USN fearful of PLAN subs

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IDonT said:
A Burke destroyer can, in theory, carry 96 harpoons.
But standard load out includes 8 Harpoons, up to 96 standard sams.
Standard missiles can target, and have sunk, surface ships. 4 standard missiles traveling at mach 3 will put on fire the Sovremmny.
cool, I doubt it will carry that many though. No point.

I think we should be comparing 052C/051C to Burke and 956EM to Kidd
 
A Yakont can hit ships over 250km away! Not only that, 16 can be fired at a time, while a Sov can carry up to 64. And do you have any sources indicating that SAMs have been used to sink ships? You claim that they have sunk ships, but when was the last time the US sunk an enemy ship? The Iran-Iraq war?
 
BrotherofSnake said:
The USS Ashtabula was sunk by harpoons and SM-2's as a target.

A stationary ship with without countermeasures, a crew or armor and with a weakened hull does not count!! I can destroy an empty T-34 tank with the armor plates removed using a WWII bazooka.
 

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BrotherofSnake said:
You wanted a source indicating that SAMs have been used to sink ships so I gave you one.
in real battle, you won't use SAM to attack ships. That's common sense.
 
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