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What the heck is this???
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 6:46 PM
Hey guys, wandering around the dragon site I came across the new release of this AEMSS destroyer. What the heck is that HUGE rhomboid shape? that tower thingy, what is it?

here is the link:
http://www.dragonmodelsltd.com/html/1018-p1.htm

I'm not familiar with all the new destroyers so forgive my "Numbskullyness"
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 26, 2004 7:43 PM
Check out this site: http://navysite.de/dd/dd968.htm

This should help answer the questions. I learned something new also.
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 27, 2004 3:40 AM
Thank's for the link!!
Surely answers all my assumptions!
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Posted by subfixer on Friday, August 27, 2004 6:31 AM
When this ship comes sailing into port she looks like she is giving everyone the bird. That was the first impression we got when we installed the thing. It is a wierd looking structure and really stands out when in port with all of the other conventionally equipped ships. That hole in the side after the collision with the Saudi tanker was even worse looking in person. We took off the entire bow section and replaced it. Scratch built to the max!

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Posted by LemonJello on Friday, August 27, 2004 7:01 AM
Very interesting, like Dragonfire said, you learn something new everyday. That would have been my first guess, too. That is was an enclosed mast system to stealth testing for the future ship designs. Glad to see I made the right guess.
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Posted by scottrc on Friday, August 27, 2004 11:05 AM
Stealth from radar maybe, but any blind man could see that thing many miles on the horizon.

It does look like its flipping everyone off.

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 27, 2004 11:25 AM
Was that the new form of U.S. "Power projection" from the late 80's to mid 90's?Big Smile [:D]
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Posted by ewc2003 on Friday, August 27, 2004 11:31 AM
The AEMSS (Advanced Enclosed Mast And Sensor System) was designed to reduce the RCS (Radar Cross Section) of the ship. Because of the sharp right angles of the radar and communications antennae and the entire mast structure itself, this was an attempt to reduce the ship's electronic signature. Why they only did the main mast and not the forward mast as well is beyond me. But as it has already been pointed out, when you can see her over the horizon "flipping the bird", stealth kinda gets thrown out the window. Although I can't get into the details of the hows and whys, that was the purpose. Obviously not followed through...
Matt ------------------------------------------------- "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
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Posted by paulnchamp on Friday, August 27, 2004 4:49 PM
It might be functional, but it sure doesn't make for sleek lines. . .
Paul "A man's GOT to know his limitations."
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 1, 2004 1:35 AM
Haven't you guys heared of Cdr.Amanda Garret of the USS Cunningham?
The idea for a stealth ship is NOT to be skylined! The idea is to move from one patch of bad weather to another...quickley.
Dai
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