And at 49 years of age, she's old as fuck.
What should she be replaced with? Can something like a frigate do her job?
>>30258445
Zumwalt
>>30258458
She's a thinker not a fighter, she doesn't need big guns like those.
>>30258445
What's the purpose of flagship in modern naval warfare?
>>30258445
>What should she be replaced with?
With some kind of purpose built command ship.
>Can something like a frigate do her job?
Nope. Way too small.
>>30258890
Acting as command center for naval task force.
USS DONALD J TRUMP
>>30258991
>>30258991
Not enought walls
>>30258919
Bigger then? Could a San Antonio do it?
>>30258445
Why does it have such a huge and seemingly empty deck? Does it serve a purpose? Is it a design flaw? Assuming everything of value is inside, maybe they did it for more room but it looks weird.
>>30259135
this tbqhfyf
what a weird ship.
>>30258445
Modern C4 doesn't take that much volume, cooling power, energy, surfaces for additional antennas, personnel any more. Any San Antonio or America class could have a part of its internal space devoted to the role. Which size is a command staff for large scale task forces these days? 100? We can fit the necesary accomodation into let's say 1/3 of the LPD and LHD without savaging their primary mission.
>>30259135
Comm gear at that time used tremendous resources, it was pretty much impossible to cram all of this in a hull and still perform its other missions. But today, what needed a full cabinet now fits on a chip.
>>30259018
*Bulkheads
>>30259465
>Comm gear at that time used tremendous resources, it was pretty much impossible to cram all of this in a hull and still perform its other missions. But today, what needed a full cabinet now fits on a chip.
makes sense, thx senpai.
>>30259486
>>30259465
Now that I think of it, plenty of AOR replenishment ships out there integrate that function just fine.
>>30258991
>>30258445
>What should she be replaced with?
Nothing, there is no reason to replace them.
>That
>A flagship
I'm no expert on the burger navy but wouldn't you want the biggest and baddest ship to be the flagship?
Like a fucking carrier?
That thing looks like some washed up LHD
>>30262229
No room for a massive command staff on a carrier, they have their own ops to run and it gets a little crowded trying to run absolutely everything from one. Obviously the carrier is the 'flagship' of a CBG but this is a specialized command and control ship for combined fleets/complex operations. You don't need guns, you need space and communications.
>>30258445
>this would be a far better flagship
>>30262229
Flagship just means the ship used by the commanding-officer.
