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Warning: You are editing an old version: By Anonymous at 2014-02-19 23:39:17

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Body:	This is not a power-projection ship. The designation DDH is aclualty fairly accurate, I think. Think of her as a souped-up US-style WWII CVE with command & control capabilities with some Russian-influence in her design vis-a-vis weapons array. The Russians, unlike the Americans, designed all their major post-WWII surface combatants that they might be able to protect themselves in a three-dimensional combat environment without relying on fragile escorts. Hyuga reflects this philosophy. Choppers are handy for amphibious insertion & ASW. She can maintain 4 aloft with hanger space for 11. She has 64 ESSMs, 2 Phalnax batteries, two sets of three 324 mm ASW torpedos of her own & excellent fire control & communications. Aside from possible spec forces deployment, there really isn't anything here that suggests to me that she's designed for anything but ASW & air defense. She's too light & cramped & has a short deck--not good for even air superiority VTOL or VSTOL fighters.And unlike US construction, she's built on a budget--1.06 billion dollars in US currency, I believe. Not exactly cheap, but definitely feasible. Put this in perspective. The bloated & much ballyhooed American LCS is creeping up on half a billion US $$$. And I believe the F-35 is projected at around $300 million (per unit). What's the point of sacrificing all that ASW capability for two or three over-priced fighters that probably can't even take off the the short flight deck.Furthermore, Japan has no NEED to operate carrier-based fighters. All their strategic interests are well within the range of land-based forces. And land-based fighters can carry much heavier payloads.This is a medium-sized, self-sufficient helicopter-carrying command ship with unusually self-sufficient defensive capabilities against air & sea threats & some light torpedos.Given that Japan's most likely enemies are all building & rely heavily on submarines, I think we can take this one at face value. http://nehkpg.com [url=http://aayxiq.com]aayxiq[/url] [link=http://rgudevyiog.com]rgudevyiog[/link]
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