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Russia builds 'unstoppable' 4,600mph missile that could destroy Royal Navy's new carriers
Mirror, U.K. ^ | Mar 25, 2017 | SEAN RAYMENT

Posted on 03/26/2017 6:53:13 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki

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To: Born to Conserve

Retaliation would not just be for the carrier.

There are roughly 5000 folks onboard a carrier.


21 posted on 03/26/2017 7:18:44 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Scrambler Bob

You don’t take out the missile you go after the delivery system before it launches.


22 posted on 03/26/2017 7:21:38 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: mrsmith; WENDLE

I imagine they are working on the premise that if the USA cannot defend against these weapons then they would not need to build an arsenal of planes or tanks or take up large defensive positions. If they can develop anti-missile technology capable of stopping US or NATO (or anyone’s) missiles while we cannot stop their missiles, they have checkmate on the board. We will always need to be capable of either knocking their missiles out, or having non-interceptable missiles of our own... preferably both. We need a MAD stalemate at the very least.


23 posted on 03/26/2017 7:23:06 PM PDT by monkeyshine
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To: central_va

With a CIWS?


24 posted on 03/26/2017 7:24:01 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Oh dear, oh dear, what could possibly stop this magic Russian missile?

A one half inch depleted uranium ball round.
Think grape shot.

A shock wave of sufficient density to either:
Turn the missile slightly sideways at 4600 mph to cause body failure from resultant extreme stresses.

A shock wave of sufficient density to destroy the missile as it hits the shock wave.

A shock wave which would blow out the ramjet.

There are other solutions involving lasers that I won’t bother with.


25 posted on 03/26/2017 7:24:47 PM PDT by buffaloguy
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To: sukhoi-30mki

Ivan loves to brag.

Time will tell.


26 posted on 03/26/2017 7:24:56 PM PDT by W. (Bock, bock, bock!)
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To: Scrambler Bob

It would be a big cloud of rapidly decelerating kinetic energy that would be small enough for shipboard armor to withstand. Or it could simply deflect it into the ocean assuming it’s a sea-skimmer. Point is, CIWS has a better chance of stopping it than C-RAM does and it can try to stop more missiles than the C-RAM system we idiotically replaced the Phalanxes with.


27 posted on 03/26/2017 7:25:57 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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28 posted on 03/26/2017 7:28:31 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: sukhoi-30mki

And just how many of those do they have in service?

That’s correct. Zero.


29 posted on 03/26/2017 7:29:38 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Scrambler Bob

No silly, if it is air launched, say from a bear bomber, shoot the damn thing down before it launches. If it is sub launched sink the GD sub before it gets into missile range. If the enemy launches a missile at a cvbg then that means something went wrong with the whole strategic/tactical mission planning.


30 posted on 03/26/2017 7:30:04 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Spktyr

Not so sure of the big cloud.

A few of the big chunks would be dangerous. I would want to run to the other side of the ship, for sure.


31 posted on 03/26/2017 7:30:58 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: monkeyshine

Sure but it has to be economically practical.
This is economic compared to the target but not to the counter measure.


32 posted on 03/26/2017 7:31:15 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Born to Conserve

It is standard ROE: If you take out an American carrier you have committed yourself to existential nuclear war.

Because it is coming.


33 posted on 03/26/2017 7:32:45 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Scrambler Bob

Close In Weapons System


34 posted on 03/26/2017 7:35:18 PM PDT by Lurkus Maximus
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To: sukhoi-30mki

wow!

4600 mph and heavy enough to sink a ship, too?

amazing!


35 posted on 03/26/2017 7:35:20 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans are not born, they're excreted." -- Marcus Tillius Cicero)
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To: Mariner

America didn’t nuke North Korea, North Vietnam, Iraq or Afghanistan. I doubt one air craft carrier getting heavily damaged is going to set off a nuclear war.


36 posted on 03/26/2017 7:35:37 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: SamAdams76
They're gonna come after American ships with the big wake homers.

Type 65. They've had them since the 70's. Bigger than ours with 2x the explosive payload. Runs deep and looks up to follow the wake into the stern of a carrier and disable the screws.

37 posted on 03/26/2017 7:36:24 PM PDT by atomic_dog
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To: faithhopecharity

You are not going to sink an AC carrier with one conventional missile hit. Not even 25 hits. You will damage it severely and it will need ship yard repair time but it will fight again.


38 posted on 03/26/2017 7:38:22 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Born to Conserve

Only if you have the right person in charge would that happen. With the wrong person, I wouldn’t bet on it. I wish I were joking.

Look, we already had the equivalent of two aircraft carriers blown away. But this was much worse, these were civilians, thousands, who were targeted right in the middle of New York.

And the U.S. did what? Secure it’s borders? No. And instead seizing Saudi Arabia and it’s oil, we went into a 10 year long war in Iraq, spending trillions on a “compassionate war” which helped loot the American treasure and killed a bunch of our people. In every direction, at the rate we were going, the U.S. would cease to be a lone super power and we would be lucky if the wheels didn’t come off.


39 posted on 03/26/2017 7:40:45 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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40 posted on 03/26/2017 7:40:52 PM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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