CG(X)

CG (X ) was a shipbuilding project of the United States Navy.

The aim was to provide a new type of guided missile cruiser in service. CG stood for " Cruiser (with) Guided Missle ", dt: cruiser with guided missiles. The CG (X ) project was preceded by the DD (X) project, which deals with destroyers. The CG ( X) ships should (X) destroyer supplement designed for artillery weapons DD in terms of missiles, replacing the Ticonderoga class. In the fall of 2008, the official plans of the U.S. Navy assumed that 19 CG (X) ships should replace the 22 Ticonderoga cruiser. The original financial plan was the purchase of the first ship of the new class for 2011. In the financial year 2009 were still planned for the project around 250 million U.S. dollars. The original financial planning, according should be invested in the development and the construction of the first two ships by 2013 just over 9 billion dollars. The cost estimates for the individual ships move from 2.5 to 4.2 billion U.S. dollars.

The program was stopped for financial reasons in 2010 as part of the Quadrennial Defense Review.

Objectives of the CG (X) project

Defense against airborne threats

This should be the main task of the CG (X) project. Using a development of the Aegis combat system the ships should be able to put a protective shield against air targets around and other adjacent vessels and coastal regions. In particular, the ships should be able to combat ballistic missiles in flight. Due to this property, the ships would have been used primarily as escorts for aircraft carriers and destroyers.

Monitoring and Foe

The CG (X) Cruiser should also have a high-performance radar and so can monitor air targets even at long distance. Thus, the warning time should be prolonged in an attack and aerial surveillance are markedly improved.

Attack distant sea, land and air targets

The armament of the CG (X) should consist mainly guided missiles, since the range conventional projectile weapons is clearly superior. Thus, the RIM -67 Standard Missile has 2 ground - to-air guided missile over up to 370 km range. The CG (X ) class should have a variety of missiles capable of destroying the sea, land or air targets should. As a Melee equipment one or two smaller board guns were scheduled. In addition, also anti - submarine weapons and a CIWS should be installed on missile combat.

Reduced costs

One of the main goals is to reduce the cost of ongoing operations was. This should be achieved through the use of modern technology and the reduction of the crew. Many components should be taken from the DD (X ) project, in particular the gas turbine and the equipment for power generation.

Equipment

When planning the equipment, the engineers assumed that the vessels would ensure a huge power consumption. The U.S. Navy estimates the energy consumption of up to 31 megawatts over five megawatts, the Ticonderoga class. For quick and comprehensive exchange of information with other ships of the combat units a powerful telecommunications system was provided. For the AEGIS system should be further developed. As in the DD (X ) project of camouflage was intended for an important role. For this purpose the outer shell should be a special form.

Development of the program

In November 2001, the U.S. Navy announced the launch of a development program for future above-water ships. In addition to the CG (X), the destroyer of the Zumwalt - class and the littoral combat ships of the LCS class belonged to this program. The CG (X) should replace the 2021 going out of service Ticonderoga cruiser.

The Center for Naval Analyses, a project funded by the U.S. government research center, brought in mid-2007 with the idea to build two different versions of the CG (X). 14 units would, about 14,000 tons of standard size and building on the principles of stealth Zumwalt class, be provided for the air defense of carrier battle groups and other regular tasks. Five other ships would, made ​​around 25,000 standard tons in size and with a conventional fuselage, are used for the National Missile Defense. Here camouflage would be unnecessary, since in any case constantly strong radars in operation would be, and the ships would be so easy to find. You would create a nuclear cruiser in order to satisfy the extreme energy hunger of the radars can.

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  • Navy Times: 25,000 ton cruiser for missile defense
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