Comments on: Navy Ducks Sat Shootdown Redo

By: yousaf

yousaf — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:27:23 +0000

have a look at:
http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blogs/defense/index.jsp?plckController=Blog&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&plckPostId=Blog%3a27ec4a53-dcc8-42d0-bd3a-01329aef79a7Post%3ac0a7d1cf-700c-4054-acb2-e44de336e7ec
Specifically the part:

By: Aussie ArmchairGeneral

Aussie ArmchairGeneral — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:51:31 +0000

I’ll answer my own question:
It looks like it just commenced in February 2008 with the USS Bunker Hill going in to dry dock. See:
http://peoships.crane.navy.mil/News/Feb21_2008_01.htm?story_id=35130

By: Aussie ArmchairGeneral

Aussie ArmchairGeneral — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:39:28 +0000

Did the Ticonderoga-class modernization program get scrapped? It was due to commence in 2006 according to http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cg-47-mod.htm
“CG modernization begins in FY 2006. The first ship scheduled to undergo modernization is USS Cape St. George (CG 71). The remaining 21 baseline 2, 3 and 4 cruisers have varying capabilities. The cruiser conversion program will result in all 22 ships having a common warfighting baseline.”

By: Aussie ArmchairGeneral

Aussie ArmchairGeneral — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:15:36 +0000

It was the USS Lake Erie (CG-70); a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser according to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Lake_Erie_(CG-70)

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 04:18:38 +0000

What type of ship was the satellite shot down with? A Ticonderoga Class cruiser?