Yes, that export was approved by the US this week.
A signature by Saudi is new.
But the details are covered real well particularly in the LCS thread.
US Military News, Reports, Data, etc.
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A signature by Saudi is new.
But the details are covered real well particularly in the LCS thread.
Jura The idiot
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released most recently:
Naval Today said:
There were a total of 62 Los Angeles class nuclear submarines built in three flights. By far an away the most nuclear submarines in a class ever built.
Twenty four have been removed from surface so far (when you include the Albequerque.
23 stricken
01 removesd and is now a mkoredd training ship
This leaves thrity-eight remaining.
08 Flight I boats left (out of thirty-one)
08 FLight II boats left (out of eight)
22 FLight III bpatsd left (out of twenty-three)
Two are planned to be removed next year.
With the Los Angeles class, the Sea Wolves, and the Virginia's that have been launched, the US Navy is now maintaining 54 SSNs. If you add to that the four SSGNs, the US has an inventory of 58 nuclear powered non-nuclear ballistic missile submarines available.
As follows:
38 Los Angeles Class SSNs
03 Sea Wolf Class SSNs
13 Virginia Class SSNs
04 Ohio Class SSGNs
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58 Total US Navy SSN/SSGNs
Then, if you add the 14 Ohio class SSBNs and that gives you 72 total US Navy nuclear powered combat submarines. A huge, potent force by any measure.
As follows:
38 Los Angeles Class SSNs
03 Sea Wolf Class SSNs
13 Virginia Class SSNs
04 Ohio Class SSGNs
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58 Total US Navy SSN/SSGNs
Then, if you add the 14 Ohio class SSBNs and that gives you 72 total US Navy nuclear powered combat submarines. A huge, potent force by any measure.
Jura The idiot
General
what signature please? am asking because a google search a moment ago showed to me just stuff like "potential", "likely to be", "proposed" ...
EDIT
the original news-report
actually warns
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I was simply responding to Asif's post above.
Reportedly this is a helmet cam video of the recent ISIS hostage raid conducted by a combined US/Kurdish team. I can't believe US SOF would ever release a video of one of their raids but it is possible the Kurds might. I believe all (or most) of the soldiers seen in the video are probably Kurds.
Jura The idiot
General
US, Kurd, and apparently Iraqi forces did a good job getting those hostages out of there.
The one American killed was a long time operator...and very good. He ran to the sound of the guns.
I still find it ludicrous at the contortions the US administration is going through to try and call it "non combat." Clearly...it was combat.
Anyhow, apparently those people had already dug their own graves and were supposed to be executed by ISIS in a mass "slaughter" for film the next day.
This makes it clear to me, that the Kurds and/or US had intel, most probably human intel, inside the ISIS camp.
The one American killed was a long time operator...and very good. He ran to the sound of the guns.
I still find it ludicrous at the contortions the US administration is going through to try and call it "non combat." Clearly...it was combat.
Anyhow, apparently those people had already dug their own graves and were supposed to be executed by ISIS in a mass "slaughter" for film the next day.
This makes it clear to me, that the Kurds and/or US had intel, most probably human intel, inside the ISIS camp.
Jura The idiot
General
Jeff this might be related:
USN buying additional CIWS ship self-defence systems from Raytheon
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