Chinese 'Kill Weapon' Gives U.S. Navy Cause for Concern

Fox News ^ | March 31, 2009 | Fox News

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Why would China want to destroy us when they already own us?

I think the one danger is that China decides to take Taiwan by force. Do you really think Obama is going to launch nukes over Taiwan? He needs Chinese money to pay for his glorious "investments."

[raptor29]

Special thanks to Bill Clinton for giving the Chinese our ballistic missile guiding technology in the mid-90’s.

[Surfer Bert]

Worked for General Electric on the original design of the CWIS. GE Burlington Vt made the gun (Vulcan) GE Pittsfield Ma. made the structure and General Dynamics made the radar.
I spent time cruising around the Pacific missile range on the USS King(DLG-10) shooting down targets towed by F4s that we could not even see until they were actually blown up with the hits of depleted uranimum.

[Surfer Bert]

Worked for General Electric on the original design of the CWIS. GE Burlington Vt made the gun (Vulcan) GE Pittsfield Ma. made the structure and General Dynamics made the radar.
I spent time cruising around the Pacific missile range on the USS King(DLG-10) shooting down targets towed by F4s that we could not even see until they were actually blown up with the hits of depleted uranimum.

[Vroomfondel]

ping

[Thunder90]

Probably a knock-off of the Iskander-M missle, which is proported by the Russians to have only a max range of 400KM, but is rumored to have a range of 1800KM if a booster is added. Russia is not supposed to have that version (Banned by the IRBM treaty), but you know that they do, and they have alot of these. They probably shared this tech with the Chinese, and that’s how China has these things.

[magslinger]

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[Fred Hayek]

It may also be a continued development of a variant of the Soviet SS-N-8 SLBM. The Soviets were developing a version with a radar terminal guidance to lock on to a task force, payload was to be nuclear. This was never deployed, can’t say whether it was tested. I’m out of town right now, away from my library (including Conway’s). My guess is that the intent was to spot the carrier task force with a Bear, Badger, or a RORSAT, send the position to a launching sub perhaps via Punch Bowl.

[jveritas]

I do not believe that the Chinese are capable of such technology and that we do not have a defense measure against it.

[pabianice]

Flash Point Taiwan

[BIGLOOK]

The U.S. Naval Institute, a pro-military organization, notes that a post on a Chinese blog considered credible by military analysts provides a description of an anti-ship ballistic missile that could hit U.S. ships from about 1,240 miles.

Don't know how reliable the skinny is but sounds like a Silk Worm on Steroids....lots of steroids.

If the launch is near orbital, it's shootable; Aegis on the pickets will take care of that.

If the launch is a cruise missile....hell, 1240 miles is absurd.

兵不厭詐。

All warfare is based on deception.

I'd look for Kilo after a distraction.

[ryan71]

“As a mother of a son on a carrier in that part of the world, I find this very difficult to read.

Fear not. Your son is safer at sea, aboard a carrier, than on liberty call.

The best defense is a good offense. A carrier and it's battle group are designed to project force. They employ a multitude of air, surface, and subsurface assets to identify and attack potential threats before they become threats. They train to do this nearly 24/7 and they are very good at it.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

Don’t worry, Obama will tell China to stop that. All is well.