US Navy's new warship, USS Zumwalt, can prepare for battle on its own: report

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The 610-foot, 15,000-ton ship still needs humans aboard, but its cutting edge technology allows it to anticipate many of the crew's needs.


The U.S. Navy’s new warship has a mind of its own — and it’s blurring the line between science fiction and fact.

The highly automated, 610-foot USS Zumwalt can prepare itself for battle and lock onto targets all by itself, according to a new report.

Wade Knudson led the Zumwalt project for Raytheon Company, the defense contractor behind the warship. He spoke to Bloomberg BusinessWeek about all the bells and whistles that will come with this next-generation war machine.

Knudson explained that the USS Zumwalt's advanced stealth system will let it maneuver across the seas while showing up as a tiny blip — about the size of a fishing boat — on enemy radar. It will also boast GPS that will guide its rock-propelled firepower to targets.



Despite all this automation, it isn't exactly a combat drone because it still needs a human crew to operate.

About 150 people will man the 15,000-ton ship, about half the number required for a regular ship of its size. But it can also operate with a crew as small as 40 people if needed, according to BusinessWeek.

The captain will be able to control the ship from several dozen different consoles across the vessel by logging in with a password, Knudson said.



The USS Zumwalt was reportedly just one of 32 planned warships with this sort of technology. But its hefty price tag $5 billion didn't go over too well with Congress and now only three are slated to hit the high seas.

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Ain't she a beauty?

 

[dawn_news]

What a beast

 

[GR!FF!N]

Our Time's "Yamato"..Respect.

80 VLS...pure definition of destruction.

 

[danger007]

That one is devil .. will bring nightmare to other combat ships...

 

[UKBengali]

Good ship but not much use against advanced militaries like Russia and China.

 

[Jlaw]

Good ship but not much use against advanced militaries like Russia and China.

I do not think China or Russia has anything that come close to this.

 

[UKBengali]

I do not think China or Russia has anything that come close to this.

China could probably build something like this by 2020.

My point is that it would be vulnerable to the defences of Russia and China. It would be useful against low tech powers like North Korea but not the big boys like Russia and China.

 

[Jlaw]

China could probably build something like this by 2020.

My point is that it would be vulnerable to the defences of Russia and China. It would be useful against low tech powers like North Korea but not the big boys like Russia and China.

If China can be this in 2020, do you think the US will just stay stagnant?

 

[Hashshāshīn]

Good ship but not much use against advanced militaries like Russia and China.

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[UKBengali]

If China can be this in 2020, do you think the US will just stay stagnant?

Dude, what are you getting at?

China being able to get to this level by 2020 is kudos to the rapid rise in Chinese technology. 10 years ago, the West used to laugh at Chinese military technology.


By 2020, US will still be using this ship as their best but will have some R&D done on the next generation of ships.

 

[LordTyrannus]

Chinese leaders do a great mistake. They never can catch US Economy by simply producing cheap goods with low labor force. USA has a complex system of Gold/Oil and Currency Policy based on debt with printing Dollars with zero value. USA Pumping its economy up with IOUs. China is only the working table of the world. They can´t even comprehend the US system. Chinese Government is destroying their own environment in this race. 300 million USA has a GDP of 16 trillion dollars while 1,1 billion Chinese only have 9 trillion dollars. USA did plan this since the beginning, China will destroy itself and make USA rich in the process.

 

[Luftwaffe]

Chinese leaders do a great mistake. They never can catch US Economy by simply producing cheap goods with low labor force. USA has a complex system of Gold/Oil and Currency Policy based on debt with printing Dollars with zero value. USA Pumping its economy up with IOUs. China is only the working table of the world. They can´t even comprehend the US system. Chinese Government is destroying their own environment in this race. 300 million USA has a GDP of 16 trillion dollars while 1,1 billion Chinese only have 9 trillion dollars. USA did plan this since the beginning, China will destroy itself and make USA rich in the process.

Oh I didn't know iphone is a cheap good made in china Foxxcon or is it superior because it has made in USA sticker hahaha beyond that your post is nothing but BS.

 

[LordTyrannus]

Just look how China destroys its own Environment.

China is killing itself

 

[Jlaw]

Chinese leaders do a great mistake. They never can catch US Economy by simply producing cheap goods with low labor force. USA has a complex system of Gold/Oil and Currency Policy based on debt with printing Dollars with zero value. USA Pumping its economy up with IOUs. China is only the working table of the world. They can´t even comprehend the US system. Chinese Government is destroying their own environment in this race. 300 million USA has a GDP of 16 trillion dollars while 1,1 billion Chinese only have 9 trillion dollars. USA did plan this since the beginning, China will destroy itself and make USA rich in the process.

Are you suggetsting China to print infinite amount of money like US?

 

[LordTyrannus]

Are you suggetsting China to print infinite amount of money like US?

The only Thing that will save China is democrasy.