CSGN mk2

[TimothyC]

I'd use "United States" instead of "USA", but that is just me.

[acelanceloet]

yeah, your right about that. I think it is more worthwile to name it 'united states, csgn mk2' instead of 'USA, cruiser strike guided missiles nuclear mk2' I'll do that.

[acelanceloet]

fixed

[Kamikazi]

The spacing between the Harpoons does not match up between the side and top views.

[acelanceloet]

actually, it does. they are exactly the same. there is only one difference: I have left out one of the diagonal canisters on the sideview, because it gave an really cluttered view over there.

[acelanceloet]

updated. half the parts that were on have had an update, so it needed it...
if there are no flaws found out in 24 hours from now, I will put her in the upload session

[klagldsf]

The top view looks grossly underdetailed, especially to your own standards.

[acelanceloet]

that is mainly because it was made to show the basic arrangement, not to be an complete top view like Erik sometimes makes
that is not that much of an problem, is it?

[Hood]

Looks good, I remember doing an AU version of this design some time ago kitbashed from Tico and Spruance parts. It's a odd ship to classify, it lacks the long-range punch of a Kirov but on the other hand lacks the aircraft capability of an Invincible. It's a kind of half-way house between the two. Very interesting, certainly such a ship is more useful now than it would have been during a Cold War WWIII-type scenario.

[erik_t]

Well, you're thinking about it from the wrong point of view. It's not intended as the centerpiece of a ASW escort flotilla, like an Invincible, and it's not intended as some sort of command-center-god-king of ship-hunting surface combatants like a Kirov. It's really a ship driven entirely by the introduction of the Tomahawk, and a return of a strategic role that had disappeared with the end of Regulus. AEGIS allows such a ship to operate fully independently in the face of quite significant air forces, and the multitude of hangars on this particular type would most likely be full of ASW helos, making it less vulnerable to a cheap kill by some pokey SSK. Ultimately it's all to leverage the period maritime strategy of applying USN resources to somewhat asymmetric vulnerabilities of the Soviet Union. In this case, it spreads the nuclear wealth over a much wider range of sea. When you consider it as a relatively (!!) inexpensive nuclear delivery platform that could only be decisively countered by a couple of Backfire regiments, whose weapons are a completely different intercept target than a ballistic missile, it makes quite considerable sense.