Cómo is the USS Makin Island, the “little porters” sent from United States to the Sea of ​​China Meridional

With her 41,000 placements of placements and quests, the huge USS Makin Island, a submarine bucket anfibio of the marina of the United States, navigates my mercoles by the Strait of Malacca in the Sea of ​​China Meridional in the medium of recent tensions between Washington and Beijing.

The Makin Island display, accompanied by the USS San Diego support box, in the region of the surest Asian is summed up in the propulsion planes USS Theodore Roosevelt jw.org by Malaysia y de los destructores USS Mustin and USS John McCain of El Mar de China Oriental.

In conjunction a huge and very powerful war fleet which was captured via satellite by the China Meridian Sea Strategic Situation Initiative (SCSPI), an organization based in Beijing, and with its presence Demonstrate Washington’s intentions to respond to the military disobedience and maneuvers of the Popular Liberation Army of China in the last hours.

El USS Makin Island, a box of asalto anfibio de la clase Wasp, does not have the tamaño or the power of a portavion of nuclear propulsion stadium like the water of the Nimitz class (the theism of Theodore Roosevelt) the most modern of the Gerald Ford class, both with superior displacements of 100,000 toneladas. But it should not be suggested that the nave, considered a “small port” by the marina estadounidense, no sea capaz: has an advanced aerial component, has a defensive nutrient armature and can transport and disperse 1,600 marine infants, in addition to a displacement of 41,000 tons.

According to official information of the Marina of the United States, the wasp books of the Wasp class are designed to support the operations of the Marine Corps, so the naval infantry is engaged in carrying out the infamous attacks. In this form, there are hubs that need to be entered into a theater of loading operations with the aim of mounting a December unloading operation on unmanned aerial vehicles.

This means that, in theory, a single of these multipurpose books can only represent the tropes in order to execute a December as well as prove the air support for these operations. In practice, without embarrassment, a December series was assisted by a huge fleet.

As such, its covers are not prepared for the operation of conventional combustion vehicles, such as the F / A-18 SuperHornet or the F-35C Lightning II (the version for porters of the most modern case). But it allows the operation of 4 attack helicopters (AH-1W Super Cobra), 16 transport helicopters (CH-46 Sea Knight and CH-53E Seehings), and aerial reconnaissance aircraft and vertical slopes on reduced runways such as the MV-22 Visarend. With respect to this ultimate capacity, the wasps of the Wasp class were introduced in the past version of the legendary British Harrier (AV-8B Harrier), although in the last few years he has begun his deliberations on his replacement of the 6 F-35B (the version of the atrium and the vertical power of the power plant furtive).

Manufactured by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operations in Pascagoula, Mississippi, the first wasp of the Wasp class entered service in 1989 and el último, island el Makin (code LHD 8), in 2009, In total, he built 8 of these hubs, the largest of its kind in the world.

In addition to the other books of the class, The USS Makin Island is powered by conventional conventional gas combustion gas turbines with a total of 70,000 power cables, although the LHD 8 also has an APS electric propulsion system designed to reduce operating costs. Posee unlora (largo) de 253 metro y una manga (ancho) de 31 metro, con un displacement de un 411.000 toneladas a plena carga.

The buck is tries from 994 marinos and 65 officials, and can transport 1,687 marines (the equivalent of a battalion) and its corresponding December vehicles. In comparison, a Nimitz class porters an aviation of 5,000 men, between marines and aviators.

In addition to the aeronautical component, Makin Island is dedicated to its defense with RIM-116 RAM launchers and RIM-7 Sea Sparrow launchers, both missiles antiaéreos. These systems are complemented by two 20 millimeter Phalanx CIWS automatic cannons, four-caliber pulley calipers .50 and 25-millimeter caliber pulley balers.

“The modern buoys of the maritime anfibio of the United States Navy project power and maintenance present to serve as the angular pillar of the fortified expeditionaries”, indica la Marina

A unit price of 750 million dollars (according to the Military Today site), compared to 8,500 million dollars spent on nuclear propulsion aircraft, and operating costs less, the Wasp class, like Makin Island, is also a more versatile option for this type of deployment.

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