The idea behind the 600-ship navy can be traced back to the Vietnam War. As is so often the case during times of war the four main branches of the armed service—Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Forces—rapidly expanded to meet the demands placed on them. In 1975, North Vietnamese troops seized control of Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, and Saigon (now Ho Chi Min City), and as a result thousands of political refugees and Americans were evacuated. Shortly thereafter Sout ...

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600-ship Navy, 600-ship Navy - Vietnam, 600-ship Navy - 1975–1980, 600-ship Navy - The Reagan Administration, 600-ship Navy - Reference

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R2-D2 - Inspiration. Lucas has stated that Akira Kurosawa's 1958 film The Hidden Fortress (USA release 1962) was a strong influence. Indeed, when the droids find themselves alone on Tatooine, even the music and the style of "wipe" cuts are a clear homage to Hidden Fortress. R2-D2 was partly inspired by the robots Huey, Dewey and Louie from Douglas Trumbull's 1972 film Silent Running. The name is said to derive from when Lucas was making one of his earlier films, Ame ...

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R2-D2, R2-D2 - Behind the scenes, R2-D2 - Analysis, R2-D2 - R2-D2 in popular culture, R2-D2 - Inspiration, R2-D2 - Expanded Universe, R2-D2 - Popularity, R2-D2 - Other, R2-D2 - Notes

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Type 45 destroyer - Anti aircraft. SAMPSON multi-function radar tracks airborne targets 48 Aster missiles; a mix of Aster 15 and Aster 30 2 Phalanx CIWS (Close-in weapons system) Type 45 destroyer - Decoys. The sophisticated Seagnat decoy system allows for the seduction and distraction of radar guided weapons, through active and passive means. An infra-red 'spoofing' device is planed for future retrofits. See also:

Type 45 destroyer, Type 45 destroyer - Background, Type 45 destroyer - Design, Type 45 destroyer - Armament, Type 45 destroyer - Anti aircraft, Type 45 destroyer - Decoys, Type 45 destroyer - Guns, Type 45 destroyer - Aircraft, Type 45 destroyer - Anti Ship Missiles, Type 45 destroyer - Torpedoes, Type 45 destroyer - Other, Type 45 destroyer - Propulsion, Type 45 destroyer - Ships in the class

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The Type 45 destroyers will be 152.4m in length, with a beam of 21.2m and a draught of 5.0m (making them significantly larger than the Type 42 destroyers). The ships will displace 7,350 tonnes (compared to 5'200 tonnes of the Type 42). The Type 23 frigates were the first UK ships to incorporate signature reduction technology, with the large 7° angle of the bow, the elimination of right angles and reduced equipment on deck. The propulsion system was also chosen to minimise noise, with electric generators providing minimal acoustic signature for the ASW mission. Infrared signature i ...

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Type 45 destroyer, Type 45 destroyer - Background, Type 45 destroyer - Design, Type 45 destroyer - Armament, Type 45 destroyer - Anti aircraft, Type 45 destroyer - Decoys, Type 45 destroyer - Guns, Type 45 destroyer - Aircraft, Type 45 destroyer - Anti Ship Missiles, Type 45 destroyer - Torpedoes, Type 45 destroyer - Other, Type 45 destroyer - Propulsion, Type 45 destroyer - Ships in the class

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Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark I. The Mark I Bolo was introduced in 2000 as a comprehensive upgrade of the Abrams. The Mark I mounted a 150mm cannon which fired discarding sabot, fin-stabilized, long-rod penetrator (DSFSLRP) rounds, allowing it to defeat the Chobham armor used on other MTBs of the time. The Mark I was also fitted with computer controlled anti-personnel/point defense gatlings with integral radar, probably similar to the Phalanx CIWS. The Mark I required a crew of four, was powered by two fossil- ...

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Bolo Marks Technical Data, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Manned Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark I, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark II, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark III, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark IV, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark V, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark VI, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark VII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark VIII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark IX, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Semi-Manned Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark X, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XI, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XIII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XIV, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Unmanned Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XV/B-M Resartus, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XV/Q-R Horrendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XVI Retarius, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XVII Implacable, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XVIII Gladius, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XIX Intransigent, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Self-Aware Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XX/B Tremendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XX/M Tremendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXI Terrible, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXII Thunderous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXIII Invincibilis, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXIV Cognitus, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXV Stupendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXVI Monstrous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXVII Invictus, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXVIII Triumphant, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXIX Victorious, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXX Magnificent, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXI, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXIII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXIV

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The Australian Defence Department decided to upgrade their Anzac's even before all ships were completed, the upgraded configuration includes, AGM-84 Harpoon Anti-ship missiles fitted in two Quad Launchers, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles Quad Packed in VLS enabling 32 missiles to be carried, 4 Nulka active missile decoys and the Petrel Mine and Obstacle Avoidance Sonar system. All upgrades and new builds are scheduled for completion by 2006. Subsequent upgrades will focus on anti-ship missile defence, and are slated to include, an additi ...

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Anzac class frigate, Anzac class frigate - Specifications, Anzac class frigate - Australian improvements, Anzac class frigate - section still to be re-worked, Anzac class frigate - New Zealand improvements, Anzac class frigate - New Zealand frigate controversy, Anzac class frigate - Units

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Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark X. The Mark X Bolo, introduced in 2235, was the first to mount a laser cannon as its main armament. While less efficient in a transfer of energy per shot basis than previous Bolo weapons, the laser removed the need for ammunition storage in the Mark X. The Mark X used the same laser repeaters and in the same number as the Mark IX, but it upgraded the point defenses to use multibarreled, independently turreted flechette railguns. The Mark X carried only a defensive missile load, an ...

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Bolo Marks Technical Data, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Manned Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark I, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark II, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark III, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark IV, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark V, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark VI, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark VII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark VIII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark IX, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Semi-Manned Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark X, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XI, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XIII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XIV, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Unmanned Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XV/B-M Resartus, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XV/Q-R Horrendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XVI Retarius, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XVII Implacable, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XVIII Gladius, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XIX Intransigent, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Self-Aware Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XX/B Tremendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XX/M Tremendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXI Terrible, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXII Thunderous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXIII Invincibilis, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXIV Cognitus, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXV Stupendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXVI Monstrous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXVII Invictus, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXVIII Triumphant, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXIX Victorious, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXX Magnificent, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXI, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXIII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXIV

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In a nuclear reactor, uranium-238 can be used to breed plutonium, which itself can be used in a nuclear weapon or as a reactor fuel source. In fact, in a typical nuclear reactor, up to a third of the generated power does come from the fission of Plutonium-239 (not supplied as a fuel to the reactor, but transmuted from Uranium-238). Depleted uranium - Breeder reactors. Depleted uranium is not usable directly as nuclear fuel. Depleted uranium can be used as a source material for creating the element plutoniu ...

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Depleted uranium, Depleted uranium - Production and availability, Depleted uranium - Health concerns, Depleted uranium - Nuclear energy applications, Depleted uranium - Breeder reactors, Depleted uranium - Radiation shielding, Depleted uranium - Downblending, Depleted uranium - Military applications, Depleted uranium - Incendiary projectile munitions, Depleted uranium - Armour plate, Depleted uranium - Nuclear weapons, Depleted uranium - Civilian applications, Depleted uranium - Aircraft, Depleted uranium - Forklifts, Depleted uranium - Catalysts, Depleted uranium - Semiconductors, Depleted uranium - Pigments

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Natural uranium metal contains about 0.71% U-235, 99.28% U-238, and about 0.0054% U-234. Depleted uranium contains only 0.2% to 0.4% U-235, the remainder having been removed and concentrated into enriched uranium through the process of isotope separation. The enrichment process does not create U-235 but merely separates the different isotopes of uranium. Therefore the process leaves large amounts of U-238 uranium as a byproduct. This byproduct is refered to as depleted uranium. For example producing 1 kg of 5% enriched uranium requires 11.8 kg of natural ura ...

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Depleted uranium, Depleted uranium - Production and availability, Depleted uranium - Health concerns, Depleted uranium - Nuclear energy applications, Depleted uranium - Breeder reactors, Depleted uranium - Radiation shielding, Depleted uranium - Downblending, Depleted uranium - Military applications, Depleted uranium - Incendiary projectile munitions, Depleted uranium - Armour plate, Depleted uranium - Nuclear weapons, Depleted uranium - Civilian applications, Depleted uranium - Aircraft, Depleted uranium - Forklifts, Depleted uranium - Catalysts, Depleted uranium - Semiconductors, Depleted uranium - Pigments

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The major health impact of depleted uranium relate to its chemical toxicity as a heavy metal rather than to its radioactivity, which is relatively low. As with any heavy metal, the overall hazard depends on the amount of exposure. However the fact that considerable amounts are being stored in the much more dangerous form of uranium hexafluoride and significant quantities of the metal are being distributed in the environment in the form of fumes and fragments as spent munitions has has raised some valid concerns. ...

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Depleted uranium, Depleted uranium - Production and availability, Depleted uranium - Health concerns, Depleted uranium - Nuclear energy applications, Depleted uranium - Breeder reactors, Depleted uranium - Radiation shielding, Depleted uranium - Downblending, Depleted uranium - Military applications, Depleted uranium - Incendiary projectile munitions, Depleted uranium - Armour plate, Depleted uranium - Nuclear weapons, Depleted uranium - Civilian applications, Depleted uranium - Aircraft, Depleted uranium - Forklifts, Depleted uranium - Catalysts, Depleted uranium - Semiconductors, Depleted uranium - Pigments

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The entire class underwent major retrofits as a part of the Tribal Class Update and Modernization Program, or TRUMP, in the 1990s. These refits had the effect of re-purposing the ships for area air defence, and the ships now referred to as air defence destroyers. Their former anti-submarine role has since been taken over, to a large degree at least, by the newer Halifax-class frigates. The main weapon of the new design is the Mk.41 VLS, firing 29 SM-2 Block III long-range anti-aircraft missiles. In order to provid ...

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Iroquois class destroyer, Iroquois class destroyer - Original design, Iroquois class destroyer - TRUMP modifications, Iroquois class destroyer - General characteristics, Iroquois class destroyer - Ships, Iroquois class destroyer - External link

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Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XV/B-M Resartus. The Mark XV first rolled off the production lines in 2396. The Mark XV was notable in that it was the first Bolo that does not require a human to operate it. Where as other Bolo could function on preset battle plans they still required a human to make decisions that were not included in the plan, but advancements in secure subspace communications and cybernetics allowed the Mark XV to self direct with any human input able to be sent remotely. The Mark XV’ ...

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Bolo Marks Technical Data, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Manned Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark I, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark II, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark III, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark IV, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark V, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark VI, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark VII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark VIII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark IX, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Semi-Manned Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark X, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XI, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XIII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XIV, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Unmanned Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XV/B-M Resartus, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XV/Q-R Horrendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XVI Retarius, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XVII Implacable, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XVIII Gladius, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XIX Intransigent, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Self-Aware Bolos, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XX/B Tremendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XX/M Tremendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXI Terrible, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXII Thunderous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXIII Invincibilis, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXIV Cognitus, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXV Stupendous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXVI Monstrous, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXVII Invictus, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXVIII Triumphant, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXIX Victorious, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXX Magnificent, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXI, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXIII, Bolo Marks Technical Data - Mark XXXIV

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In the Stargate television series, Phalanx is mounted on Prometheus-class (X-303) starships as a point defence weapon. However these have most likely been replaced by the superior (fictional) rail gun system. In the action film Under Siege, a Phalanx aboard the USS Missouri is used to down an F/A-18 Hornet. In the action film The Sum of All Fears, a Phalanx aboard the USS John C. Stennis is used to destroy multiple missiles fired by Russian Tu-22M "Backfire" bombers. In the video game Battlefield 2 by EA Games, you can control the Phalanx CIWS aboard the USS Essex (LHD- ...

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Phalanx CIWS, Phalanx CIWS - Overview, Phalanx CIWS - How the CIWS Works, Phalanx CIWS - Radar Subsystems, Phalanx CIWS - Gun and Ammunition Handling System, Phalanx CIWS - CIWS Contact Target Identification, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in combat at sea, Phalanx CIWS - Land based version, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in fiction

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The U.S. Army's version of the Navy's CIWS Phalanx anti-missile system is called the "Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System" (LPWS). It is a type of "C-RAM" (counter-rockets, artillery and mortars) defensive weapon. Whereas naval Phalanx systems fire depleted uranium or (more recently) tungsten armor-piercing rounds, the LPWS uses the HEIT-SD (High-Explosive Incendiary Tracer, Self-Destruct) ammunition originally developed for the M163 Vulcan air-defense system. These rounds explode in mid-air, raining shrapnel at the incoming rounds in or ...

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Phalanx CIWS, Phalanx CIWS - Overview, Phalanx CIWS - How the CIWS Works, Phalanx CIWS - Radar Subsystems, Phalanx CIWS - Gun and Ammunition Handling System, Phalanx CIWS - CIWS Contact Target Identification, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in combat at sea, Phalanx CIWS - Land based version, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in fiction

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The Phalanx system has not been credited with shooting down any enemy missiles or aircraft. In February 1991, during the first Gulf War, the USS Missouri and the Phalanx-equipped USS Jarrett were in the vicinity of an Iraqi Silkworm missile (often referred to as the 'Seersucker') that had been fired, either at Missouri or at the nearby HMS Gloucester. After Missouri fired a bundle of chaff, the Phalanx system on Jarrett, operating in the automatic target-acquisition mode, fixed upon the chaff ...

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Phalanx CIWS, Phalanx CIWS - Overview, Phalanx CIWS - How the CIWS Works, Phalanx CIWS - Radar Subsystems, Phalanx CIWS - Gun and Ammunition Handling System, Phalanx CIWS - CIWS Contact Target Identification, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in combat at sea, Phalanx CIWS - Land based version, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in fiction

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It was developed as the final line of defense (terminal defense) against anti-ship missiles (AShMs), including high-G, maneuvering sea-skimmers. The first system was offered to the US Navy for evaluation on the USS Bigelow in 1977. It was accepted and production started in 1978, the first ship fully fitted out was the Coral Sea in 1980. The basis of the system is a 20mm M61 Vulcan gatling gun linked to a radar system for acquiring and tracking targets. The gun fires at a variable 4,500 rounds per minute (hydraulic models ...

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Phalanx CIWS, Phalanx CIWS - Overview, Phalanx CIWS - How the CIWS Works, Phalanx CIWS - Radar Subsystems, Phalanx CIWS - Gun and Ammunition Handling System, Phalanx CIWS - CIWS Contact Target Identification, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in combat at sea, Phalanx CIWS - Land based version, Phalanx CIWS - Phalanx in fiction

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