Weakness of the PLAN

MIGleader

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the 52c and B and 956ems will own the kidds. if taiwan rejoins china peacefully, china will have Four of the latest us weapons...
 
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MIGleader said:
the 52c and B and 956ems will own the kidds. if taiwan rejoins china peacefully, china will have Four of the latest us weapons...
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The Kidd's were designed as multirole warships and have MUCH better AAW capability than the Sovremney with the NTU update.

Given the Kidd's capacity of 68 SM-2MR(70 mile range) missiles, and inner defenses of 2 Phalanx and 5" guns, a Kidd is far more likely to survive an attack against 8 Sunburns than a Sovremnny is against 68 SM-2MR's and 8 Harpoons...

Kidd has vastly better ECM/ECCM and much, much better sonar.

Even today Kidd's are among the most powerful warships afloat.
 
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IDonT said:
The Kidd's were designed as multirole warships and have MUCH better AAW capability than the Sovremney with the NTU update.

Given the Kidd's capacity of 68 SM-2MR(70 mile range) missiles, and inner defenses of 2 Phalanx and 5" guns, a Kidd is far more likely to survive an attack against 8 Sunburns than a Sovremnny is against 68 SM-2MR's and 8 Harpoons...

Kidd has vastly better ECM/ECCM and much, much better sonar.

Even today Kidd's are among the most powerful warships afloat.
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what's the range on the harpoon missles?
 
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The range of the harpoon is over 67 nautical miles.
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that doesn't sound like a lot at all.
 
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cool, the slamER definitely has an impressive range. Is that range for both surface launched and air launched or just air launched as listed on that web page?
 
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tphuang said:
that doesn't sound like a lot at all.
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The US navy got rid of its large long range anti ship ordinances after the cold war. There were not enough targets.

Tomahawk anti-ship missiles had a range of 250 miles.
The problem with long range anti-ship missiles is over the horizon targeting. You can't see a ship beacuse the curvature of the earth "hides" it. Besides, the US relies on its aerial assets for anti-ship strikes. B-1 and B52 bombers can carry an insane amounts of harpoons.
 
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The US navy got rid of its large long range anti ship ordinances after the cold war. There were not enough targets.

Tomahawk anti-ship missiles had a range of 250 miles.
The problem with long range anti-ship missiles is over the horizon targeting. You can't see a ship beacuse the curvature of the earth "hides" it. Besides, the US relies on its aerial assets for anti-ship strikes. B-1 and B52 bombers can carry an insane amounts of harpoons.
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I guess PLAN will have to launch it's missles before B-2s get to it then.
 
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Yakont's have a 250km range. That is far superior to the range on the Harpoon. And also, 956EMs can fire 16 Yakonts, which is far superior to firing 8 Sunburns and 8 Harpoons.
 
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