[donozark]

Fire and forget, 2.5 X speed of sound. 300KM range. NATO had best be careful about launching carrier based aircraft. This ain't Libya. Syrian arms purchases account for 7% of Russian arms sales. $10 Billion last year alone.

We're not talking merely AKs/RPDs/RPGs here...

[InterceptPoint]

NATO had best be careful about launching carrier based aircraft.

You make a good point. But surely by now the U.S. Navy has figured out how to deal with this threat. Any ideas? Phalanx?