/ddg121/
https://news.usni.org/2022/02/02/navy-wants-to-buy-two-arleigh-burkes-a-year-while-developing-ddgx-concept
https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-navy-ddgx-a-large-surface-combatant-494236
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/heres-first-look-us-navys-next-Generation-destroyer-199848
https://www.quora.com/Is-there-an-upper-limit-to-how-many-simultaneous-missile-launches-can-be-done-using-VLS-on-destroyers-or-cruisers- deal with saturation attacks by anti-ship missiles
https://newwars.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/revisiting-the-high-low-navy/
https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2021/july/provide-and-maintain-navy-understanding-business-navy-shipbuilding
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