Military vessel
AssigneesThyssenkrupp Marine Systems GmbH, thyssenkrupp AG
InventorsHans Oesmann, Dirk Ewers
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Abstract
A military vessel may include a directable weapon and an antenna. The antenna can be swiveled from a first position, in which the antenna is disposed essentially vertically, into a second position, in which a height of the antenna above the military vessel is reduced to increase a directing range of the directable weapon compared to the first position. A method for operating a military vessel with a directable weapon and an antenna may involve swiveling the antenna from a first position, in which the antenna is disposed essentially vertically, into a second position, in which the height of the antenna above the vessel is reduced to increase the directing range of the weapon compared to the first position.
Claims17
A military vessel comprising:
- a directable weapon;
- and
- an antenna configured to be swiveled from a first position in which the antenna is disposed substantially vertically to a second position in which a height of the antenna above the vessel is reduced to increase a directing range of the directable weapon relative to the first position,
- wherein the antenna is configured as a linear antenna.
A method for operating a military vessel that includes a directable weapon and a linear antenna, the method comprising swiveling the linear antenna from a first position in which the linear antenna is substantially vertically disposed to a second position in which a height of the linear antenna above the military vessel is reduced to increase a directing range of the directable weapon relative to the first position.
A method for operating a military vessel that includes a directable weapon and an antenna, the method comprising swiveling the antenna from a first position in which the antenna is substantially vertically disposed to a second position in which a height of the antenna above the military vessel is reduced to increase a directing range of the directable weapon relative to the first position, and swiveling the antenna to the second position if the directable weapon adopts at least one of a predetermined elevation directing position or a predetermined azimuth directing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.