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To: ought-six

“Second thought. Why one needs aircarrier if she can’t get close to a shore because antiship missiles have twice bigger range than her airplanes?”

In your dreams, Ivan.===

Think about it. Say aircarrier approaches a shore of hostile country. But long before her aircraft may reach a shore the antiship missiles start from shore and get to aircarrier. And sink her.

Why that? Because antiship missile don’t need to return home. So its missile range is twice big as of airplane based on carrier which make aircarrier useless against strong country with advanced antiship missiles. Aircarrier just gets under strike from shore long before she can strike back. She can harass some weak country like Somalia but that is it.


154 posted on 04/17/2023 7:02:46 PM PDT by nickfrost1
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To: nickfrost1

“Think about it. Say aircarrier approaches a shore of hostile country. But long before her aircraft may reach a shore the antiship missiles start from shore and get to aircarrier. And sink her.”

ASMs have a range of about 65-70 miles; LRASMs with sensors can go up to 350 miles, and those without sensors can go up to about 450 - 500 miles. LSARMs without sensors are not accurate. An FA-18 has a range of 1250 miles, so it can launch from a carrier 600 miles offshore and take out the AS battery without the carrier ever coming under threat by that battery.

You will lose the war you so fervently lust after.


155 posted on 04/18/2023 6:37:36 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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