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Old 07-07-09, 03:23 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by roman2440 View Post
The ASBM is an interesting twist in carrier warfare, though it isn't the carrier killer its made out to be. At max range it still takes 12 minutes to target, and a carrier in war time should be moving at quite a clip. This kind of weapon requires a direct hit to be effective, and thusly with the ranges involved would require some advanced guidence in the terminal phase.
You're assuming the Chinese don't have the chutzpah to nuke a CSG. But yes, a sensor cueing the ASBM is the weakness of the system. A good discussion of that took place here:
http://www.informationdissemination....velopment.html

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