Posted on 03/24/2015 5:37:26 PM PDT by gaijin
Some five years ago Russia marketed a disturbing new missile product; the modularized "klub" missile in 3 variants; anti-ship, anti-sub and land attack.
Fair enough, but the scary part was the innovative packaging --they were presented in the form of ready-to-fire units fully integrated into common shipping containers, complete with vertical launch system, booster unit with thrust vectoring, etc.
Conceivably a totally innocuous-looking transport ship could be packing Armageddon, or close, and make it's hostile intentions detectable only at the last possible moment as it approached an unwitting target --the dream scenario of any bad actor.
The Russians appear to have expanded on that marketing theme to include containerized command modules and even helicopter UAV's.
The video plays from the 1 minute point, where the essentials are graphically presented.
Be sure to catch the last minute of the video, which contains heavy allusions to the troubles in the Crimea, Ukraine, etc.
The Russians appear to be marketing a totally-integrated, mobile missile strike system that would be totally stealthy, containerized and potentially ideal for rogue, non-state actors.
Fair enough, but the scary part was the innovative packaging --they were presented in the form of ready-to-fire units fully integrated into common shipping containers, complete with vertical launch system, booster unit with thrust vectoring, etc.
Conceivably a totally innocuous-looking transport ship could be packing Armageddon, or close, and make it's hostile intentions detectable only at the last possible moment as it approached an unwitting target --the dream scenario of any bad actor.
The Russians appear to have expanded on that marketing theme to include containerized command modules and even helicopter UAV's.
The video plays from the 1 minute point, where the essentials are graphically presented.
Could these deliver an EMP weapon?
Be kinda ironic if some country used one against Russia.
They’re not saying that, but going that route IMO would not take that much extra effort.
I’m not an expert, but I feared exactly what you did.
Eh..I have a bad feeling about all this.
This lends itself very, very readily to the whole Asymmetric Warfare thing.
It also seems they’re marketing to Asian customers (think Senkaku Islands, Taiwan Straits).
Well obviously, Iran is part of Russia’s delivery system in several ways. Russia has a long history of using countries like Iran.
‘Die Welt’: Iran building rocket bases in Venezuela (17 May 2011)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2721122/posts
Russia engages in 'gangland' diplomacy as it sends warship to the Caribbean (Exercise with Venezuelan military, 2008)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088262/posts
(from 2006)
There's also Russia's work with North Korea.
Pretty smart to use shipping containers. Why didn’t we think of that?
Thanks.
Too practical. If you can't spend billions in R&D and cost over runs then it won't work.
They wouldn’t because Russia still demonstrates balls and would wipe anyone related to the attack off the map.
We would send John Kerry with a strongly worded letter and every enemy knows it
I’m sure we have similar systems for special ops.
The Russians are just crazy enough to sell it
“Pretty smart to use shipping containers. Why didn’t we think of that?”
If an enemy is going after your systems, how long until they run out of smart bombs plinking every empty shipping container in Asia??
Why fool with something like that when you can embed a nuclear device inside a merchant ship while in a yard for work unknown to all of the crew except for one who will join later. The ship goes about its business until months or years later it’s chartered for a cargo for NJ. The ship will end up in the Hudson before it’s detonated.
We’ll never see it coming.
True. Smart weapons proved not to be a silver bullet it initially appeared. They are good at killing high-value targets and making good footage for TV while targeting some less valuable assets but you can’t win a war against semi-advanced adversary this way.
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