Russian tsirkon missile hits at Mach 7

[Jimbuna]

Won't take China very long to copy it.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Won't take China very long to copy it.

DL-ZF. First flight 2014. Mach 10. Designed to destroy aircraft carriers. Can carry nuclear warheads. Range between 2500 and 3000 nm. Several successful tests. Wikipedia says its in service since probably 2016.

The main obstacle for the Chinese is not to destroy US carrier groups, they can do that already. To detect and pinpint them for the targetting - that is the thing. But no problem they cannot solve. Carriers and their escorts are neither invisible across the spectrum of light and radar, nor silent to sonar. Plus there are satellites.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Skybird

DL-ZF. First flight 2014. Mach 10. Designed to destroy aircraft carriers. Can carry nuclear warheads. Range between 2500 and 3000 nm. Several successful tests. Wikipedia says its in service since probably 2016.

The main obstacle for the Chinese is not to destroy US carrier groups, they can do that already. To detect and pinpint them for the targetting - that is the thing. But no problem they cannot solve. Carriers and their escorts are neither invisible across the spectrum of light and radar, nor silent to sonar. Plus there are satellites.

My apologies, I should have added a smiley to accentuate the intended sarcasm.

[nikimcbee]

So what I learned from the video, everybody is building ugly warships now.

[Catfish]

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

So what I learned from the video, everybody is building ugly warships now.

Maybe it does not hurt so much losing ugly ones.

[Skybird]

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