Inside the Ring: China missiles (carrier-killers)

Washington Times ^ | 03/07/08 | Bill Gertz

[hosepipe]

[ What down side.. I see no down side.. Only WW3. ]

True, all we need is for primitive cretins to get nukes..
Then citys start blowing up not random Muzziebombs..
The future looks bleak.

Americans have no idea what chaos looks like.. YET...
Any that votes for ANY democrat is a proto-terrorist..
an enabler..

[CZB]

Given the fact that the PLA is in perpetual conflict with the civilian sector of the Party, it might be that they are inclined to build whatever CAN be built regardless of its usefulness. Or maybe they envision throwing up a nuclear shower of sorts between Taiwan and the rest of our fleet at some point.

Their manner of taking Taiwan would be to fabricate a lot of internal “strife” there, using their agents and other friendlies to contrive the strife, then go to the UN and make a stink about needing to go in militarily and “quell” the rioting (or whatever op they’ve dreamed up), let the debate exacerbate itself as the “situation” on Taiwan “deteriorates,” maybe trying to bait the US into making a more aggressive defensive move, and then take a reading of the global temperature of just how aggressive their own response might be. It’s the Prague Spring model, more or less. With a President Obama in place, it would probably work.

Where a ballistic missile designed to hit naval assets fits into this, I don’t know. Maybe it’s just there to make the US hesitate a day or two, because a day or two might be all it takes. Maybe they see the weapon as force protection for their own navy. They landed on the “missile waves” alteration of their doctrine when they gave up the “human waves” doctrine in the aftermath of Persian Gulf War I. Maybe they are just enamored of the “shock and awe” tactic and will build anything that gives them a little more of it.

If I personally was a carrier commander in the Navy what I’d want more than anything else no matter what weapon I’m potentially facing is better intel. Sensors, yes. But HUMINT too.

[The Duke]

I’ll go you one better than that. I can imagine almost trivial scenarios that could bring big parts of the US economy to a standstill for days on end.

[Right Winged American]

Would that have been the "Sunburn" missile?

Yes, and also the Klub 'Sizzler' varients. Solution to Supersonic, Hi-angle manuvering missile:

RIM-162 Evolved Sea-Sparrow Missile: Bigger motor, much more manuverable, Aegis SPY-1 and SPY-2 independant control.

Mass Attacks? Comes in 4-pack for 1 Mk-41,-48, and -29 box Launcher.

Arleigh Burke Class: 90 Mk-41 Cells.

Tico Class Cruisers: 122 Mk-41 Cells.

You do the math.