Posted on 08/19/2018 11:04:49 AM PDT by daniel1212
President Donald Trump on Monday signed into law a $717 billion defense spending bill that puts China in the crosshairs of a host of new US Navy missiles and tactics.
The US Navy will get new, longer-range missiles to outgun China's missiles, which can get clean shots on US ships well before US missiles have them in range.
The increase in spending comes as China has increasingly edged out the US Navy's competitive advantage in open waters. The US suffers a missile gap with both Russia and China, meaning those countries have longer-range missiles designed to sink massively valuable platforms like aircraft carriers before they can get close.
China's YJ-18 and YJ-12 each can fly over 240 miles while meters above the surface of the ocean. When the YJ-18 gets close to the target, it jolts into supersonic speed, at about Mach 3. When the YJ-12 — also supersonic — approaches a target, it executes a corkscrew turn to evade close-in ship defenses.
Russia's anti-ship Club missiles can reach 186 miles and boost into supersonic speeds when nearing a target. The US Navy's Harpoon missile is subsonic and travels just 77 miles.
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I hope they build their missiles with the same proficiency that they use on the parts my employer purchases from them. Based on the failure rate of some of those parts maybe we could buy some time.
Then again, perhaps, like fruit and vegetable caners who buy only the best for their canned produce, leaving the seconds to go to grocery stores ... so your parts are the seconds and their missiles have the best parts ... never sell your enemies short ...
SOLUTION is Robot self driving Army of cheap tacticle ships so that the enemy cannot approach.
Mass multiple incoming requires mass cheap manless assault ships.
Optical lasers is the future because light is QUICK.
But the Democrats will just sell military secrets to the enemy for cheap.
tactical
As I recall, before Gulf War I, a lot of experts explained how US forces were at a huge disadvantage because Iraqi artillery outranged ours.
Well, yes.
As I recall, before Gulf War I, a lot of experts explained how US forces were at a huge disadvantage because Iraqi artillery outranged ours.
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Moral: never be complacent when going to war; everything changes when contact made.
China is not iraq. urging complacence is foolhardy. ‘Experts’ are frequently wrong, but there is no way to test their accuracy until after the fact.
Did I urge complacency?
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