림팩 2024 SINKEX 훈련에 참여한 AC-130J

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이번 림팩 2024 훈련에선 LHA-1 USS 타라와와 LPD-8 USS 더뷰크가 표적함이 돼 태평양 바닥으로 가라앉았는데, 그 중 USS 더뷰크를 대상으로 한 SINKEX 훈련에 참가한 AC-130J의 사격 영상이 공개됐네요. 

뉴멕시코주 제27 특수작전비행단 소속의 AC-130J가 실사격을 실시했고, AC-130J 외에 육군의 AH-64와 육자대의 부대도 훈련에 참가했다고 합니다. 

Watch: AC-130J gunship pummels Navy vessel during Rim of the Pacific (defensenews.com)

Watch: AC-130J gunship pummels Navy vessel during Rim of the Pacific

By Riley Ceder

 Aug 6, 2024, 03:39 AM

An AC-130J gunship practiced live-fire on a retired U.S. Navy ship during SINKEX 2024. (Todd R. McQueen)

A U.S. Air Force AC-130J gunship took part in battering and sinking a retired U.S. Navy vessel during this summer’s 2024 Rim of the Pacific exercise, according to explosive footage released by the Air Force.

A New Mexico-based 27th Special Operations Wing crew manning the AC-130J bludgeoned the Austin-class amphibious transport dock Dubuque with cannon fire from the air as part of a live-fire sinking exercise last month.

The former amphibious assault ship Tarawa was also sent to the ocean floor as part of the exercise. Footage of the Tarawa’s final moments above the ocean’s surface has yet to be released.

https://youtu.be/5uvpRpOBZa0?si=heh-YQu4pW3nq9Oa

This year’s Rim of the Pacific Exercise, or RIMPAC, involved 29 nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel. It is the largest international maritime exercise and allows militaries the opportunity to test high-powered weapons in real-world scenarios.

Over the roughly minute-and-a-half video, which was recorded off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai, the AC-130J ambushes the Dubuque with a barrage of cannon fire.

Impacts can be seen across the vessel’s surface, with billows of smoke signaling each heavy strike.

Though not included in the video, Dubuque was also hit by U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters and elements from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force.

The Dubuque, which now rests 15,000 feet below the waves, was commissioned in 1967 and went on to serve in Vietnam before being decommissioned in 2011.

Ships sunk during the RIMPAC exercise must be cleaned of any toxic substances, such as mercury or petroleum, in compliance with Environmental Protection Agency regulations. Vessels must also sink at least 6,000 feet underwater and 50 nautical miles from land.

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엥 AC-130J가 대함 공격을 하는 것은 좀 생소하네요.

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30mm 발칸을 주로 쏘고 105mm를 가끔 섞어 쏘는 것 같은데 LPD급에는 거의 유효타가 안 들어가는 것 같습니다. 사실 왜 참가했는지도 모르겠네요 ㅎㅎㅎ

아파치가 쏜 헬파이어도 물구멍내긴 역부족이었을 거고, 육자대가 하푼이나 뭐 다른 유도탄을 쏴서 가라앉혔을 것 같네요.

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아마 소형 상륙정들 물량 쏟아져 들어올때 상륙 저지 정도에 쓰이지않을까 싶은데요