[Gondring]

Amazing that it’s a ballistic missile. One would think that, at that range, a minor course correction would be an effective countermeasure.

[screaminsunshine]

They should call it the Clintoon Missile. Built with information supplied by the Clintons for campaign bucks.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

It is believed to be terminally guided, either by radar or IR or both. I have no idea how maneuveurable it is, how many lateral g’s it can pull, but probably a lot more than an aircraft carrier. It might be relatively easy to jam or decoy, especially with expendable decoys, perhaps launched from ships at some distance.

(The Germans had any anti-ship missile, a glider actually, launched from a JU-88. The missile had a flare in the tail and gunner guided it using an FM link, like a 1990’s vintage radio controlled model. They were used successfully a couple of times during the invasion of Sicily. The Allies learned how to jam them pretty quickly and the gunner had to maintain line of sight to the target throughout the engagement. Considering the Allied edge in air supremacy, deploying it was probably a lot more likely to cost the Germans a bomber than it was to cost the Allies a ship.)

[maquiladora]

Amazing that it’s a ballistic missile. One would think that, at that range, a minor course correction would be an effective countermeasure.

Maneuverable reentry vehicle warheads. The ballistic missile just gets it over the general location of the carrier group then terminal guidance is used from a synthetic aperture radar satellite to "see" the carrier and aim for it.