A new $2.2 billion Bath Iron Works contract for another Arleigh Burke destroyer is giving Russian Navy commanders heart palpitations.
The new passive sonar radar systems being installed on the BIW-built destroyers put to rest any Russian hopes that their are subs will go undetected.
Defense experts said in a newly released analysis that Russian subs can no longer think they have the stealth they once enjoyed.
“This breakthrough could reshape global naval strategy,” according to a newly published defense analysis by iStudiez Pro. “Enemy submarines, once secure in deep ocean ‘safe zones,’ may now find themselves constantly at risk.
”Marc Lefèvre, a former French submarine commander, put it bluntly: “Russian submarines must completely rethink their tactics. The places they once considered safe no longer are.”
Bath Iron Works is currently building two of the Arleigh Burke destroyers – $2.2 billion each – and just won a contract for yet another one.
“We are proud to be selected to build this ship for the U.S. Navy and to continue our legacy of contributing to the nation’s defense,” said BIW President Charles F. Krugh.
The new ship, the DDG-148, will be named after Kyle Carpenter – the youngest living Medal of Honor recipient.
Secretary of the Navy John Phelan notified Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, of the contract award.
“The award underscores BIW’s role as an essential shipyard for the Navy and a pillar of America’s defense industry,” Sen. Collins said.
Really bad news for the Ruskies, who are surely getting tired of the advanced sub killers coming out of Bath, Maine.
“It’s grim news for Russian submarines: according to the U.S. Navy, the new-generation passive sonar installed on the Arleigh Burke destroyers can detect up to 150 km.” – iStudiez Pro
The Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) is centered around the Aegis Combat System and the SPY-1D multifunction passive electronically scanned array radar.
The class is named after Arleigh Burke, an American destroyer admiral in World War II and later chief of naval operations.
BIW built the very first USS Arleigh Burke, which was launched in 1989 by Burke’s wife.
The admiral himself was present at the vessel’s commissioning ceremony in 1991, held on the waterfront in downtown Norfolk, Virginia.
BIW – which since its founding has built 245 naval ships – has so far built 39 of the Arleigh Burkes, Ingalls Shipping in Mississippi, 35.
The Navy plans to build another 25 of the destroyers.
