Weapon systems http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5%22/54_caliber_Mark_45_gun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomahawk_(missile) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_32_Surface_Vessel_Torpedo_Tubes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanx_CIWS
Navy UCAS X-47B The wife & I saw this Friday May 10th pre-demo launch system rollout... http://www.navair.navy.mil/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.display&key=7468CDCC-8A55-4D30-95E3-761683359B26 The actual trials happened after our tour...when the CVN-77 put to sea and launched this UCAS for the first time on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013... http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=74120
Damn Shooter I wish I'd had known you were in the area, might have been able to get you a tour on a real boat instead of all those FAT targets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Newport_News_(SSN-750) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_West_Virginia_(SSBN-736)
Sure has changed. I spent a couple weeks at Norfolk in 1960 waiting transport east. The difference is stunning.
