Nothing Can Kill the Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer
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- The Arleigh Burke class of guided missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer built around the Aegis Combat System and the AN/SPY radar. The class is named for Admiral Arleigh Burke, an American destroyer officer in World War II, and later Chief of Naval Operations. The lead ship, USS Arleigh Burke, was commissioned during Admiral Burke's lifetime.
These warships were designed as multimission destroyers, able to fulfill the strategic land strike role with Tomahawk missiles; antiaircraft warfare role with powerful Aegis radar and surface-to-air missiles; antisubmarine warfare with towed sonar array, anti-submarine rockets, and ASW helicopter; and antisurface warfare with Harpoon missile launcher.
CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:56 Weapons Systems
02:39 U.S. Policy and Strategy
03:44 New surface combatant designs
04:22 Terminated the Arleigh Burke program
04:36 Restart the Arleigh Burke production
05:45 Mark 45 gun
05:58 Phalanx CIWS
06:32 25mm autocannon.
06:54 Missile defense systems
06:15 Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes
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Flight III is a badass ship!
yep but the latest flight has no harpoons anymore so they have no really dedicated anti ship missiles 💀
@@ceedy.duce_2291 LRASM is coming soon, and all new SM-6s can also be used against surface ships.
Always put God first then it's unstoppable.💪😇🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
The cruiser that’s not a cruiser
Yeah...SPY-6 GaN based aegis. Sm6 SM3 and Lrasm. Even laser WS..badass for sure.
You can call a ship "Tough and reliable". But never call a ship or ship class "Unsinkable".
Indeed. We've done that before.
arleigh burke is nothing compared to russian slava class cruisers, aircraft carriers and kirov class battlecruiser. They are sinkable
@@thedictationofallah Russian ship's anti-air capability is much worse.
@@thedictationofallah The tug boats that have to travel with them are reliable I've heard, and do their job well.
@FEC Multimedia yeah titanic came to mind :D
I cannot deny the ships are powerful, but it’s generally a bad idea to call something unsinkable. HMS Hood and RMS Titanic come to mind, and those ships had rather watery ends.
Hood was not state of the art. It was a ww1 ship sunk during ww2. At the time is was well overdue for refit and modernisation
@@alanclague2333 please tell that to hitler super battleship Bismarck
a state of the art battleship though to be unsinkable but now sleeping at the bottom of davy jones
Nobody ever said the Hood was unsinkable
And the bismark
They probably count it alive even if it sinks.
As a retired Navy Engineman, I have been on everything from steam, diesel and gas turbine platforms. I knew I needed to get on a Burke destroyer. I was a plank owner on USS Ross DDG-71. I’d rather be on her in a battle than anything else.
You might get that chance if China and Russia have their way
Obviously this is from months ago but I’m on the Ross at the moment, fun to see how small the navy is
@@cleverlycynical1423 Our first documented kill was a small bird. A sparrow was painted on the bridge wing.
@@markwoten6679 I’ll have to see if it’s still there, great ship all around though
Hey Snipe! Former GSE here and plank owner on USS Gravely (DDG-107)
i love building these ships! absolute honor to take part in building these for the brave men and woman in our US Navy!
BTW, the new ship is called the Flight III. Same layout, just bigger!
Ah, yes. The seabed’s favourite menu item, unsinkable ships.
Lol so true
You're statement is definitely true but you can't deny that ship would rip whatever messes with it a new butthole
@@supercracker4281 Definitely! This ship is one of my favourites.
They was lost at "battleship"...
@@supercracker4281 type in "Kirov vs Burke" by Binkov
Never call a ship unsinkable. Never.
Tactical nuke inbound
@@seba9737 Submerged and uncharted rock inbound.
@@abhishekkulkarni9120 Titanic?
@@seba9737 In a sense. It hit an iceberg.
They said the Bismarck was also unsinkable and a retired carrier with ww1 bi planes sank it due to massive massive waves.
The Arleigh Burke is the backbone of the USN surface fleet. I'd always feel safe if one were escorting me.
When Admiral Burke toured the USS Arleigh Burke, he was asked if he would have liked to have this ship in WW2. Admiral Burke replied "if I had had this ship, there would not have been a WW2". 9600 tons of pure badass.
WW2..The US fleet was hammered at anchor, The Royal Navy lost many of its most powerful ships. The Japanese lost its whole fleet by US carrier planes, the Italians lost or had damaged ships in Taranto harbour. The British lost a number of ships in the Falklands. surface ships are a thing of the past except for showing the flag.... determined aerial attack as proved that ships are not unsinkable, quite the contrary in fact..
ha ha ha US didnt enter for two years later as usual.
@@keithprinn720 No thanks to FDR. Besides, Admiral Burke couldn't care less about the ETO.
Seeing the damage the Cole, John S. McCain and Fitzgerald took and still stayed afloat, they are impressive ships. Having served on two of them (Momsen and Halsey), they are even MORE impressive ships!
Bath built is best built!
@@megasuperkittens420 Absolutely! Plankowner on the Momsen (Bath built) and retired on Halsey (Ingalls built).
That's what we call 'unsinkable'
USS Benfold DDG 65. My favorite ship. We had the SPY 1 and the SM2. Pound for pound the most capable warship in the world at the time.
Thank you for your service sir 🇺🇸
my grandfather was in WW1 and my dad was in WW2 my dad was on a destroyer in the navy and I couldn't be more proud of them.
I served on a tin can in Vietnam, wouldn't trade it for anything. GREAT Crew!!
Awesome ships, very fitting to be named for an absolute titan of an Admiral. We need more like him and I hope that others will see this and follow his example.
Compare Russian Kirov Class battle cruiser with this ship.
last time something was called unsinkable it didnt last long *at all*
USS Titanic will be the next ship of the class
Yeah that was over 100 years ago using primitive shipping construction methods.
@@Apemopar lol listen to you.... primitive?! Go ahead and try to build one today without computers - see how primitive it is then.
@@miamijules2149 Listen to you kid. LMFAO😂. Wouldn't need computers to improve the design of the Titanic. Just better rivets. 🙄
@@Apemopar nah bruh your not building a titanic sized ship without computers good luck with that if your so confident then why don't you try it yourself
The bottom of the ocean is full of “unsinkable ships”
ΤΗΕ ΥΑΜΑΤΟ THE HOOD AND THE BISMARK WERE ALSO "UNSINKABLE"
@@anthonyspanos6161 Titanic also.
The battle of midway
@@anthonyspanos6161 these ledgends are better than their grandson ships
Yeah but this is a modern american warship. You know, the only superpower on the planet. Good luck sinking one of these. Your country would turn to ash for challenging one of these
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Yes, Arleigh Burke is pretty powerful. But the most important factor is the fact that US Navy has 62 of them. Other NATO navies got some pretty powerful ships too, but none of them has 62 of them.
I use to teach in the US Navy Gas Turbine School in Great Lakes. I taught future Engineers in Gas Turbine and Main Propulsion Tech. Most of my students went to served on FFG's, CG's, DD's, DDG's, PHM's and LCAC's.
It's been clear from the beginning that these are very survivable ships. As rugged as we can make ships of this size. No ship is invulnerable, and the hull design is 30 years old.
I agree and I think it's time for a new one
@@Machia52612 I really hope you're wrong about that. Technology, and the ability to make better, more survivable and more effective ships, exists. There is such a thing, as the latest in modern warship design. Unfortunately the insanity of corruption, as well as the craze towards automation may well be counterproductive. The recent destruction of the Slava is an interesting side note. Especially as the concept of damage control on that ship. Is at best questionable. We will see.
At last! A well made video that was well narrated, informative and held its relevance right to the end. Thank you mate👍
It amazes me how any technology can be kept secret with videos like this.
It's not exactly new technology
What was shown are conventional weapons
The NTU Cruisers and Destroyers were a formidable addition to an array of Tycos and Arleys… the long range option was a useful tool….. to bad they are gone!
Ships that have been declared unsinkable seem to have a very bad track record.
There have been a number of worships over the years deemed unsinkable. Every generation makes that claim.
exactly my thoughts
@Norse man or one very big hit
@Norse man What about the Musashi, the Yamato, or the Bismarck?
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Best destroyer in the world by far. Keep it up US.
@D B Troll someone else I block blatant trolls. I can also like my own comment.
The Type 45 has a great range(but it's much smaller) and that is about it when compared to the AB class. The AB class is over 2 million pounds(1,000 long tonnes) heavier. The type 45 is mainly an anti-air destroyer and the AB class does that better as it has ballistic missile defense, longer range missiles, and carries much more missiles, to the point where in ESSMs alone, the AB class destroyers more ESSMs alone then the entire type 45 VLS as they are quad packed. The issue even the non-biased UK commenters would admit is the VLS is too small, lack of quad packing, and the lack of anti-ship missiles is big(by 2023 they are removing the harpoons that they are just installing now) The AB class also has more power so it could possibly bring aboard weaker lasers in the 50kw class like on the USS Ponce.
@D B Blocked, enjoy trolling someone else, you kids are annoying when school gets out.
Hoping to work at the Mississippi location. Really can't wait to work with these amazing ships
I'll bet the US Congress could sink the entire fleet.
But why
@@Chickenworm9394 Because they're politicians who don't know their collective ass from their elbow.
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Brothers not cousins 🇬🇧🇺🇲
After your country stood by us after 911 We would fight along the side of your country till the death
Respect from Australia too. 🇦🇺
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would they stand a chance against the reds china and russia.?
*Great work!! Glad to see!!!*
Epic footage of cool technology! Your videos are great :)
Did we forget that Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Nathan James (DDG-151) with CDR Chandler single-handedly saved the world from the deadly viral pandemic back in August 2014?
Oh, I remember this show... wasnt that good and full of plot holes. But big explosions and weird camera angles. Typical Michael Bay...
Last ship Film
No such ship.
As a heads up, no one stated the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was unsinkable, I think they meant that the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer PROGRAM was unkillable, as in even though the Navy's trying to modernize, reasons keep popping up to keep the program in operation.
Very interesting take on the matter and I believe might be the case
No bro as a proud American I can tell you that the choice of worldng for the title of this video and the sentiments of the destroyers themselves are in fact propaganda. Not to take away from their effectiveness, and nothing wrong with national pride and a little propaganda but that's what it is. They are among the best though that is for sure. But everyone needs to be aware of propaganda when they see it
Excellent commentary as usual, and always interesting. You have made me a subscriber sir.
I enjoyed the show and I was part of a team for Link-16 antennas installed on this ship.
R/Rod
Lol literally said "Wooooo" out loud the same time the guy recording the torpedo launch did at 7:16
Great looking things, packed to the gunwales with tech and weaponry, beefy looking with a fo’c’sle designed for heavy seas and frankly looking like a proper warship should. I don’t think anyone’s going to tread on the ABs. God speed gentlemen.
When time came for me to re-up…had orders to another sonar suite school in SD with follow-up plankowner orders to the Arleigh Burke, which was still being built at the time. Gramm-Rudman kicked in as I enlisted on 2 October, defense spending freeze meant zero re up bonus (which buddies got up to 30 September). Extended a month at a time but, gave up and joined the Army. Shoulda…Woulda…Coulda! Perry Officer Hindsight 😢
Superbly amazing
Narrator: Nothing can stop the Arleigh Burk-Class Destroyer...
16 inch guns: Am I a joke to you?
Oh and who are sporting those today? no one. Also, with its VERY LIMITED RANGE it wont do shit
@@Coinz8 Party pooper 😭
Destroyer will take it out over the horizon before it could be seen
16 inch guns LOL even the powerful GAU Gatking of A10 can't sink this ship
@@DOI_ARTS 16inch 406mm (weight over 2000lbs for each shell), A-10 30mm🤷🏻♂️
Beautiful lines on those Arleigh Burke class ships
Swarm attack? Loads of hypersonics? Nukes? In fact loads of just about anything? Nothing is unsinkable
Keep the AB’s production going, including a Flight IV with oodles of power for lasers. Get a damn gun for the Zumwalts, throw lasers on them, reclassify them as CG and make at least 20 more. Get the constellations going, THEN worry about the LSC. While I’m at it IMO the Nimitz needs to stay in service until the JFK is commissioned. Maintaining a 12 carrier Navy.
why not get sabot 5" projectiles for the Zummies so they can at least get their guns out of layup!!!
I vote you for SECNAV
@@trottheblackdog Haha! To me it’s a simple arrangement to make best house of what you have.
Navy needs a Heavy Cruiser ship of the line heavily armoured, 5" is good, larger projectile even better, US has no low cost shore bombarment capabilty since the retirement of the Iowa class BB's.
Need more of this ships 💘
To be reefs.
so does my bank acct 😹
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@@stephenlamb9008 screw
Amazing footage, just like on The Last Ship. Thank you Michael Bay and the book author!
These light cruisers (sorry Destroyers lol) certainly do handle quite a balanced and powerful weapons systems group. They certainly provide wide ranging surface capabilities that seem to be easily up graded on these platforms.
I can watch destroyers all day long.
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I served in a DD a FF and a DDG 51 and the DDG was absolutely my favorite and the most capable
Am looking forward for the new USN Frigate class
The Title doesn’t say unsinkable. It says can’t be killed. That can refer to the model line. More ships are ‘killed’ by a bureaucrat’s pen than an enemy’s weapons. The class is still going despite efforts to replace it. So it hasn’t been killed. If there is a serious shooting war lots of ships will sink and lots of lives will be lost. That hasn’t changed in thousands of years.
I used it in modern warfare game. It is marvellous.
USS Stout DDG 55 Arleigh Burke Class Drstroyer served aboard years 2012-1014. Loved that ship. Felt super safe and untouchable.
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Great universal ship!
Respect to the US NAVY!!
DDG life. I slept under the 5 inch main weapon. Very very capable multi mission blue water surface combatant. we steamed alone in the open ocean. Nothing on the water scared us.
Yes, the Arleigh Burke class Destroyer is a very capable and formidable warship...but yeah there are oodles and oodles of things that can sink/destroy an Arleigh Burke Destroyer.
A single brahmos missile would take that boat out of the fight. Two would likely sink the vessel. Hypersonic missiles are real and they travel really fast. This boat may be able to defend itself from subsonic weapons like the harpoon and exocet, but it cannot react quickly enough at a fast moving hypersonic missiles/glide vehicle. The other issue is the kinetic energy transfer from a weapon traveling at hypersonic speeds. The hull of this boat was never designed to withstand such extreme kinetic forces from hypersonic missiles. Hey DARPA can you guys like hurry up both china and Russia both have deployed this system we need like 2 to 4 hundred like last month to stay competitive here.
@Rayan Abd Al Baki you're right, it will just take like ten years to do it.
Time will kill it. In a hundred years people wont even remember that ship.
I still remember bismarck , yamato , titanic
a year after your gone people wont remember you
3:14 GEEEZ ! Look at the aft end of that Amphibious Assault Ship. Sea Sparrow. Rolling Airframe Missile. CIWS. And no doubt, ECM. I pity the enemy.
When I read "Nothing Can Kill the Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer" my first image was of Captain Romulus of the Red October watching HMS invincible through his periscope and saying to himself with a scoff, "Invincible, Such a name for a ship!",
“She’s made of iron and she’ll definitely sink”. Quote from a famous movie
An overwhelming combined swarm of hypersonic missiles, drones and gun boats could sink any ship.
Rad stuff.
Burk is what a Destroyer should be tough fast able to punch well above it's weight and stealthy. So wish the Canadian government would buy some of these for our own navy
Wonder if that fancy weapon system WORKS after an electro magnetic pulse hits it.
These are likely great designs … but CANNONS have earned a place.
Yes
True....but they do have systems in place that can withstand an EMP. As the U.S and other countries developed EMP...they also designed and developed a means to protect against EMP's
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I have a veteran friend who stays in his basement and watches movies while the fireworks festivities are going on.
@@Dr.Pepper001 Hold them dear:)
Just because they are fucked in the head doesn’t mean I’m not going to have fun. Sucks to suck
@@Spongequan69 that was mean
I tell you what...the Arleigh Burke is definitly bad ass for sure and is the meat and potatoes of the shipyard where I work. But the DDG1000 is an absolute marvel of technology and modern design. Touring through that thing is like touring through the starship enterprise.
I first saw one of these ships as "Nathan James" on the TV show 'The Last Ship'.
Nothing can kill is an overstatement and a testament of stupidity.
These ships have made improvements from the first hulls. The earliest numbers of these ships were pieces of shit, but such things can be said about any of the earlier ships of any class. I spent six of my 22 years on Arleigh Burkes and 6 other years on Ticos. I much preferred the Ticos. The Burkes are cheap and anyone who has participated in any form of maintenance of these ships will know this. Flights I and II had ship wide grounding and magnetic problems. You could walk from one end of the ship to the other and get a static discharge every 20 feet. Even sitting in home port for months, one can witness the magnetic field of the ship drift substantially. It seemed the deguassing system really had to work hard nearly always. This is bad. Shaft seals, line bearings, bulkhead attachments were all made of cheaper metal subject to electrolysis corrosion. Many these ships burst shaft seals because of this. The exterior ready service lockers, the crew served weapons bases, life rail attachment points all had cheap fasteners rather than corrosion resistant fasteners. Smart technicians eventually figured the stock part number for these was bad and ordered CRES appropriate fasteners even though the command didn't want to afford something that would pay itself off in the long run. While there were many innovative ideas such as modular deck attachments, most of those had such bad weld jobs they couldn't be used or required substantial rework to fix them. They rusted excessively due to poor welding or mismatched metals or were flat out misaligned/installed incorrectly. For example, the ammo elevators rarely worked. One was because the rails upon which the skipbox rode were visibly not parallel, yet the officers wondered why the box would get stuck when traversing. When I took over as an LCPO aboard one of the Burkes, I discovered saltwater activated munitions were being stored in a room designed to be flooded by seawater. When I looked into this problem, it was a common problem across several Arleigh Burkes. The Ticos had more redundant systems lending to their reliability. Burkes got rid of this to save on cost. While in many cases these ships are considered awesome, from a maintenance point of view, I hated the Arleigh Burkes, especially since I am able to compare them to the Ticos.
@Briz KT,
Extremely interesting. Tell me, when you left was this important information handed up the line and marked for correction?
I'm certain there's miles of red tape however these things sound serious. Repeating them in the Class' construction year over year is insanity. How did you leave things?
I'm original plank owner of the USS Arleigh Burke DDG-51 the first crew 1990-1993. Burke class destroyers the workhorse of the fleet
Pretty impressive naval/military capability.
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@@amrozh985 in dreams only....lol
@@realone2228 actually the re in Nato now...
"Nothing can kill the Arleigh Burke" sounds a lot like "Nothing can sink the Titanic".
Are you aware of how that panned out?
actually not much people actually said that it was,only some ticket sellers and like only a a few officers maybe 1,3 officers
said that it was,and yes im a titanic historian.
I can imagine 6 Exocet missile's punching it in the ribs.
Some of the toughest Sailors, served on this class ship
What was that brief mention of a laser being added?? Defensive (like phalanx) or offensive or??
A modern Red Storm Rising Scenario could be effective at destroying a battle carrier group...
''Nothing Can Kill the Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer''
what about a nuclear device
or the weight of my mum jumping on it
😂😂😂😂
that didn't sorta rhyme lol ?
Momzilla.
Df 17 HYPERSONIC can sink th I ship
US-marine naivity in advance. What about 1 superfast russian torpedo, drones, sweedish subs, etc.
Look how she cuts through the water, like a huge blade, another example of our mighty military, when another world war comes our way, we'll be ready on land/sea/air.🇺🇸
I know the "beat goes on" and things change but Arly Burke is a sexy ship. iono, im 60 but, Arly Burke is the P52 mustang of war ships.
Your Technology is absolutely very good . But Enemies will try to overcome your technology .
Those ships are the cream of the crop for the fleets and they protect like no other and the U.S. Navy have so many of them to put in harms way and dare the enemies to shoot at them.
that ship has some real nasty stuff in store for for any navy that wants to challenge it 💪💪💪
Aye yo the laser system that is going to be implemented to the ships took me by surprise ngl lmao
There are two types of vessels sent to sea by navies, Submarines and targets.
Pyotr Velikiy and Nakhimov:
“Am i a joke to you?”
Yup...in a 1 on 1 fight especially after they get their new refits finished the Arliegh Burke is toast. It would take several Burkes working together to best a Kirov. Fortunately for the US...the Burkes outnumber the Kirovs by a healthy margin
pyotr
@@Mn12074 Okay, thx
Hats off to the Navy and to Bath Iron Works, who builds these ships.
Yeah I know calling a ship unsinkable and such is going to attract attention. These ships have survived attacks that would've sunk most ships. Combine that the latest missile systems, you have one extremely capable system.
Totally defenseless against large civilian freighters though.
Didn't sink .
Define defenseless
Not true they could fuck one up a hill and down the other
@@duomaxwell4340 Sounds like you missed the stories on the McCain and Fitzgerald.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, MEN AND WOMAN IN AND OUR MILITARY..
Long live Arleigh Burk class may it inspire our future ships of war!
Having served on one of the destroyers, I can personally confirm the survivability and the firepower. With this said, a ship is only as good as the crew serving.
No offense intended, as I'm a great admirer of these ships, but has anyone actually tried to sink one of these yet? I don't think so, since we haven't had a true naval engagement (battle) in quite a long time...
You forgot about the U.S.S. Cole bombing in Yemen. Put a huge hole in the ship, killed a lot of sailors, but the ship did not sink
@@kdrapertrucker I was thinking more of a combat operation than a terrorist attack. Also, as they were in port, the Cole was not allowed to defend itself.
@@kdrapertrucker it only was a boat with a bomb.
One hit by a torpedo or anti ship missile and you can sai goodbye to the ship.
@@robbiddlecombe8392 only a small boat and small bomb.
Japanese back in the day could obliterate it.
10 years to design a surface combatant. Simply ridiculous. Here in the US, our navy can't decide what they need or how many. Multiple fleet assessments & still no future course set.
Then can you tell me how to build a big ship so that it has enough armaments, technology, and physics so that the boat doesn’t sink the moment it touches water. You need to learn more physics and have a team of professionals
for not too much extra money they can beef up armament to 4 CIWS from 2 and 2 more rim essm launchers. Not unsinkable because defenses can be overwhelmed by large # of missiles
Why the new AB destroyers don´t use anymore the phalanx ciws? i have seen a couple that its still use 2 phalanx, someones with only one in the back part of the ship and anothers with no phalanx. why is that?
They have them to use
As powerful as these ships are, they do not carry nearly enough defensive ammunition to sustain themselves against a modern Chinese missile attack. We can no longer count on the combined defensive systems of a battle group staying cohesive and acting in coordination. A few high-end wonder ships like the Zumwalt will not be enough. That's what the Germans thought in WW2.
They don’t have to be invincible they just have to be enough because the United States possesses multi level fighting skills. The ships are being guarded by heavily armed offensive and defensive Navy aircraft. Satellite tracking any in bound hostilities. Not to mention an escalating global situation like this is going to attract our allies who are also going to show up with all their fancy toys. I would say the Chinese would definitely be in a fight for their lives. And even If they somehow survive their economy/ done- so fucking done.
@@ATRTAP That very thinking is hubris. There are no qualified military experts who have been quoted as saying anything like that anymore. Rather, the least controversial comments have been that the US Navy needs to up its game. The most dire comments have been that the US Navy will be defeated in detail in the South China Sea. In Deatil.
That means that China now has the anti-satelite capabilities to over come the US capabilities. Their missile guidance radar is now superior to ours, and they have the world's best anti-ship missile launched from a plane. Longer range, and higher avoidance. Their ships carry much more ordnace than ours, and have a very short re=supply line. The scenario is likely to see the US Navy delpeting their stores in the first 1-3 days of fighting, with our carrier groups heavily damaged or sunk. The Arleigh Burkes willbe prime targets that will be overwhelmed. They simply don't have enough defensive armament and there are not enough of them. Disabe two or three US destroyers or a Ticoderoga cruiser, and the carrier is extremely vulnerable.
@@OutnBacker. What about land bases attacks by the US special forces and British special SAS to support Naval operations? Did you forget about that? We’re talking multilevel here, like I said.. The last combat experience the PRC had was in the 70’s against the Vietnamese. They lost.
@@ATRTAP PLease excuse my typing, it's arthritis...
Theyh would be effective, but not in enough numbers again. Chjina's land bases are in the thousands, and are layered as deep as 200 miles from the coast. The SpecOps froces fo all of SEATO would not be enough t dent that kind of defense. They's get a few, but would be sacrificed for nothing. And, that's assuming that they could even defeat CHinese opposition in trying to land.
Look, I get it. It's hard to envision the US being defeated but this scenario would represent the first time since Korea that the US has faced a peer level military. The Chinese are not the same as 1979, when the PRC invaded VietNam wearing rubber farm boots.
Likely, the Chinese will threaten S. Korea with letting the chain go on KimJung Un and with bombing Japan with ballistic missiles carrying convention warheads - for now. That would freeze the US from getting involved in the first place with Taiwan. We willl give up Taiwan, and it's strategic microchip industry, in order to save the two most productive economies in the pacific, second only to China. INtervening in Taiwan could see the destrxution and defeat of rhwe US Navy as well as terrible dmage to S. Korea and Japan. The result would be the loss of those US allies, and a Chinese ultimatum that those countries kick out the US. We would effectively be pushed back to Pearl Harbor and history will record that the US lost world dominace and the US dollar would no longer be the world standard of exchange. The rich would be getting on ther private jets and moving to Dubai ASAP. America would descend into a broken, state because our creditors would call the debt. Law and order would break down with pockets of martial law and no food. That
's SHTF.
On the other hand, if the US goes nuclear in the face of defeat, that scenario is little better.
China hold s ALL the cards this time.
@@OutnBacker. Wars last well beyond first strike scenarios ie Pearl harbor.
The third Reich was certainly powerful in 1939 Rolling across Belgium and France and Russia, Blitzkriegin’ easily to Paris while seemingly always possessing and developing wonder weapons (nearly to the end), but it was eventually and handily defeated by determined Allied adversaries. I wonder why?
I guess because the world hates assholes.
Its never been used in an actual battle with a worthy adversary with the determination to fight to the death.
Vikings and Germanic goths had determination, fought to the death, and often won. PLAN is arming at a fast rate, a lot of its mimicry while capable probably doesn't pack the cutting edge, last line of defense, ace up sleeve USN ship of type but SCS party 'x' implies it can project 'superior' firepower from an arsenal, rather than just tote a capable platform of military presence. I reckon don't shout out every card in your hand, keep your powder dry. Keep your lid on tight and play deaf.
Nothing could sink titanic either. You just jinx'ed it my man. Propably going to sink on an exercise.
People saying 'nothing is unsinkable'
Me remembering about the oil leak from exxon valdez which stayed on the water surface till it was cleaned and also the plastic waste that never sink.
I would love if the Navy could figure out how to build new ships that don't cost more than the budget of an entire US state.
And can live up to the hype. The DDG 1000 and the LCS were a big disappointment for me.
Wdym they don’t even take up the budget the us
pays 7 billion for just coffe these ships cost 2 billion which is cheap
@@jrfirefiher I think he is talking about thise useless stealth ship
@@mikegracie3212 my friend , you do not know 1/2 of Zumwalt’s capabilities
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dongfeng family missiles: and I took that personally
What happened to the two different destroyers that were rendered dead in the water and had collisions with other vessels? One was a massive cargo ship. Chinese emp maybe?