U.S. Navy's Zumwalt destroyer sidelined after engineering casualty



NORFOLK, Va., Sept. 22 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy's Zumwalt guided-missile destroyer has sustained an engineering casualty, less than a month before it is slated to be commissioned into service.

The casualty occurred on Monday during preparation to get underway at Naval Station Norfolk, the sea service told the U.S. Naval Institute.

The future DDG 1000 will stay in Norfolk to conduct an assessment of the casualty and to complete repairs.

Crews discovered the casualty after detecting a seawater leak in the propulsion motor drive lube oil auxiliary system for one of the ship's shafts, USNI reported.

While built-in redundancies in the ship's propulsion plant allows the first-in-class destroyer to operate with multiple engine configurations, it was determined that repairs should be done in port.

The Navy's newest and most technologically advanced surface ship was in the midst of a three-month journey to its San Diego home port.

The Zumwalt was scheduled to perform operational proficiency training, certifications and preparation ahead of its October commissioning.

UPI

Or against the Indons neither country has much more than a self defence capability lah, no matter what military hawks on either side believe

But its illuminating to see some of our people so inspired by terrorists who deliberately target civilians, and even more amusing to see they are the same ones bleating about civilian casualties inflicted by the other side

maybe can get donation from singkieland? 

new puma screwed up last i heard... no news from air force... only got army news    but i think its just a waiting game... sooner or later sure get... hope to see tilt rotor air craft soon

Indonesian Air Force Aerostar UAV. Credit to ARC.







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Nice catch.

How now, Indon join the Turks buy yahoodee tech we still stuck buying from random nations and paying premium to remove yahoodee components

Actually, two biggest SECULAR Islamic countries embraced Jew tech.

Oh yeah Prince William was a Sea King SAR pilot

Kesian poor guy not allowed to fight. His brother was allowed to fly Apache

I hear we bought as much as 25,000 rockets back in the early 2000s. Mainly from Pakistan, but also from eastern europe.

Malaysian Army, it seems, are pretty big fans of the RPG-7. An 8-man section also have 2 RPG-7 already.

was about to post that too... damn heavy, route march bad luck got to carry two 

Localizing firepower can make for more independent small units, though. Can have more initiative and don't necessarily have to wait for support (if any comes, that is) to chase objectives.

who say cannot reload    launcher mahal tau

if its ady in their combat load why not? beside most of the time msian army marched carrying their whole camping grounds anyway with loads up to 50kg and plus 10-20kg more if you are the radioman

also since when a soldiers comfort is even remotely considered to the command? if they told you to march 100km, you march 100km no question asked 

pandan muka pinoy... did we get it for free? 

I'm pretty ok if we buy some good-conditioned 2nd hand military gear,but please don't never ever buy 2nd hand planes.

If something broke down, at least a 2nd hand tank wont fall from the sky.

Usual for dedicated crew-served weapon. The RPG gunner is specially trained for the weapon and doesn't have the duties of a rifleman. The RPG is used as a mainline weapon in itself, unlike disposable rockets that usually kept as backup and will only be used against vehicles or a particularly tough defensive positions.

Also if the orthodox RPG doctrines are being practiced here, usually the gunner will carry a loaded RPG and 3 spare grenades while his loader will carry another 3. And all of this is just on a squad of 8-10 infantrymen. A platoon of just 100 soldiers can potentially have up to 10-15 RPGs available in combat.