Condor, Regarding Message 19605759
<<Russia, China sign defence cooperation protocol>>
Hmmn, just imagine, Sunburn anti-ship missiles
fas.org
<<Maximum Speed Mach 3
Maximum effective range 250 km
Flight Altitude 20 meters above sea level
Guidance mode active radar>>
sinodefence.com
<<The missile is armed with a conventional 300 kg penetrating warhead containing 150 kg of high explosive, or (in the Russian Navy) a 200 kiloton nuclear warhead. Even with a conventional warhead, 3M-80E missile is large enough so that one hit from a single missile could seriously damage or possibly even sink a U.S. Navy major surface combatant, a hit from one or possibly even a few conventionally-armed Moskit missiles might not be enough to halt flight operations on a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier because of the carrier’s much larger size and its high degree of compartmentalization. A nuclear-armed 3M-80E Moskit, however, could easily destroy a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier (and any other nearby ships), even if the warhead detonates at some distance from the carrier.>>
... mass produced, at 1/5 of current cost, populating shipping choke points, loaded on to fishing trawlers, hiding in submersible tubes, riding on long range aircrafts, making the world's ocean more democratic and thus safer, like the wild wild west of yesteryear when everyone carried guns ;0)
No one in the world seems to be worried, except folks with lots of aircraft carriers. For them, resolution is the way to go, always :0)
fas.org
<<CONGRESSMEN SEEK RESOLUTION TO HALT RUSSIAN MISSILE SALES TO CHINA ...
The supersonic Sunburn missile, which can be mounted on a naval or mobile land platform, was designed specifically to destroy American aircraft carriers and other warships equipped with advanced Aegis radar and combat management systems. The US Navy considers the missile to be extremely difficult to defend against ... It continues that the Sunburn missile has an over-the-horizon range of 65 miles and can deliver a 200-kiloton warhead in under two minutes ... land, sea, or air-launched Sunburn missiles raise the potential for American casualties and could affect the outcome in any future conflict in the Taiwan Straits or South China Sea>>
Except, of course, resolutions are not the answer, and so sinodefence.com
... and not only that, but help was supposedly offered, received, accepted and utilized newsmax.com
<<How U.S. Helped Russia Improve Deadly Missiles>>
In any case, I am sure what we are discussing has nothing whatsoever to do with this Message 19593677 :0)
Chugs, Jay |
