Morten Knorborg Poulsen
knorborg.bsky.social
Morten Knorborg Poulsen
@knorborg.bsky.social
Det er umiddelbart en større radar med 3 faste antenner , dvs lidt højere update rate end GFs ene roterende antenne . Og fordi det er en C-bånds radar har den højere opløsning og bedre diskrimination end GF som er S-bånd. Rækkevidden er til gengæld nok nogenlunde ens.
November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Det er svært at sige, det er ret begrænset med offentligt tilgængelige oplysninger på de respektive systemer. Det sagt , selv om Ground Fire helt sikker er en kapabel radar så tror jeg at Patriots nye LTAMDS/ GhostEye er et nøk bedre.
November 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Det kommer helt an på hvilken version af Patriot der er tale om. Siden 2017 har de nye versioner været udstyret med en 360° AESA radar som er meget bedre end SAMP/Ts Arabel PESA radar. Derfor er Arabel skiftet ud med en Ground Fire AESA i SAMP/T NG.
November 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Are you even sure they will be made available for export to allied nations ?
October 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Prisen virker fuldstændig uhyrlig🤔....over 240 millioner € pr flystel, det er næsten 2.5 gange så meget som vi betalte for de første 27 F-35. Det kan ikke passe, der må være noget andet med i den pris, fx P8 eller en stor våbenpakke.
Har du evt en forklaring @karstenmarrup.bskye.social
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October 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Det er lidt trist hvis JSM bliver det eneste strike våben vi anskaffer. JSM kan kun med nød og næppe klassificeres som langtrækkende og har et beskedent sprænghoved på kun 120kg . Fint til skibe og små bløde landmål men ikke til større hærdede strategiske mål, som fx broer o.a infrastruktur.
October 10, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Nej de fleste slæbesonarsystemer i dag består af både en aktiv sonar transmitter(e) og et passivt hydrofonkabel.
Aktiv sonar er traditionelt blevet benyttet i snævert farvand , med lav dybde og stor baggrundsstøj men bliver i stigende grad også brugt til ASW på åbent vand.
September 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Absalon klassens relativt høje "egen-støj" er faktisk et kæmpe handicap ift ASW på åbent og dybt vand som i nordatlanten. Det betyder dog mindre i et støjende farvand som østersøen hvor passiv sonar er stort set ubrugeligt.
September 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Integrationsmæssig giver det mening med ACTAS og den har sikkert også været billig. Fin til østersøen/Nordsøen men med sine kun ~60km rækkevidde ikke meget bevendt på dybt vand i Nordatlanten. Og så er det vel lige frisk nok at kalde det "ny" teknologi, når den er over 20 år gammel🤔
September 6, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Industrially the NVL proposal makes even less sense . Aside from integration of the CUBE modules(which will be included regardless of which design we end up with) , there is basically zero involvement from 🇩🇰 industry. When we are fully capable of designing our own ships , this is a none-starter
August 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The critical issues experienced by the 🇩🇰 frigate in the red sea were caused by a weapon systems failure (ie a mk56 missile launcher). The minor hiccup between the FCS and CMS were quickly and easily rectified, so dont see integration as a problem.
August 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Illumination of what missiles ?...by the time the Huitfeldt replacements hits the water , our missile inventory will be mostly active missiles with S-band up/downlink .
August 28, 2025 at 11:52 AM
APAR 2 might be an improvement but its still a tiny X-band radar , one with limited utility in an age of active (s-band guided) active missiles. The NS200 is a decent medium range radar but has no or only limited BMD capability.
August 28, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Interesting proposal but essentially dead on arrival. Both in terms of size & capability it is not relevant to the RDNs requirement for a large BMD capable AAW frigate. Also the GMF-120 is too fugly for danish tastes imo.
August 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Det der for mig er sværest at forsvare er at der var dobbelt så mange danskere i tysk tjeneste som i allieret og at danske militærfolk kun i meget begrænset omfang deltog i krigen på allieret side. Det er sgu lidt svært at være rigtig stolt af.
May 4, 2025 at 2:57 PM
and realistic testing of all weapon systems have overall been totally inadequate. A slightly "better" designed frigate wouldnt have changed any of that. We can only hope that the navy have now finally woken up and started taken this seriously
May 1, 2025 at 8:16 AM
in the 47 years since we got the Harpoon we have NEVER fired a warshot, NEVER conducted or participated in a SINKEX Never had a realistic missile defence live fire exercise or tested our air defence systems against a supersonic target ...
May 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
To them chasing pirates was the most dangerous thing we would ever do and actual naval combat was just something we were playing so it didnt matter if things worked or not. This was not a new attitude either .....
May 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Ofc the politicians is ultimately responsible for underfunding the navy for decades, however the navy leadership is just as much to blame. In my years in the navy i never met or heard a single higher ranking (Commander or higher) officer who took the threat of actual warfighting serious.
May 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
& again , the problems in the RS had nothing to do with the design of the ship or any of the 🇩🇰 systems on board .
That the "faults" in the Mk56 launchers & the 76mm shell fuzes wasnt discovered sooner,was 100% the fault of the navy for not doing proper(& enough) realistic live fire exercises.
April 29, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Havent even mentioned the US ?...Wrt our ability to design a modern warship, including a 🇩🇰 CMS & other equipment , we have everything that is required , both in terms of experience and technical know-how. That isnt optimism but reality.
April 29, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The australian T26 based Hunter class was overweight due to a much heavier weapons and sensor fitout( since fixed by enlarging the beam and stretching the hull) However the RN spec T26 is nowhere near overweight and has large growth margins left. Norway will go for T26 not FDI.
April 23, 2025 at 8:51 PM
All due respect to the good Corporal , but warships is clearly not his area of expertise and therefore seems easily impressed.
Many of FDI's design choices are similar to our frigates and they use the same ( poor ) justifications to mask that they have only been built to save money ( and crew )
April 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Wrt T31,it was born as tier 2 yes, but will now be equipped like a proper GP frigate( and its Polish & Indonesian derivatives will be tier 1 combatants with full AAW and ASW suites) 3/3
April 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
and have spawned 4 separate frigate classes all based on their designs. That cannot be called anything but a resounding success. As for the Red Sea incident that was due to an unknown fault in a US supplied missiler launcher and obsolete shell fuzes and nothing to do with the actual ship design.2/3
April 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM