Well if that's the case, and the CGN(X) does end up being 25,000 tons, then it could very well be 250 meters long, considering that's how long the Kirovs are, and they displace 24,300 tons standard.Vain wrote:I think he meant 250 meters and above.
CG(X)es to be CGNs
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There is a precedent for such a thing.Drooling Iguana wrote:When peak oil hits, would hooking these and other nuclear-powered naval vessels up to the grid alleviate the energy crisis in any significant way?
It seems that they only way to get a nuclear power plant approved these days is to build a ship around it.
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I thought the USN was going to go all-nuclear anyways so they'd have juice to power those nifty railguns they're developing?
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Railguns are a bit down the road(right now it's the Advanced Gun System or something)Balrog wrote:I thought the USN was going to go all-nuclear anyways so they'd have juice to power those nifty railguns they're developing?
"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles."