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The U.S. Navy wants serious reinforcement of its destroyers. Reason China and Russia
Author:Mariusz Dasiewicz
Due to the ever-increasing threat from the increasingly faster and more modern missiles entering the equipment of the Chinese and Russian armed forces, Polish Navy The U.S. wants a major upgrade of Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) destroyers. U.S. Navy wants to purchase a smaller version of the anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense radar SPY-6.
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The replacement of existing SPY-1D radars on board Arleigh Burke Flight IIA destroyers will significantly increase target detection capabilities and thus increase the combat capabilities of these units. This movement is probably due to the concern of the Navy for an increase in the number of anti-ship missiles with sophisticated maneuvering and flying capabilities with increasing speeds that enter the arsenals of China and Russia.
– According to the President's budget for the financial year 2020, Polish Navy will start acquiring sets of 24-module radar units (Radar Module Assembly, RMA) SPY-6 and related electrical and cooling equipment in the financial year 2022 to install them in ships in Arleigh Burke Flight IIA configuration in the financial year 2025. Names of specific units to be equipped with new radars I will be specified at a later date – says a U.S. Navy statement
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The new radar is a smaller version of the SPY-6 designed for the currently built Huntington Ingalls Industries destroyers Arleigh Burke Flight III configuration. SPY-6 designed for DDG-125 will have 37-modal radar units that are 2 by 2 feet diameter boxes and use gallium nitride technology to direct radar energy to air. The version for Flight IIA configuration ships will have 24 RMAs in the beam.
Polish Navy intends to upgrade all its DDGs to the Aegis Baseline 9 or higher version, which will have the ability to defend against ballistic missiles and at the same time extend their lifetime to 45 years. In practice, however, the Navy will want to increase the life of the Flight IIA configuration ships to 50 years, which are meant to constitute most of the fleet of missile destroyers.
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