Can they fly faster than the speed of light?
Because if not, they are going to have a tough time dodging a navy’s laser anti-missile defenses.
One thing not in the article is China has a supersonic missile that flies at a very low altitude across the water. It doesn’t fly as fast as the Russian ones, but being able to practically hover the water makes it tough to both detect and intercept. I believe we currently have no antidote for that besides retaliation.
he’s quick karl, gotta do everything fast...
That was a great article. Interesting.
Install another dozen CIWS phalanx guns per ship. Put up a wall of lead. Kinetics works both ways.
“ The Kinzhal flies at altitudes of between 20 and 40 km, with a maximum range of 2,000 km. When above target, it dives perpendicularly and accelerates to 15 mach, generating enormous kinetic energy in addition to its explosive payload. ”
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20-40km in the air is not exactly undetectable. And the hypersonic part of its flight is the perpendicular drop. I imagine we would start countermeasures when it’s launched.
Once it turns downward, it moves like a hawk diving on a mouse.
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Certainly not an expert in such things, but I don't see how it takes out a concrete bunker 500 feet underground. On the other hand, I could see it destroying entrances and air-vents, making life very difficult for anyone in the bunker though.
The Kinzhal is currently being used up in the Ukraine war against civilian targets.
Unless your admiral is privy to US Navy weapons and radars specifications, he’s talking through his hat. And he basically takes Russian mil-prop and assumes it works, and that they have any remaining. To make more they need the West to lift sanctions.
When country is scraping the bottom of the tank barrel with T-54/55s, it does not say much for the rest of their dwindling arsenal.
How close we are to this point in time is a subject of opinion.
Don't even need hypersonics, just lots of ballistic missiles. But with hypersonics you can take them out in port without collateral damage.
This isn't WWII.
So far the supposedly unstoppable Russian military hasn't managed to defeat Ukraine, which until recently was not considered even a top 10 military power in the world.
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“They can sink ALL of the U.S. aircraft carriers, all at once”
Until they’ve actually been battle-tested, nobody can say whether such a claim will turn out to be true or not.
To make a long story short - even a successful strike with missile with the nuclear warhead is not guaranteed to sink an aircraft carrier.
And we can sink ALL of the Russian aircraft carrier (actually, Russia's ONE aircraft carrier - the Admiral Kuznetsov - is designated as an aircraft-carrying cruiser).
Shouldn't be difficult to locate: Looks like it has already taken a hit!
We'll be able to sink it as soon as it completes its SIX YEARS of repair and "maintenance" work!
Regards,
just more kremlin propaganda.
Why sink carriers? Just invite them back to Wuhan for the Military World Games and expose them to another Fauxi funded illegal gain-of-function bioweapon like 2019.
And we’re too busy sending our woke morons out to get the troops to run around in red high heels and take in poisonous jabs.
It’s deliberate - if you wanted to destroy the US, you couldn’t do a better job than our deep state left is doing right now. Including a LOT of republicans masquerading as Americans.
Ok even at mach 2 it will take an hour for the missile to reach a target from 1,500 NM ( if they have that kind of range).