To: rlmorel
The Kirov class have been modernized and are still around. They are superior to nearly every surface unit in the US Navy. Our fleet in in neglect and our weapons systems are old.
This is what we have to be worried about and this can be mounted on a number of platforms easily. Kirov and Oscar II class subs have been modified to carry these:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-800_Oniks
12 posted on
10/25/2016 7:40:45 PM PDT by
DarthVader
(Politicians govern out of self interest, Statesmen govern for a Vision greater than themselves)
To: DarthVader
"...They are superior to nearly every surface unit in the US Navy..." Sure. Assuming one just happens to stumble on a US Navy vessel unaware in the middle of the ocean out of the blue and want to deliver a sucker punch.
21 posted on
10/25/2016 7:51:48 PM PDT by
rlmorel
(Orwell described Liberals when he wrote of those who "repudiate morality while laying claim to it.")
To: DarthVader
They are superior to nearly every surface unit in the US Navy. Our fleet in in neglect and our weapons systems are old. But, but, but, the Littoral Combat Ship!!
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