TOP 15 ADVANCED Navy Ships

Naval Warfare has evolved significantly over the past Century with advancements in Technology and Engineering leading to the creation of some of the most advanced warships in history from nuclear-powered submarines to stealth destroyers these ships are designed to operate in the most challenging environments and to project power across the globe so join me for today's video I'm going to count down the top 15 most advanced Navy warships in the world let's begin number 15 the Sea Hunter while the Sea Hunter may be one of the newest additions to the U.S Navy it has the potential to make an immediate impact in military operations it was first launched in 2016. it's an unmanned surface vehicle that can operate with very little human guidance at the moment a human Captain is always on hand in an online control room just in case things get sticky however the onboard AI has become so Advanced that this may soon become unnecessary in fact tests have shown that the Sea Hunter can Patrol without human interference and it can use its Optical cameras and radar to avoid hitting obstacles and other boats at the moment the sea Hunters are unarmed the current plan is for them to play a supporting role by monitoring enemy fleets clearing mines and providing a secure Communications relay for larger warships interestingly there are rumors that a weapons package is in the works which could allow the Sea Hunter to act as a fully autonomous killer however if this were to happen there is a certain chance of problems if the AI malfunctions or otherwise becomes too difficult to control number 14. the SNM class while Russia isn't all that well known for its Navy one of its few ships that are really top of the line is the yes and m-class of submarines they were first launched in 2017 and there are currently two out of a planned eight that are currently in action and when it comes to power they have very few equals in terms of Firepower that's because these 131 meter long submarines can deploy 40 caliber cruise missiles strapped with thermonuclear Warheads if those weren't bad enough the subs 3m-22 Zircon Hypersonic missiles are arguably even more disruptive than their nuclear counterparts that's because they're scramjet-powered Hypersonic cruise missiles that can not only be maneuvered in flight but can also reach speeds of up to Mach 9 which for reference is nine times the speed of sound so they're virtually impossible to shoot down making them a real threat worst of all since the S M class is powered by a 43 000 horsepower nuclear fission pressurized water reactor and has the ability to reach any corner of the globe this means it can shoot missiles at nearly any Target on Earth making these Subs highly dangerous number 13 the Arleigh Burke class for the past 30 odd years the Arleigh Burke class has been a staple of the American Arsenal with a total of 70 completed and 13 being built it's the bread and butter of U.S naval operations as it's the these ships that can be found in waterways around the globe now in terms of capabilities they are a Swiss army knife of source after all through the last few decades they've carried out escort missions deterrence patrols anti-piracy missions ballistic missile defense duties land attacks anti-air operations and even humanitarian and disaster relief missions this is possible thanks to the fact that they have a top of the line Aegis combat system powerful Radars and are subject to continuous upgrades this is complemented by their incredible Firepower armed with 56 Raytheon Tomahawk cruise missiles that consist of land attack anti-ship surface-to-air and anti-ballistic missiles among others they are well equipped while their armament of seven guns allows the ships of the Arleigh Burke class to dish out a lot of damage best of all because the Zumwalt class of Destroyers will no longer enter full production the Arleigh Burke class will continue to serve and continue to be given upgrades thus maintaining its status as a world-class fighting vessel number 12 the Nimitz class all right when it comes to aircraft carriers the Nimitz class is America's bread and butter it's first commissioned in 1968 the Nimitz has gone on through a total of three subclasses and consists of 10 separate carriers they're able to carry up to 36 super Hornets 12 Hornets six growlers for electronic warfare six Hawkeyes for Airborne early warning protection Greyhounds for Logistics and a squadron of six anti-submarine helicopters they are nearly impossible to match an open combat and while having such a large number of aircraft on board may sound kind of crazy this is all possible because these aircraft carriers are the approximate size of four professional soccer fields stacked back to back while their displacement of about 105 000 tons means they're roughly the weight as much as 21 000 elephants yep Beyond carrying aircraft these vessels are well known for being completely decked out with weapons too in fact at any one time they have up to 24 NATO sea Sparrow missiles and four Rim 116 rolling airframe missiles on board allow them to quickly neutralize any incoming threats and in order to make sure everything runs well the ship's activities are all facilitated by a crew of over six thousand while their two Westinghouse a4w nuclear reactors and four steam turbines allows the Nimitz carriers to reach all corners of the globe number 11. the ddg X when it comes to surface combatants the U.S Navy May soon be behind the times after all its most recent rendition of this type of ship is the Arleigh Burke class and given that it launched more than 30 years ago without the right upgrades it's in danger of becoming out of date thus the DTG X is designed to be its replacement while still in the design stages the idea is that the ddg X will fire Hypersonic missiles and lasers that are up to 10 times more powerful than the US Navy's existing laser weapons these will be operated with the help of a 32 cell vertical launch system and the hope is that the ddgx will be able to travel 50 farther and spend 120 percent more time out on missions than more conventional vessels interestingly while the plan is for the ddgx to share some of the features of the new USS Zumwalt it will generally lean towards the design of a conventional Battleship as it will have a massive body and swept angular bulbous bow design rather than the wave piercing sharp angles of the Zumwalt in in terms of a timeline the hope is for construction to begin in 2028 for it to be active soon after and for it to serve the U.S Navy well into the 2060s number 10 the zuhayun while it's usually the United States that makes military firsts it's China's zuhayun that takes the cake for being the world's first totally autonomous ai-powered drone carrier according to state-sponsored Media it's able to carry up to 50 unmanned aircraft surface vessels and submersibles on its deck and could potentially operate automatically or if necessary by remote control as a mother ship launching swarm after swarm of drones now claims have been made that the drones will be strictly used for marine research after all the lab that made the ship had the express goal of creating a ship that could survey an underwater an above water area 50 nautical miles in diameter however it's not much of a stretch to conclude that the drones of the zuha young could serve as a massive surveillance system or potential Attack Force yet as much as we may speculate I guess only time will tell number nine the fujian until recently China owned just two aircraft carriers in comparison to the United States as 11. however after years of development they now have a third one that will be roughly comparable to the U.S Navy's world-leading Gerald Ford class it's known as the fujian the development of the carrier first began with the help of imported Russian technology and after all the bells and whistles were installed it was launched on June 17th of 2022 in terms of features the aircraft carrier is pretty impressive weighing in at somewhere between 77 and 90 000 tons it has a catapult launching system which appears to hold three separate deck catapults with each being able to shoot out multiple types of aircraft depending on the mission at hand this is possible via a system known as integrated electric propulsion which is powered by the help of massive gasoline or diesel run engines as such the fujian certainly has a lot of Firepower however I should note that the fujian has been a subject of a lot of controversy this is because the fujian is the province directly opposite from Taiwan and given the growing tensions in that region the symbolism of its name has not gone unnoticed and unfortunately if China does decide to attack Taiwan the fujian was almost certainly be part of the Chinese Arsenal number eight the Shandong the Chinese Navy has really been getting a sacked together in recent years and one of the most important poster children of this ascendancy has been the Shandong as the country's second aircraft carrier it's a point of Pride for the Middle Kingdom as it stands apart from being the country's first domestically built aircraft carrier while this is an accomplishment in and of itself one of the more worrying things about the Shandong is that it's one of the best aircraft carriers in the world in terms of military capabilities coming in at a length of 305 meters and having a weight of about sixty thousand tons the Shandong is quite large and this allows it to carry a total of 36 aircraft including 24 fighter jets and 12 helicopters these aircraft are accompanied by three gun towers and three 18 cell missile systems in order to ward off any threats while its top of the line radar allows it to quickly locate anything coming its way now it should come as little surprised that most of the details surrounding the Shandong are under wraps as the Chinese Navy isn't exactly known for being all that open about its military capabilities however given the rising tensions in the South China Sea it can be assumed that if a major conflict were to erupt then the shendong would play a key role number 7. the salad drone While most drones are tiny little machines that fly through the skies the salad drone is their aquatic cousin in terms of size salad drones are slightly longer than a pickup truck and a tad taller than a commercial truck in other words far larger than most drones however they more or less have the same function you see unlike almost every other Navy vessel salad drones make use of wind to navigate and solar panels to power its onboard computers and sensors all of which are controlled by AI this allows them to operate without any crew and it can be equipped with multiple payloads for different missions now while none of these payloads have any weapons they all have different acoustic packages that include different combinations of single beam or multi-beam sonar an echo Sounder and an acoustic Doppler current profiler it's with this equipment that the saladron can complete its ultimate task long-range data collection and when I say long range I really mean it after all it can operate for up to 12 months at a time without maintenance or refueling if that wasn't cool enough they are a sustainable zero carbon solution that can work without too much oversight making them a reconnaissance machine of the future however it's worth noting that to date a few have gotten into anime hands that's because in September of 2022 Iran captured two salad drones which became quite the Scandal and while they were promptly returned it can be assumed that some of the saladron's tech secrets have been compromised number six the Gerald Ford class U.S naval Supremacy relies on the country's abundance of aircraft carriers and to date the Gerald Ford class is simply unmatched first rolled out in 2017 at the moment just one is currently active while another one is completed and two more are under construction costing approximately 14 billion dollars a pop these carriers certainly aren't cheap however their Firepower helps justify that price you see these carriers out compete the older Nimitz class in many ways so much so that the Gerald Ford class is often considered to be the best aircraft carrier on the planet in terms of activity the General Ford class can conduct 160 sorties per day instead of just 140 has the ability to produce about 150 percent more electrical power and can interoperate very well with other Navy Army and Air Force vessels it also has a very high weight and stability allowance to accommodate for the added weight of new systems that will be installed over the ship's 50-year operational life making it flexible in terms of upcoming new technologies while many of these Technologies are still in progress for the time being these carriers can hold up to 90 aircraft and make use of weapons such as Raytheon evolve sea Sparrow missiles and a close-in weapon system if that wasn't cool enough despite being larger than the Nimitz the Gerald Ford class has far more automated technology allowing it to use 500 to 900 less crew members and reduce maintenance costs by about 30 percent as such the Gerald Ford class of aircraft carriers are nothing short of incredible number five the typo 55 Destroyer while the typo 55 Destroyer is shrouded in a cloud of secrecy it's easily one of the Chinese Navy's most advanced new ships appearing to be a cross between a stealthy Zumwalt class destroyer and a powerful Arleigh burke-class Destroyer many experts contend that it may be a step above both ships first entering service in late 2020 its design has a zumwalt-like stealthy configuration as it has a smooth straight Hull configuration with few protruding structures such as guns on the side deck masts or antennas however it also has no less than 128 concentrated vertical large systems to launch missiles from with these including anti-ship cruise missiles short-range surface-to-air missiles and long-range surface-to-air missiles if things get really hairy the type 55 Destroyer can launch up to three Harbin z9 and chanxi z18 helicopters giving it a lot of Versatility no matter what the situation it despite all this heft it can reach the average speed of about 18 knots and a standard range of about 9 300 kilometers making it a very capable fighter however despite all these features there are still a lot of question marks surrounding it after all despite it being stealthy it has vertical protruding structures that make it easier to detect than the Zumwalt putting it at a slight disadvantage it's also unclear whether or not the typo 55 has radar-like ballistic missile defense technology like fire control air and cruise missile defense all of which would put it A Step Above many of its competitors yet what is clear is that no matter what the situation the typo 55 is a force to be reckoned with number four the Virginia class block 5 submarine submarines are often overlooked but I'd say that the Virginia class submarine is arguably the most powerful vessel in the U.S Navy's Arsenal it was first launched in 2003 the Virginia class is both super strong and super high tech it's powered by a s9g nuclear reactor that produces 280 000 horsepower and a further two steam engines that produce a total of 80 000 horsepower the submarine is quick going at speeds of up to 46 kilometers per hour while being efficient enough to reach every corner of the globe Beyond its power its Tech is what sets it apart one of its most notable features is its unified modular Mast replacing the normal assortment of several masts it unifies the sub-sensory and detection tools this allows it to more easily gather info navigate water bodies communicate with home base and intercept enemy Communications and radar these abilities are enhanced by its variety of sonar arrays too which when working together allow the Virginia class to hear enemy ships that are up to 4 800 kilometers away Virginia class jobs also have an advanced pump jet propulsor this is a techie upgrade over traditional blade propellers because it can reduce the risk of cavitation and the significantly quieter therefore reducing the chance of problems while out on the high seas this is not to mention the Virginia classes overpowered Global strike missiles which allow these Subs to hit targets practically anywhere on the planet and launch their attacks at speeds that are up to 20 times the speed of sound when you further consider that the Virginia class also comes equipped with a plethora of torpedoes and missiles and that there are even plants to mount nuclear-powered lasers onto it it becomes clear that the Virginia class block 5 may just be the U.S Navy's most impressive military asset number three the sejong the great class when it comes to military South Korea is routinely overlooked a country that's been consistently threatened by both North Korea and China has always got to be at the ready and in order to protect its territorial Integrity it's in possession of a class of Destroyers that's arguably A Step Above anything owned by the United States it's known as the sejong the great class there are currently three in active service and they stand apart for quite a few reasons first and foremost at about ten thousand tons they're the world's heaviest destroyer and due to their comprehensive sensor and weapons Suite they are able to perform practically any Mission out there more specifically they have long-range anti-ship and land attack missiles that are launched out of three vertical launch systems a close-in weapon system a rolling airframe missile launcher a 127 millimeter Naval gun red shark anti-submarine rockets and blue shark Torpedoes it's this combination that makes these ships very versatile and able to engage in conventional Naval Warfare anti-submarine Warfare and anti-air Warfare operations if all this wasn't cool enough the sejong the great class even comes equipped with two Westland links mk-99 helicopters a high-tech radar system and an Aegis combat system developed by Lockheed Martin all of which helped place it A step above its competitors in fact the sejong the great class is so incredibly effective that it can attack land targets that are up to 1500 kilometers away with some observers and experts believing that a single sejong the great warship has enough Firepower to obliterate all of North Korea's surface and subsurface Fleet and ground targets no matter where these ships and targets are located within North Korea's territory as such given that a total of three of these ships are active and a further four completed yeah it's fair to say that South Korea is very well defended number two the independence class on the surface the independence class may look a bit strange having a square shaped open back and super pointy front their form is far different than most other battleships however their Firepower more than makes up for their strange looks now the independence is known as a littoral combat ship in other words a type of relatively small surface vessel designed to operate near shore and be a flexible affordable addition to the US Arsenal in order to be so flexible these ships have some interesting features first and foremost their Unique Home makes them fast stable and agile allowing for a large rear deck that doesn't significantly increase its radar signature it also has several useful weapons on board with these including a 57 millimeter gun that can hit targets up to 14 kilometers away a c-ram close-in weapon system for air defense and an anwld1 remote mine hunting system to keep the ship from getting blown to bits when you further consider that it features two 30 millimeter cannons that fire 200 rounds a minute at a range of up to two kilometers it's easy to see how this ship is ready for anything yet despite all its cool features the independence class has had some serious design flaws while not all the details are publicly available it's been reported that a high stress area of the ship has routinely become cracked with a total of six out of the Navy's 13 active warships experiencing this problem to make matters worse serious questions have been raised as to whether or not the ships are actually all that useful as their ability to be used in missions and defend against cyber attacks is not entirely hashed out therefore while these ships have a lot of Firepower and the potential to be great the US Navy is going to have to put a lot of work into them to ensure that they can be part of their long-term plan number one the USS sumwalt the U.S Navy is always looking for ways to improve itself and the USS somewalt was supposed to be the ship to launch the force into the future considered to be the largest and most technologically advanced surface combatant in the world it's designed to fight Naval Warfare entirely above the surface of the water coming in at 183 meters in length and weighing about 15 000 tons it's a massive ship although it doesn't stop it from being stealthy you see its design compensates for its size due to the fact that it consists of futuristic sharp angles that turn its radar cross-section to the approximate size of a small fishing boat in terms of speed its wave piercing tumble home Hull allows it to easily Pierce through the water while its two Rolls-Royce gas turbines drive a set of curtis-red electric generators that make the ship both powerful and fuel efficient in terms of its armaments it's a jack of all trades as it's got different Weaponry for different situations for example for more long-range targets it makes use of 80 Advanced vertical launch cells to launch standard Tama Hawk and sea Sparrow missiles and if necessary it will make use of two 155 millimeter Advanced gun systems for shorter range targets it makes use of two Mark 46 close-in guns and if things really get hairy it can deploy its five helicopters to neutralize pesky adversaries now while this all should make the Zumwalt an incredible ship the reality is that it might be a somewhat useless high-tech trinket that's because while the zomalt was designed to assist in land attacks exactly how this could work logistically was never properly ironed out to make matters worse its capabilities are simply better suited for other types of ships this puts it in a bit of a conundrum as while it is a solid ship for each of its tasks there's an existing specialized chip that Does It Better therefore while the Zumwalt may be cool it may never reach its full potential I'll see you all next time we're excited to announce that the top 5 show has launched Channel memberships by clicking the join button you can become an official member and sponsor of our Channel as a channel remember you'll gain access to exclusive perks and members only features such as members only videos and custom chat icons becoming a channel member not only adds to the fun of being part of 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Published: Tue May 02 2023