US navy released worst rust photo to date

Re:US navy released worst rust photo to date by scarmig on Saturday December 31, 2022 @01:45PM (#34199376)

I was limiting my scope to hypersonics, which are hyped compared to more conventional threats.

I agree that in a US-China war, the US will stay very far away from Chinese land-based platforms. The fleet would mostly remain outside the first island chain and fly sorties to take advantage of US air superiority.

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Re:US navy released worst rust photo to date by Animats on Saturday December 31, 2022 @02:36PM (#34199877)

The Chinese land-based platforms now have more range than the US carrier based platforms. See the first article I linked from U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings. If a carrier is close enough to do anything useful, it's close enough to be hit.

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