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U.S NAVY GHOST FLEET WILL BE HAVE LARGE UNMANNED SURFACE VESSELS (LUSV) !! - YouTube
Channel: Defense Updates
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The U.S. Navy wants shipbuilders to provide
it with ideas on how to develop & manufacture
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a fleet of Large Unmanned Surface Vessels
(LUSV) to create what it calls a “Ghost
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Fleet.”
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The official Request For Proposal (RFP) states,
“The LUSV will be a high-endurance, reconfigurable
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ship able to accommodate various payloads
for unmanned missions to augment the Navy’s
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manned surface force,”
The ships will also be required to operate
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on their own, as well as be able to be controlled
remotely.
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The document further stated,
“With a large payload capacity, the LUSV
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will be designed to conduct a variety of warfare
operations independently or in conjunction
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with manned surface combatants.
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The LUSV will be capable of semi-autonomous
or fully autonomous operation, with operators
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in-the-loop (controlling remotely) or on-the-loop
(enabled through autonomy).”
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The U.S. Navy requested around $400 million
to build two LUSVs.
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In this video Defines Updates analyses U.S.
Navy’s Large Unmanned Surface Vessels (LUSV)
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endeavor to create a 'Ghost Fleet'
Let's get into the details.
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Sometime back U.S. Navy’s Sea Hunter project
had achieved something special.
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Sea Hunter which is a Medium Displacement
Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MDUSV) - has become
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the first craft to ever sail from San Diego,
California to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii and back
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without needing any onboard crew.
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Viewers may note that the round trip is almost
5,200 miles.
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On Jan. 31 2019, Leidos, the lead Defense
contractor for the Sea Hunter project, announced
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this achievement in a press release.
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Gerry Fasano, Leidos Defense Group President,
said the press release,
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“The Sea Hunter program is leading the world
in unmanned, fully autonomous naval ship design
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and production.
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The recent long-range mission is the first
of its kind and demonstrates to the U.S. Navy
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that autonomy technology is ready to move
from the developmental and experimental stages
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to advanced mission testing.”
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Technology similar to what is used in Sea
Hunter will be a base for several new undertakings.
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The U.S Navy wants to develop and procure
three new types of unmanned vehicles in FY2020
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and beyond—Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles
(LUSVs), Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicles
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(MUSVs), and Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea
Vehicles (XLUUVs).
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Viewers may note that Pentagon’s Strategic
Capabilities Office initiated LUSV under program
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‘Overlord'.
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The program aimed at converting commercial
fast supply vessels which are used to service
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and resupply oil and gas platforms at sea
into an experimental unmanned ship which could
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navigate the ocean with or without human help.
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The U.S Navy plans to acquire two LUSVs per
year in FY2020- FY2024.
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These will be between 200 feet to 300 feet
in length and have a displacement of about
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2,000 tons when fully loaded making the LUSV
the largest unmanned ship to date.
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The demeanor will be like that of a light
frigate.
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LUSV will be low-cost, high-endurance and
modular - that is they will be reconfigurable
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vessels and will be equipped according to
mission requirement.
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The LUSVs will be packed with sensors of deferent
types.
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Initially, these are expected to be unarmed
but eventually could be fitted with Mark 41
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VLS (Vertical Launch System)
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The MK 41 VLS is present in U.S Navy Arleigh
Burke class and Ticonderoga class cruisers.
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The MK 41 cells can accommodate many types
of weapons.
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1. RIM-66M-5 Standard SM-2MR Block IIIB for Air
Defense & Anti Ship role with a range of 103
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miles or 167 km and speed of Mach 3.5
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2. RIM-156A SM-2ER Block IV for Anti Aircraft
& Anti Ship role with a range of 115 miles
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or 185 km and speed of Mach 3.5
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3. RIM-161 SM-3 for Ballistic missile defense
with a range of 435 miles or 700 km and speed
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of Mach 10.
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It can also be used as an Anti-satellite weapon.
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4. RIM-162A ESSM for anti-missile role with a
range of 31 miles or 50 km and speed of Mach 4
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It can be quad packed in single Mk 41 cell.
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5. RIM-174A Standard ERAM or SM 6 for anti-air
warfare with a range of 150 miles or 240 km
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and speed Mach 3.5
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6. BGM-109 Tomahawk for land attack.
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It has a long range of up to 1550 miles or
2500 km with subsonic speed.
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7. RUM-139A VL-ASROC anti-submarine missile with
a range of 13 miles or 22 km
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So, LUSVs will be multi weapons platform in
the future.
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U.S Navy envisions a “Ghost Fleet” consisting
of a Large Unmanned Surface Vehicles (LUSVs),
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Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicles (MUSVs),
and Extra-Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicles
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(XLUUVs).
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US Navy is still charting out long term plans
on how “Ghost Fleet” could be deployed
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in the future and there are a lot of possible
use cases.
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Here are some of them
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1. Scout: “Ghost Fleet” could potentially
gather lots of intelligence regarding threats
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like enemy warships, sea mines, submarines
as well as land-based assets.
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This will greatly increase the situational
awareness and help in making tactical decisions.
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Since they are much more cheaper to operate
and need no crew, these can be deployed extensively.
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“Ghost Fleet” could travel ahead of US
Navy’s Carrier Strike Groups looking for
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various types of threats.
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2. Decoy: Large warships like cruisers, destroyers,
and aircraft carriers can be targeted by high-speed
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boats, missile-firing fast-attack craft, small
submarines, sea mines, and land and air-launched
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anti-ship missiles.
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“Ghost Fleet” could be used as decoys
that could shield the more valuable assets.
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They could emit signals making them look like
a proper warship and divert enemy’s focus.
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Also, they can be used to act as a shield
in case of eventuality where these vessels
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could come in between a warship and enemy’s
missile & torpedoes.
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3. Electronic Warfare: The unmanned vessels could
be equipped with Electronic Warfare suits.
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These systems could be used to jam enemy radars
and sensors.
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They could work in conjunction with other
platforms to overwhelm adversaries with electronic
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warfare giving American forces major advantage
in battle.
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4. Weapons carrier: “Ghost Fleet” will be
used to augment the firepower of the U.S carrier
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strike groups.
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Weapons in “Ghost Fleet” could be cued
by different sensors to strike enemy assets.
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U.S Navy carrier strike group have been used
to project American military muscle far away
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from the homeland.
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No country in the earth posses this kind of
capability - U.S Navy alone operates 10 supercarriers
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whereas as the world together has around 5
carriers, none being supercarrier.
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Keeping this in view some countries have been
working to develop ways to negate this massive
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advantage the U.S posses.
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Rivals are developing asymmetric means by
which U.S carrier strike groups could be countered.
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The most credible threat to U.S Navy carrier
strike group is the anti-ship missile.
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Some of the most potent are the Russian P-800
Oniks, Kalibr, Chinese YJ-12 & Indo Russian
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Brahmos.
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These anti-ship missiles have supersonic speed
giving the U.S forces very little time to
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react and these can skim close to the ocean's
surface making them hard to detect due to
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the earth’s curvature.
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Russias is also well on the way to deploy
hypersonic missile which will be even faster
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and move at speeds exceeding 5 Mach.
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It is paramount that U.S Navy carrier strike
group can detect these missiles early so that
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these can be intercepted and the launch platform
can be destroyed.
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This is where Ghost Fleet will be crucial
as it will move ahead of the task force and
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form a protective layer.
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Once it detect an incoming threat it will
itself or signal the core warships to fire
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interceptors to counter missiles and hurl
anti sip missile at the enemy warships which
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are launching the missiles.
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So, Ghost Fleet ships could significantly
increase anti-air defense and offensive capability
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of U.S carrier battle groups.
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