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chinaChina Navy Versus the US Navy Now and Through 2030

May 21, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
China’s Navy now outnumbers the US Navy by 300 ships to 287 ship. The US ships are still much larger and more powerful and about 100 of China’s ships are coastal frigates and corvettes. The frigates and corvettes are really …
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futureChina Tests of Railgun on Tank Landing Ship

April 15, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Medium voltage (about 12000 volt) DC power distribution that is reliable and affordable is the key to having the power for futuristic technology like railguns and electromagnetic launchers.
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future weaponsMore Delays for Next Generation US Aircraft Carrier

March 31, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
The new Gerald Ford Aircraft carrier has been delayed to repair Ford’s nuclear propulsion system, Advanced Weapons Elevators and software. The carrier will be capable of carrying up to 90 aircraft, including the F-35 stealth fighter, F18 super hornet fighters …
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militaryUS Navy $1.2+ Trillion Dollar Plan to Increase Fleet to 355 Ships

March 23, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
If the US spends $20-55 billion per year more on ships and maintenance then the Navy will reach its target of 355 ships. They will slow down retirements and increase the purchase of ships. Initial estimates put the cost at …
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dronesUS Navy Getting Ten Robotic Combat Ships

March 23, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
The US Navy is buying a new breed of armed unmanned surface combat ships that will add more sensors and weapons to the current fleet. These will be 200-foot to 300-foot ships that displace 2,000 tons. The Navy plans to …
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directed energy weaponsUS Navy Deploying 60-Kilowatt Combat Laser

March 22, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
In the next two years, the US Navy wants to deploy a 60-kilowatt Helios combat laser aboard a guided-missile destroyer. In 2021, they will install a High Energy Laser and Integrated Optical-dazzler with Surveillance weapon system aboard a West Coast …
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militaryChina’s Railguns vs US 1000 Mile Range Super-cannon

March 20, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
The US is working on a 1000 mile range super-cannon but appears to be behind China for railguns. China has been testing a railgun on a naval ship for over a year. They claim that railguns will be deployed by …
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economic impactPentagon Could Retire Aircraft Carrier to Save $30 Billion

March 3, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
The Pentagon has decided to cut the US aircraft carrier fleet from 11 to 10. In 2014, there was a proposal to cancel the mid-life upgrade of the USS George Washington. This proposal was defeated. The mid-life upgrade cancellations have …
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controversialIf These US Navy Patents are Made Then We Are in a Star Trek Technology World

February 22, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
Salvatore Cezar Pais is a US Navy researcher. Salvatore has three amazing patents that would be incredible breakthroughs in physics if they are true. The least extreme is a patent for Piezoelectricity-Induced Room Temperature Superconductor. The other two patents are …
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artificial intelligenceUS Navy Buys Four Large Robotic Submarine Drones

February 15, 2019 | Brian Wang |
 
The US Navy will pay Boeing $43-million to buy four Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (Robotic submarine drones or XLUUVs). Boeing based its winning Orca XLUUV design on its Echo Voyager unmanned diesel-electric submersible. The 51-foot-long sub will launch …
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