Warzone/The Drive: The Last Oliver Hazard Perry Class Frigate Ever Built Just Got Pummeled To Death
The ex-USS Ingraham got attacked by various weapons, including the Marines' new Naval Strike Missiles, during a huge exercise. On August 15th, 2021, the U.S. Navy led the execution of a Sinking Exercise (SINKEX) off Hawaii as part of the ongoing and unprecedently massive Large Scale Exercise 2021.
Not a whole lot is known about this SINKEX just yet, but multiple types of weapons were involved, including a Super Hornet-launched AGM-154 Joint Stand-Off Weapon (JSOW) and stealthy Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) launched from the Marine Corps' new unmanned ground-based launcher vehicles.
P-8s were also involved, which could mean they employed AGM-84 Harpoons. There are likely a number of other weapons that were fired at the frigate, too, as is typically the case during SINKEXs, which are prized and infrequent training and developmental opportunities.
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WNU Editor: It does not take that much to knock-out these vessels. A testament on how powerful these weapons are.
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"It does not take that much to knock-out these vessels. A testament on how powerful these weapons are."
So it comes down to who fires first.
Aluminum is not steel. US Navy uses lighterweight materials to get more range.
In John Wick 2 the beggar king famously says to his minion and referring to John Wick, "Give that man a gun".
to help us out in the future war with Chyna, I would like to say about Taiwan, "Give that country a thousand naval strike missile systems."
Ron
Shouldn't they test it with foreign ships then, just to make sure their material also will give in that quickly?
Maybe China will volunteer a few ships around the Taiwan strait? :D
I have ridden dozens of Perry Class frigates over the years while working for NAVSEA and supporting INSURV. They were great ships and the were easy to maintain. They were always the ships that were first on station around the globe.
There are still quite a few of them now that are in the service of Foreign navies, Poland , Egypt, UAE. The Australian might still have a few and the Taiwanese build several of their own.
These ships also provided ASW, AAW, to the battle groups. They a large robust combat systems weapons package for their size. Tartar SM1 through SM3 missiles, Mk 32 Torpedo's Harpoon missiles. CIWS, Mk92 FCS, SPS-49 Radar. I know I've forgotten some things.
Nice ...Ever launched a torpedo though? O_o
I would have a tendency to wanting to launch all these weapon systems and insist on weekly drills at the weekend with BBQ on deck and romantic explosions in the distance :D
Comes down to who has the best ciws and ecm.
I disagree with wnu, these weapons are particularly weak and take multiple hits before taking an aluminium can down.
Goes to show that a aircraft carrier could eat harpoons for breakfast, lunch and dinner , let alone a ww2 wrra battleship.
"On July 14, 2016, the ex-USS Thach took over 12 hours to sink after being used in a live-fire, SINKEX during naval exercise RIMPAC 2016. During the exercise, the ship was directly or indirectly hit with the following ordnance: a Harpoon missile from a South Korean submarine, another Harpoon missile from the Australian frigate HMAS Ballarat, a Hellfire missile from an Australian MH-60R helicopter, another Harpoon missile and a Maverick missile from US maritime patrol aircraft, another Harpoon missile from the cruiser USS Princeton, additional Hellfire missiles from a US Navy MH-60S helicopter, a 900 kg (2,000 lb) Mark 84 bomb from a US Navy F/A-18 Hornet, a GBU-12 Paveway laser-guided 225 kg (500 lb) bomb from a US Air Force B-52 bomber, and a Mark 48 torpedo from an unnamed US Navy submarine."
From wikipedia
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