Update: US Admiral says Dong Feng 21D can't stop USN
Note: This is an updated, retitled thread that focuses on China's use of ASBMs, and which used to focus on the PRC possibly targetting CV groups with them. Please scroll down for the latest...
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i belive the counter to the ASBM is contained in the arc light thread
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alspug wrote:i belive the counter to the ASBM is contained in the arc light threadhttp://warships1discussio...ic/13880/t/ArcLight.html
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China Builds First Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Base? By WENDELL MINNICK Published: 5 Aug 2010 07:51TAIPEI - China's new anti-ship ballistic missile (ASBM) will be deployed at the Second Artillery...
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Aegis/ABM is also a very nice counter... which is becoming numerous enough to insure that each carrier group has one, just for the Chinese.
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Note the artists's impression of a Chinese attack on a CVBG within the article excerpt below (is just me or did that exact same scene in the picture come from the "Transformers 2" movie? ): China to...
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Of course. The Chinese would have to prove the warhead is not nuclear.
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Big discussion. In a kind of "Democracy is the place where 'democrats' win". The places where they loose the will call the hell on earth.
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Yeah thats from Transformers 2
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Of course. The Chinese would have to prove the warhead is not nuclear. Why? Is that going to make any difference to the engagement? Any suggestion that a DF-21 salvo launched at a CVBG is a direct and...
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An update: US admiral: Carrier killer won't stop US Navy APBy ERIC TALMADGE, Associated Press Eric Talmadge, Associated Press – 35 mins agoYOKOSUKA, Japan – A new "carrier killer" missile that has...
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Hmmm. Interesting tactical CSG formation that artist has an impression of.
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IcelofAngeln wrote: Hmmm. Interesting tactical CSG formation that artist has an impression of.It's typical of posed photos, so maybe the artist thought that was normal for operations.
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The Chinese cant even deploy an ICBM with a CEP of less than 200m, so how many decades away are they from having a missle with the kind of CEP to hit a ship going at 30knots.More Chinese propoganda BS.
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Regarding the picture from Transformers 2 where you see the Deceptic...I mean DF2 coming down, I assume that escorts would never ever be that close to a carrier and would be miles away and they are...
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[Dropping a conventional ballistic missile warhead within 5 meters of a static target is very hard.]Iran has just done it!http://defense-update.com...0110208_fateh110_eo.html
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Hitting a static, ranged, known target is a lot easier than hitting a ship thats at sea, moving and defended.
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Cross648 wrote: hitting a ship thats at sea, moving and defended. That is the next step up. Iran is not even one of the more advanced countries in the world when it comes to weaponry.
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It seems questionable that the Iranian test in genuinely displaying such a capability given their track record in displaying wonder weapons. At best, the Iranian missile if successful is a ~200 km...
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