Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test
by jasonwatkinspdx on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @10:43PM
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The blunt truth is no one knows. The only real naval combat since WW2 was during the Falkland islands conflict. There anti-ship missiles proved to be highly effective. Technology has advanced considerably since then as well. Presumably the major militaries have gamed it out as accurately as possible, but the blunt truth is it's untested thinking.
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Re:US Navy destroyer shoots down an ICBM in milestone test
by robotnikman on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @11:38AM
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The anti ship missiles deployed there were also used against much smaller ships.
If modern carriers have the same quality of damage control as previous ones, they should be able to survive some hits; we can see from WWII how carriers were able to survive hits by kamikaze aircraft carrying a lot more explosives than one of the Exocet missiles used in the Falklands war