Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’

Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by fit2rule on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @02:28AM (#18439304)

It takes a single Sunburn [0] to take out a carrier. There is no defence - yet. Of course, when the railgun and lasers are deployed, this all changes again, but in the meantime the US' carrier fleet is principally a policing tool, and would be dead in the water during an all-out war - assuming the US chooses to go against an enemy that has the Sunburn in its arsenal.

[0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS-N-22

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by abcd_f on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @03:04AM (#18439435)

Looks like these missiles are at least 20 year old. How come there's no defence against them yet?

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by AcerbicZero on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @02:22PM (#18452969)

There are several already deployed defenses against these, and weapon systems similar to these. The basic chaff deployment systems, CIWS systems for close in defense, and several anit-missile missile systems can all be leveraged to provide defense against an incoming attack.

Additionally, the strongest carrier defense against weapons such as this is the size of the ocean, and their short(ish) range. You can't hit what you can't find, and/or what you can't get close too.

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Re:Reasons to Fear Another ‘Great War’ by fit2rule on Wednesday November 14, 2018 @01:33PM (#18452419)

They're simply too fast and too agile, employing evasion techniques. The only defence is lasers and railguns - thus, we're getting lasers and railguns Real Soon Now™.

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