• FocusFire@lemm.eeOP
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    6 months ago

    A 1980s modernization lead to the Iowa class actually being equipped with some modern toys too

    Sensors

    • Mark 13 fire control radar
    • Mark 25 fire control radar
    • AN/SPS-49
    • AN/SPS-67

    Electronic Warfare and Decoys

    • AN/SLQ-32(V)3 electronic warfare system
    • AN/SLQ-25 Nixie acoustic decoy
    • Mark 36 SRBOC chaff rockets

    Armament

    • 9 × 16 in/50 cal guns (3 Mounts x3)
    • 12 × 5 in/38 cal guns (6 Mounts x2)
    • 32 × BGM-109 Tomahawk launchers (8 Launchers x4)
    • 16 × RGM-84 Harpoon launchers (4 Mounts x4)
    • 4 × 20 mm Phalanx CIWS

    and 5 UAVs

    https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship