[BroJoeK]

Kevmo: "A 12 year old could target a 60kt thermal target in a cold ocean especially since the missile is travelling 100x faster."

But it's not, it's travelling slow enough (Mach 2) to be shot down by US Aegis missiles.

Sorry about that.

[Kevmo]

For the terminal phase, it would appear it’s slow enough. Our current capability is to be able to shoot down one. All they gotta do is shoot 5 or so. A helluva lot cheaper than an aircraft carrier.

[Kevmo]

BTW, that doesn’t mean the 12 year old couldn’t target the 60 knot ship.

When an aircraft carrier has a dozen supersonic missiles coming at it, whether ground based or ship based, the Aegis system will be overwhelmed.