{"id":58057,"date":"2024-12-13T21:50:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T20:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=58057"},"modified":"2025-12-13T00:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T23:34:37","slug":"one-of-the-united-states-destroyers-in-spain-shows-the-process-of-loading-its-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2024\/12\/13\/one-of-the-united-states-destroyers-in-spain-shows-the-process-of-loading-its-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"One of the United States destroyers in Spain shows the process of loading its missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two months ago, the guided-missile destroyer USS Oscar Austin (DDG 79) joined the anti-missile shield at Naval Station Rota in Spain.<\/p>\n

The United States Navy shows its new destroyer in Spain with a video in Spanish<\/a><\/rel>
\nUn portaaviones de EEUU atraviesa el Estrecho de Gibraltar junto a una fragata F-100 espa\u00f1ola<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n

This destroyer, of the Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA, was laid down on October 9, 1997<\/strong> and launched on November 7, 1998, entering service in the United States Navy on August 19, 2000. It is a ship with a length of 155 meters<\/strong>, a width of 18 meters and a displacement of 9,200 tons.<\/p>\n

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The Oscar Austin was based in<\/strong> Norfolk, Virginia, the world's largest naval base<\/a>, until two months ago. The ship arrived in Rota on October 15,<\/a> making the Spanish naval base its home port.<\/p>\n

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The Oscar Austin carries an MH-60R Sea Hawk multipurpose helicopter<\/strong>, belonging to the second detachment of the Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 60 \"Jaguars\"<\/a>, based at NAVSTA Jacksonville, Florida.<\/p>\n

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The ship is named after Oscar P. Austin<\/strong> (1948-1969), a private first class in the U.S. Marine Corps who jumped on a grenade thrown by an enemy soldier during the Vietnam War, saving the life of a wounded comrade.<\/strong> Severely wounded, Austin still had the strength to cover his comrade with his body when a Vietnamese soldier fired at him, and was killed in action on February 23, 1969. For his heroism, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1970.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Yesterday, the US Navy released a series of photos<\/a> taken on Tuesday, December 10, at the Rota Naval Base. They show something unusual.<\/p>\n

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These photos show the missile loading process on that ship.<\/strong> The Oscar Austin, like the other Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA ships, carries 96 missile cells in its bow section<\/strong> (earlier ships of that class carried 90 cells).<\/p>\n

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These photos show the missile loading process on that ship.<\/strong> The Oscar Austin, like the other Arleigh Burke-class Flight IIA ships, carries 96 missile cells in its bow section<\/strong> (earlier ships of that class carried 90 cells).<\/p>\n

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The US Navy usually carries on board these destroyers RIM-66M, RIM-156 RIM-174A and RIM-162 ESSM type SAMs<\/strong>, as well as RIM-161 SM-3<\/strong> anti-ballistic missiles, which have been in service for ten years and which, in addition to having the capacity to shoot down ballistic missiles, can also destroy satellites in low orbits.<\/p>\n

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The most common surface-to-surface missiles on these launchers are the famous BGM-109 Tomahawk<\/strong>, the most recent versions of which can reach targets more than 1,600 kilometers from the ship. The anti-submarine missiles are of the RUM-139 VL-ASROC type<\/strong>, with a range of up to 22 kilometers. The US Navy has not indicated what type of missile we see in this loading process.<\/p>\n

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Photos: U.S. Navy.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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