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Originally Posted by Sea Demon
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Originally Posted by Kapitan
Yes its about time the USN got some better ASuW weapons
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What are you talkin' about? The USN pretty much owns the ASuW realm. Carriers with their airwings can provide an ASuW punch at a longer range than any Russian or Chinese group. Plus a carrier air wing can put 8-10 times more weaponry on any Russian group with Harpoon, JDAM munitions, Maverick, etc. in one sortie. And don't forget the MK-48 ADCAP on the numerous USN SSN's used in the ASuW mission. US SSN's are a part of CSG's. These are all excellent state of the art weapons. What they got now is quite adequate indeed. No other navy even comes close to the USN in the ASuW role. The extra stuff built into this new Tomahawk only adds to it. |
POint made spectacularly. The russians focused on missile development out of necessity, due to a lack of the platforms and capabilities you described. The US was not worried about a surface threat, they were worried about air and submerged threats. An old-style soviet SAG always was, and still is unsurvivable in a modern warfare environment vs. a us CVNBG.