The Chinese do not have the ability to target our carriers with sufficient precision to launch. This also assumes that we let the shooters get within launch distance. Do you think that we don't have the means to defeat these missiles even if they are some how aimed correctly. We have EW, SAMs, and CIWS. That sounds like a pretty good defense in depth for something as big and slow as a Silkworm(v).
An invasion fleet is an invasion fleet. Sink it.
Your post concerning the Forrestal fire is completely irrelevant.
You are out of your league in this discussion and starting to look foolish.
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It seems to me that you are the one who is completely out of his league in this discussion.
You are out of your league in this discussion and starting to look foolish. ... It seems to me that you are the one who is completely out of his league in this discussion.
***You only need to say it once. Saying it twice makes you look shrill. I claimed to be a member of an amateur forum. What is your expertise, Mr. Expert, and why are you so petulant? Deal with the facts and toss your ridiculous attitude.
I addressed the targeting. Infrared. Big, giant, nuclear powered infrared target in the middle of a cold ocean. A high schooler could build the circuit to target that. And they’re not silkworms, they’re long range missiles. You have a propensity to misread, distort, and otherwise use straw argumentation.
The Forrestal fire shows that a carrier can be knocked out of action by a fire, simple as that. Once the fire starts, the infrared signature can even be picked up by old, beat up satellites.
We had anti-missile technology in Gulf War I, and it was a SCUD that caused the most deaths in that war. All it takes is one missile to get through and the resulting fire will be like shining a spotlight on the carrier for all the other ordinance.
The Chinese do not have the ability to target our carriers with sufficient precision to launch.
***uhh, but they do have the ability to target Taiwan from their mainland with sufficient precision to knock out individual buildings. Are you intentionally misreading or looking for a brouhaha? Why the invective and intentional misreads? Usually that’s an attempt to hide ignorance or facts that are embarrassing.
This also assumes that we let the shooters get within launch distance.
***Let’s see. The chinese regularly launch missiles over Taiwan from their mainland. Hmmm. Wrong again.
Do you think that we don’t have the means to defeat these missiles even if they are some how aimed correctly.
***The Patriot batteries let SCUDs get through. SAMS are too slow for these missiles (again, so you don’t need to misread, we’re not talking about silkworms). EW? Early Warning Radar? So we get early warning, and try to shoot it down with SAMs that are slower than the missiles being targeted? CIWS? The Phalanx didn’t help the US Stark when 2 antiship missiles were aimed at it.
Since the time has come to put up or shut up, you need to deal with the facts. But I doubt you will do that, based upon your track record in this discussion so far. You seem to be more interested in raising the level of invective rather than dealing with the facts.